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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 and 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 Matrix: Reloaded (2003) ... Agent Smith
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)
The Magic Pudding (2000) ... Bill Barnacle
Strange Planet (1999) ... Steven
Little Echo Lost (1999)
The Matrix (1999) ... Agent Smith
Bedrooms and allways (1998) ... Jeremy
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) ... Rex the Male Sheepdog
The Interview (1998) ... Eddie Rodney Fleming
True Love and Chaos (1997) ... Morris
Babe (1995) ... Rex the Male Sheepdog
What's Going On, Frank? (1994) ... Strange Packer in Supermarket
Exile (1994) ... Innes
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) ...
Anthony 'Tick' Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra
The Custodian (1993) ... Church
Frauds (1993) ... Jonathan Wheats
Reckless Kelly (1993) ... Sir John
Proof (1991) ... Martin
...Almost (1990) ... Jake
The Right Hand Man (1987) ... Ned Devine
For Love Alone (1986) ... Johnathan Crow
The City's Edge (1983) ... Andy White
...Maybe This Time (1980) ... Student 2
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