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3->''"Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world."''
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5Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a Nigerian-born British-Australian actor best known for playing [[MesACrowd Agent]] [[BigBad Smith]] in ''Film/TheMatrix'' trilogy, [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elrond]] in Creator/PeterJackson's adaptation of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', [[BombThrowingAnarchist V]] in ''Film/VForVendetta'', [[TransformingMecha Megatron]] in ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'', and the ComicBook/RedSkull in the 2011 ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', among others such as ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert''.
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7For Australians over a certain age, he will also be remembered for his portrayal of 1932-33 Ashes series English cricket captain Douglas Jardine in ''Series/{{Bodyline}}'', an Australian 1984 television miniseries dramatising the controversial season. A bit like Agent Smith in [[TheGreatDepression the 1930's]], if he only despised [[ArchEnemy Australian]] humans, and was [[ImprovisedWeapon only allowed to kill them with a cricket ball]].
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9Undeniably JustForFun/OneOfUs, as he has said that the reason he played characters like [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Elrond]] and [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]] was to get action figures made out of his characters so he could [[AwesomeDearBoy make them fight each other.]] Nonetheless he has also expressed [[MoneyDearBoy particular indifference]] to his roles as Megatron and the Red Skull, his contempt for the former character earning him hostility from Creator/MichaelBay who suggested he donate all his "Megatron" paychecks to an elephant charity.
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11His paternal niece, Creator/SamaraWeaving, is an actress.
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13!!Roles of Note:
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15* ''Film/{{Proof|1991}}'' (1991) -- Martin (won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role)
16* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert'' (1994) -- Anthony "Tick" Belrose
17* ''Film/{{Babe}}'' (1995) -- Rex
18* ''The Interview'' (1998) -- Eddie Rodney Fleming (won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role)
19* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' Trilogy (1999-2003) -- Agent Smith
20* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' Trilogy (2001-2003) and ''Film/TheHobbit'' (2012-2014) -- Elrond
21* ''Little Fish'' (2005) -- Lionel Dawson (won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role)
22* ''Film/VForVendetta'' (2005) -- V
23* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'' (2006) -- Noah
24* ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' (2007) -- [[Characters/TransformersFilmSeriesMegatron Megatron]]
25* ''Last Ride'' (2009) -- Kev
26* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' (2009) -- Megatron
27* ''Film/TheWolfman2010'' (2010) -- Abberline
28* ''Oranges and Sunshine'' (2010) -- Jack
29* ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'' (2010) -- Noctus and Grimble
30* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (2011) -- [[Characters/MCURedSkull Johann Schmidt / The Red Skull]]
31* ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'' (2011) -- Megatron
32* ''Literature/CloudAtlas'' (2012) -- [[ActingForTwo Half]] [[PsychoForHire the]] [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain bad]] [[KnightTemplar guys]], [[BattleaxeNurse one bad ''woman'']], and a couple other characters.
33* ''Film/MysteryRoad'' (2013) -- Johnno
34* ''The Turning'' (2013) -- Bob Lang
35* ''Film/HacksawRidge'' (2016) -- Tom Doss (won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
36* ''Series/PatrickMelrose'' (2018) -- David Melrose.
37* ''Film/MortalEngines'' (2018) -- Thaddeus Valentine.
38* ''Film/TheRoyalHotel'' (2023) -- Billy
39* ''WesternAnimation/KoalaMan'' (2023) -- King Emudeus

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