Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith)

Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith

Hugo Weaving is one of Australia’s most acclaimed actors. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981 and has since worked extensively in film, television and theatre. He was recently seen in the first two installments of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings as Elrond, Lord of Rivendell.

In 1988 Weaving won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor for his work in The Interview, directed by Craig Monahan. In 1991 he won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor for his work in Proof, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. He also received an AFI Award nomination in 1994 for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, directed by Stephen Elliot.

Weaving’s other film credits include The Old Man Who Read Love Stories, Strange Planet, THE MATRIX, Bedrooms and Hallways, the critically acclaimed True Love and Chaos, Stephen Elliot’s Frauds, The Custodian, Paul Cox’s Exile, Reckless Kelly, Wendy Cracked a Walnut, The Right Hand Man, For Love Alone and The City’s Edge.

His television credits include the acclaimed Australian miniseries Bodyline, the Australian series Halifax f.p., the telefilm The Bite, the miniseries Bangkok Hilton (also starring Nicole Kidman), The Dirtywater Dynasty, Naked - Coral Island, Barlow and Chambers: A Long Way From Home and Melba.

His numerous theatre credits include the Sydney Theatre Company’s Macbeth, The Perfectionist, The Cherry Orchard and Arcadia. He has also starred in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew for the Melbourne Theatre Company, and in Julius Caesar, Ring Around the Moon and Private Lives for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Filmography

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) ... Elrond Peredhil, Lord of Rivendell

Horseplay (2003) ... Narrator

Peaches (2003) ... Alan

The Matrix: Revolutions (2003) ... Agent Smith

The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) ... Agent Smith

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) ... Elrond Peredhil, Lord of Rivendell

The Making of "The Lord of the Rings" (2002) ... Himself/Elrond

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ... Elrond Peredhil, Lord of Rivendell

The Matrix Revisited (2001) ... Himself/Agent Smith

Russian Doll (2001) ... Harvey

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (2000) ... Rubicondo (Dentist)