Hugo Wallace Weaving was born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria. The middle sibling of three, Hugo has an older brother Simon and a younger sister Anna who both also currently live and work in Australia. During his early childhood, the Weaving family spent most of their time traveling between Nigeria, Great Britain, and Australia. This was due to the cross-country demands of his father's job in the computer industry. Later, during his teens, Hugo spent three years in England in the seventies attending Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School in Bristol. There, he showed early promise in theater productions and also excelled at history, achieving an A in his O-level examination. He arrived permanently in Australia in 1976 and finished his education at Knox Grammar School, Sydney. He graduated from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art), a college well-known for other alumni such as Mel Gibson and Geoffrey Rush, in 1981. Since then, Hugo has had a steadily successful career in the film, television, and theater industries. However, he has illustrated that, as renowned as he is known for his film work, he feels most at home on stage and continually performs in Australian theater productions, usually with the Sydney Theater Company. With his success has also come extensive recognition. He has won numerous awards, including two Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI) for Best Actor in a Leading Role and three total nominations. The AFI is the Australian equivalent of an Academy Award, and Hugo won for his performances in Proof (1991) and The Interview (1998). He was also nominated for his performance in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). He garnered the Best Acting prize for The Interview (1998) at the Montreal Film Festival in 1998 in addition to his AFI Award and, that same year, won the Australian Star of the Year. More recently, roles in films such as The Matrix trilogy as Agent Smith and The Lord of the Rings trilogy as Lord Elrond have considerably raised his international profile. His famous and irreplaceable role in The Matrix movies have made him one of the greatest sci-fi villains of the Twenty-first Century. With each new film, television, or theatrical role, Hugo continues to surpass his audience's expectations and remains one of the most versatile performers working today. He resides in Australia and has two children with partner Katrina Greenwood. Though Hugo and Katrina have never married, they've been a committed couple for over 25 years; while Hugo was quoted as saying marriage "petrified" him in the 1990s, by middle of the following decade he said he no longer felt that way, and that he and Katrina have toyed with the idea of marrying "when we're really old".

1. The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013) - Elrond 2. Cloud Atlas (2012) - Actor 3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Hobitul: Partea I - 3D) (2012) - Elrond

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4. Captain America: The First Avenger (Căpitanul America: Primul Răzbunător) (2011) - Johann Schmidt / Red Skull

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5. Transformers (2011) - Megatron (voice) 6. Happy Feet 2 in 3D (Happy Feet 2: Mumble dansează din nou) (2011) - Noah

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7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Transformers 3) (2011) - Megatron (voice)

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8. The Wolfman (2010) - Abberline

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9. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) - Noctus / Grimble (voice)

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10. CR: Enter the Matrix (2009) - Agent Smith 11. Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009) - Elrond (voice) 12. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - Megatron (voice)

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13. Beowulf: Mapping the Journey (2008) - Agent Smith 14. Creating the Ultimate Beowulf (2008) - Agent Smith 15. Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007) - Mitzi Del Bra (archive footage) (uncredited) 16. Transformers (2007) - Megatron (voice)

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17. Their War (2007) - Himself 18. "How the Hell Did We Get Here?" (2006) - Himself (2 episodes, 2006) 19. Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II - Rise of the Witch King (2006) - Elrond (voice) 20. Happy Feet (2006) - Noah the Elder (voice) 21. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (2006) - Elrond (voice) 22. Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler (2006) - Narrator 23. V for Vendetta (2006) - V 24. Happy Feet (Mumble, cel mai tare dansator) (2006) - Noah the Elder (voice)

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25. Little Fish (2005) - Lionel 26. The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) - Agent Smith (archive footage) 27. The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) - Elrond (archive footage) 28. The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) - Himself 29. National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) - Himself 30. The Matrix Revolutions (2003) - Agent Smith

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31. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Elrond

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32. The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Agent Smith

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33. Enter the Matrix (2003) - Agent Smith (voice) 34. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Elrond (archive footage) 35. The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) - Himself 36. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - Elrond

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37. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Elrond

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38. The Matrix Revisited (2001) - Himself / Agent Smith 39. The Matrix (1999) - Agent Smith

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40. Making 'The Matrix' (1999) - Himself 41. Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) - Jeremy 42. Babe: Pig in the City (1998) - Rex (voice) 43. Wild Australia: The Edge (1996) - Narrator 44. What's Going On, Frank? (1995) - Strange Packer in Supermarket 45. Babe (1995) - Rex (voice) 46. Die Legende von der heiligen Simplicia (1920) - Agent Smith

1. A graduate of the NIDA.

2. His parents and baby Hugo left Nigeria before he was one year old.

3. Children with Greenwood: Harry (b. 1989) and Holly (b. 1993).

4. His father worked in the computer industry and moved around a lot. Hugo spent his childhood in South Africa and England before finally settling in Australia.

5. Sister Anna-Jane Weaving had a brief singing career in Paris in the mid-80s.

6. Nominated for the 2005 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his performance in "Hedda Gabler."

7. Attended the same high school as Australian actors Adam Garcia, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Johnston, Reg Livermore, writer Stuart Beattie and radio host John Laws.

8. Attended the private junior school The Downs School, Wraxall, outside Bristol, whilst living in the UK, which was also briefly attended by Orlando Bloom.

9. Weaving fractured his hip doing a stunt while in training for The Matrix. He recovered and the fight scenes in the production were shifted to the end of the filming. Since Keanu Reeves had suffered a neck injury at around the same time, the delay worked well for both actors. While both actors required stunt doubles on The Matrix and its two sequels, they both trained for months in advance of each production and did a lot of the fight choreography themselves.

10. He has suffered from epileptic seizures since he was 13. Because of this, he made the decision early on not to drive and he has never had a driver's license. In a 2006 interview, Weaving noted he hasn't suffered a seizure in years, but is still reluctant to get a driver's license because "I'm so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do".

11. He is a pesco Vegetarians - Pesco vegetarians eat fish but no other meat.

12. Partner of Katrina Greenwood (1984-present).

13. He opened Belgrade Film Festival - FEST in 1997.

14. Uncle of Morgan and Samara Weaving.

15. Brother of Simon Weaving.

16. Is nine years older than Cate Blanchett but plays her son-in-law in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

17. He is the first actor to play the same role three times in three different trilogies: Lord Of the Rings, The Matrix, and Transformers.

18. Hugo Weaving is the only actor to play the same role, in 3 separate trilogies (The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, and Transformers). However, all 3 characters have one thing in common. They all have some level of disdain for humanity. Agent Smith in The Matrix is trying to kill humans; Elrond in The Lord of the Rings believes that "the age of Men" is too weak to overcome the enemy; and Megatron is trying to kill all humans.