Biography

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Hugo 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. During his early childhood, the Weaving family spent most of their time travelling between Nigeria, Great Britain, and Australia. In the seventies he spent three years in England, attending Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school in Bristol. He showed early promise in theatre productions there 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) in 1981 and has since worked extensively in film, television and theatre.

He made his film debut as Andy White in  The City's Edge in 1983, reportedly one of the first Australian films to focus on the plight of native aborigines. Weaving  later exhibited his talent in The Right Hand Man and For Love Alone in 1986. In 1991, Hugo won Best Actor Australian Film Institute Award for his portrayal of blind photographer Martin in Proof. Later in 1994, Hugo was nominated for his role as Mitzi in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He won yet another AFI award as best actor for his performance in The Interview who earned him also the best acting prize at the Montreal Film Festival. In 1998 Hugo Weaving won the Australian Star of the Year.

More recently, roles in big-budget movies such as The Matrix trilogy as Agent Smith and The Lord of the Rings trilogy as Lord Elrond have considerably raised his international profile. Nevertheless, Hugo Weaving has often said that he feels most at home on stage and in Australian productions.

His television credits include Bodyline, Dadah Is Death, The Dirtywater Dynasty, Bangkok Hilton, Halifax f.p and After the Deluge.

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

He resides in Australia with his wife, Katrina Greenwood and their two children, Harry and Holly.

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