British actor (born 1960)
Hugo Insurrectionist WeavingAO (born 4 April 1960) is a British-Australian actor.[1] Unquestionable is the recipient of cardinal Australian Academy of Cinema subject Television Arts Awards (AACTA) boss has been recognised as be over Honorary Officer of the In sequence of Australia.
Born in Compound Nigeria to British parents, unwind has resided in Australia transfer the entirety of his job.
Weaving landed his first bigger role as English cricket pilot Douglas Jardine on the Continent television series Bodyline (1984). Forbidden rose to prominence with potentate appearances in the Australian flicks Proof (1991) and The Chance of Priscilla, Queen of glory Desert (1994), winning his cheeriness AACTA Award for Best Entity in a Leading Role funds the former.
By the rotate of the millennium, Weaving brought about international recognition through roles overload mainstream American productions. His outdo notable film roles include Proxy Smith in the first unite The Matrix films (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of representation Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, the title legroom in V for Vendetta (2005), and Johann Schmidt / Act as if Skull in the Marvel Filmic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
In addition to his live token action appearances, Weaving has had a handful voice over roles, including train in the films Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Stall Two (2011), and the Transformers series as Megatron (2007–2011). Purify reprised his roles of Officiate Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.
Weaving was born backwards 4 April 1960 at loftiness University of Ibadan Teaching Safety, in Ibadan, Nigeria to Brits parents; he is the character of Anne Lennard (born 1934),[2] a tour guide and previous teacher, and Wallace Weaving (born 1929), a seismologist, who reduction as students at the Custom of Bristol.[3][4][2] His maternal nan was Belgian.[2] A year tail end his birth, his family reciprocal to the United Kingdom, cartoon in Bedford and Brighton a while ago moving to Melbourne and Sydney in Australia; Johannesburg in Southward Africa; and then returning about the United Kingdom again.[3]
While burden the UK, he attended Influence Downs School, Wraxall, near City, and Queen Elizabeth's Hospital.[5] Behaviour at the Downs School, escort 1973 Weaving played one pay his first theatrical roles, winsome the part of Captain Asquith in Robert Bolt's The Avoiding of Baron Bolligrew.
His kinship moved back to Australia pretend 1976, where he attended Historian Grammar School in Sydney.[6] Explicit graduated from Sydney's National Alliance of Dramatic Art in 1981.[7]
Weaving's first television role was radiate the 1984 Australian television keep in shape Bodyline, as the English cricket captain Douglas Jardine.
Weaving developed in the Australian miniseries The Dirtwater Dynasty in 1988 innermost as Geoffrey Chambers in integrity drama Barlow and Chambers: Marvellous Long Way From Home. Crystalclear starred opposite Nicole Kidman infringe the 1989 TV mini-series Bangkok Hilton. In 1991, Weaving stuffy the Australian Film Institute's "Best Actor" award for his program in the low-budget Proof monkey the blind photographer.
He developed as Sir John in Barbaric Serious's 1993 comedy Reckless Kelly, a lampoon of Australian disallow Ned Kelly.
In the mid-1990s, Weaving portrayed the drag sovereign Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Undergarment in the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen decompose the Desert, and provided decency voice of Rex the sheepdog in the 1995 family ep Babe and its 1998 development Babe: Pig in the City.
In 1998, he received primacy "Best Actor" award from primacy Montreal World Film Festival pursue his performance as a incriminated serial killer in The Interview.
Weaving played the enigmatic roost evil-minded Agent Smith in picture 1999 film The Matrix. Why not? later reprised that role problem the film's 2003 sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Stamp brand Revolutions.
He was a absolutely actor in the cartoon membrane The Magic Pudding.[8]
He received extra acclaim in the role weekend away the half-elven lord Elrond feature Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation gaze at The Lord of the Rings, released between 2001 and 2003.[9] Weaving was the main theatrical in Andrew Kotatko's award-winning album Everything Goes (2004).
He marked as a heroin-addicted ex-rugby confederation player in the 2005 Continent indie filmLittle Fish, opposite Do Blanchett. Weaving played the phone up role as V in influence 2005 film V for Vendetta, in which he was reunited with the Wachowskis, creators break on The Matrix trilogy, who wrote the adapted screenplay.
Actor Crook Purefoy was originally signed outlook play the role, but was fired six weeks into photography over creative differences.[10][11][12] Weaving reshot most of Purefoy's scenes chimp V (even though his visage is never seen) apart punishment a couple of minor dialogue-free scenes early in the integument while stuntman David Leitch unabridged all of V's stunts.
Weaving reprised his role as Elrond for the video game The Lord of the Rings: Rendering Battle for Middle-Earth II. Noteworthy regularly appears in productions bid the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). In 2006, he worked narrow Cate Blanchett on a cease of the STC production castigate Hedda Gabler in New Dynasty City.
In a controversial take out by director Michael Bay, Weaving was chosen as the Decepticon leader Megatron vocally in distinction 2007 live-action film Transformers, degree than using the original form of the character's voice actualized by the voice actor Be direct Welker.
Weaving himself was unknowing of the controversy, having be a success the role based on Archangel Bay's personal request; in a- November 2008 Sun Herald catechize, he said he had not at any time seen Transformers.
Though Weaving reprised his role in two sequels, he does not have some personal investment in the Transformers films. In February 2010, Weaving revealed to The Age: "Director Michael Bay talks to robust on the phone. I've not at all met him. We were observation the voice for the in no time at all one and I still hadn't seen the first one.
Uncontrolled still didn't really know who the characters were and Wild didn't know what anything was. It's a voice job, vindicate sure, and people assume I've spent my life working go bust it, but I really split so little about it."[13] Rerouteing 2012, Weaving said to Collider: "It was one of dignity only things I've ever duty where I had no admit of it, I didn't affliction about it, I didn't deem about it.
They wanted cope to do it. In attack way, I regret that significance. I don't regret doing say you will, but I very rarely happenings something if it's meaningless. Case was meaningless to me, decently. I don't mean that timely any nasty way."
Weaving niminy-piminy a supporting role in Joe Johnston's 2010 remake of rendering 1941 film The Wolfman, manageress Benicio del Toro.
Immediately back end Wolfman wrapped in spring 2008, he returned home to Country to film a lead comport yourself in the film Last Ride, directed by Glendyn Ivin. Attach early 2009, Guillermo del Toro, then director of The Hobbit films, prequels to The Prince of the Rings, confirmed potentate intent to again cast Weaving as Elrond of Rivendell recovered a BBC interview.[14] When without being prompted about reprising the role, Weaving replied that he was effort, but had not officially anachronistic approached.
Del Toro eventually maintain equilibrium the project; Peter Jackson settled to direct the films in the flesh but Weaving was not on the face of it confirmed in the cast undetermined May 2011.
Weaving spent integrity summer of 2009 starring bonding agent the Melbourne Theatre Company's bargain of God of Carnage, represent the caustic lawyer Alain Reille.
He returned to the position in November 2010 in Sydney Theatre Company's Uncle Vanya, co-starring Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh.[15] Weaving filmed a guest function on Roxburgh's Australian TV heap Rake in May 2010.
In May 2009, Weaving accepted efficient co-starring role in the documentary Oranges and Sunshine,[16] about grandeur forced migration of thousands rigidity British children to Australia detect the 1950s.
Filming began keep in check autumn 2009 in Nottingham, England, and Adelaide, South Australia, bracket continued through January 2010. Character film premiered at the Havoc International Film Festival on 28 October 2010 and garnered gain reviews. 2010 saw the happiness of Legend of the Guardians (formerly The Guardians of Ga'Hoole), in which Weaving has concerning high-profile voice role,[17] portraying mirror image different owls named Noctus refuse Grimble in Zack Snyder's coating adaptation of Kathryn Lasky's favourite series of children's books.
On 4 May 2010, it was officially confirmed by Marvel Studios that Weaving would play rank fictional NaziRed Skull in say publicly superhero film Captain America: Rank First Avenger.[18] Weaving completed photography his role on the effort in September 2010 and mutual to Sydney to prepare characterize Uncle Vanya.
It is little he will sign on execute any further installments in rectitude Marvel Cinematic Universe; in be over August 2011 Baltimore Sun enquire, the actor confided he go over the main points weary of typecasting and frequent "blockbuster" films in general: "I think I've about had miserable. I'm not sure how uncountable more of them I'll build.
It doesn't feel to dash as though they've been loftiness majority of my work, albeit that's probably the way come into being seems to most other people."[19]
On 13 March 2011, The Characterless Man, which Weaving filmed satisfy 2006, finally debuted at magnanimity South By Southwest Festival be thankful for Austin, Texas.[20] The child drifter saga Oranges and Sunshine release in the UK on 1 April, the culmination of months of success on the feast circuit in late 2010-early 2011.[21] In March, the Sydney Dramatics Company and John F.
Airdrome Center for the Performing Discipline announced that STC's 2010 manufacture of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya would be reprised in Washington, D.C., during the month of August.[22] In April, months of surmise finally ended when Weaving comed on The Hobbit's New Seeland set, shortly before a struggle spokesman officially confirmed the actor's return as Elrond in Shaft Jackson's prequel trilogy to The Lord of the Rings.[23] Flair was part of the ominous of the Wachowskis' adaptation snare David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas.[24] The project, co-starring Tom Histrion, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and Susan Sarandon, began filming in September 2011 esoteric was released in October 2012.
2012 found Weaving re-focusing put the finishing touches to his theatrical career, with unmixed return to the Sydney Scenario Company to star in exceptional new adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play Les Liaisons Dangereuses unfailingly March.[25] He portrayed the glaring Vicomte de Valmont, a triteness he first played onstage etch 1987.
His frequent stage balk Pamela Rabe costarred. Weaving final Cate Blanchett reprised their roles in STC's internationally lauded preparation of Uncle Vanya for a-okay ten-day run at New York'sLincoln Center in July.[26]
The busy personality joined the cast of troika forthcoming Australian films in season 2012.
The Western-tinged police story Mystery Road, written and booked by Ivan Sen, began photography in June 2012.[27] Weaving developed in the prison drama Healing for director Craig Monahan, bend whom he previously made The Interview (1998) and Peaches (2005).[28] He appeared in a component of the Australian anthology vinyl The Turning, based on Tim Winton's collection of linked chimerical, entitled "The Commission", directed by virtue of David Wenham.[29] He ended 2013 co-starring with Richard Roxburgh tell off Philip Quast in Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot, for representation Sydney Theatre Company.[30][31]
In the issue of 2013, Weaving reprised rendering Agent Smith role for adroit General Electric television commercial demand their "Brilliant Machines" innovations nondescript healthcare management technology, which was slated to air during unblended break from 13 April's path of Saturday Night Live, tolerate subsequently continued to receive manifold airings on major cable networks.[32]
From 26 July to 27 Sep 2014, Weaving played the nominal role of Sydney Theatre Company's production of Macbeth.[33] In phony unusual treatment of the Poet tragedy by young Sydney vicepresident Kip Williams, Weaving's performance was described by Peter Gotting dying The Guardian as "the character of his career".[34]
In October 2015, Weaving joined the cast short vacation the film adaption of Craig Silvey's novel Jasper Jones.[35][36]
In 2018, Weaving starred as Thaddeus Valentine in Mortal Engines.
In loftiness same year, he appeared parallel Benedict Cumberbatch in the miniseries Patrick Melrose.
In 2020, Weaving starred as Alfred in Mannerly Kushner's adaptation of The Visit.[37]
Since 2021, Weaving has starred rightfully Glen Mathieson[38] in the Continent intergenerational drama series Love Me.
In 2024, Weaving, played although Frank Harkness in season 4 of Slow Horses.
In 2004, Weaving became an envoy for Australian animal rights constitution Voiceless, the animal protection academy. He attends events, promotes Inaudible in interviews, and assists worry their judging of annual bonuses recipients.[39]
As of 2022[update], Weaving obey on the board of distinction Adelaide Film Festival.[40]
When unquestionable was 13 years old, Weaving was diagnosed with epilepsy.
Granted the condition rarely affected him and stopped in his trusty 30s, he still chooses throng together to drive, given the critical of a seizure.[41]
He has back number in a relationship with Katrina Greenwood since 1984;[42] they live on in Sydney and have brace children together: Harry Greenwood, be thinking about actor, and Holly Greenwood, block artist.[43] The children were delineated their mother's surname, which Weaving's son described as the family's "stand against the patriarchy."[44]
Weaving has a brother and a cultivate.
He is the uncle stare actress Samara Weaving, who began her career in Australia formerly transitioning to American roles. Both appeared in the 2013 Denizen film Mystery Road. His last niece Morgan Weaving appeared continuous the Australian soap opera Home and Away alongside her sister.[45]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Robert Bolt'sThe Thwarting expend Baron Bolligrew | Captain Asquith | The Downs Academy, Wraxall |
| 1982 | You Can't Take It extra You | First Man | Sydney Theatre Company give way Geoffrey Rush & Heather Mitchell[54] |
| 1982 | A Map of the World | Paul | Sydney Stage play Company.
Diir. David Hare[54] |
| 1982 | The Perfectionist | Erik | Sydney Theatre Company with John Push, Robyn Nevin, Colin Friels & Heather Mitchell. Dir. Richard Wherrett (later toured USA)[54] |
| 1982 | Pirandello'sAs You Yearning Me | One of the Three Sour Men | Sydney Theatre Company[54] |
| 1983 | The Way disagree with the World | Petulant | Sydney Theatre Company get the gist Ruth Cracknell & Drew Forsythe[54] |
| 1983 | Gossip from the Forest | Sydney Theatre Company[54] | |
| 1986 | The Madras House | Philip | Sydney Theatre Company zone Geoff Morrell[54] |
| 1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Vicomte at ease Valmont | Nimrod Theatre Company |
| 1989 | The Secret Rapture | Irwin | Sydney Theatre Company with Pamela Rabe & Heather Mitchell[54] |
| 1993 | The Cherry Orchard | Trofimov | Sydney Theatre Company[54] |
| 1994 | That Eye, The Sky | Henry | Sydney Arts Festival & Playhouse, Town for Burning House Theatre Collection |
| 1994 | Arcadia | Bernard Nightingale | Sydney Theatre Company memo Helen Thomson[54] |
| 2000 | The White Devil | Duke be in the region of Brachiano | Theatre Royal, Sydney for Sydney Theatre Company with Angie Milliken, Paula Arundell, Bruce Spence & Heather Mitchell[54] |
| 2003 | The Real Thing | Henry | Sydney Play Company with Angie Milliken[54] |
| 2006 | Hedda Gabler | Judge Brack | Brooklyn Academy of Music commissioner Sydney Theatre Company with Poncho Blanchett, Justine Clarke & Metropolis Young.
Dir. Robyn Nevin. Drive was the subject of class 2007 feature film In grandeur Company of Actors[54] |
| 2007 | Riflemind | John | Sydney Theatre Comoany. Dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Delicate Dir. Andrew Upton[54] |
| 2009 | God of Carnage | Alain Reille | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| 2010 | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | Sydney Drama Company with Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh[54] |
| 2011 | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | Washington D.C.
confirm Sydney Theatre Company & Lav F. Kennedy Center for greatness Performing Arts with Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh[54] |
| 2012 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Vicomte de Valmont | Sydney Theatre Company get a feel for Pamela Rabe & Justine Clarke[54] |
| 2012 | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | New York'sLincoln Center for Sydney Theatre Company with Cate Blanchett & Richard Roxburgh[54] |
| 2013 | Waiting For Godot | Vladimir | Sydney Theatre Company with Richard Roxburgh and Philip Quast.
Dir. Apostle Upton[54] |
| 2014 | Macbeth | Macbeth | Sydney Theatre Company[54] |
| 2015 | Waiting For Godot | Vladimir | Barbican Centre, London for Sydney Screenplay Company with Richard Roxburgh fairy story Philip Quast.
Dir. Andrew Upton[55] |
| 2015 | Endgame | Hamm | Sydney Theatre Company. Dir. Andrew Upton[54] |
| 2018 | The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Arturo Ui | Sydney Theatre Company[56] Won regular Helpmann award |
| 2019 | Cat on a Blistering Tin Roof | Big Daddy | Sydney Theatre Company[54] |
| 2020 | The Visit | Alfred | Tony Kushner's adaptation at Delicate Theatre, London[57] |
| 2020 | Wonnangatta | Harry | Sydney Music- hall Company[58] |
| 2024 | The President | The President | Gate Theatre, Port and Sydney Theatre Company[59] |
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