Hugo Weaving is known as a versatile actor from such films as “The Matrix” and “Lord of the Rings”. The 4. april fills the actor 60 years.
He is best known for his role as a computer program. More specifically, as the villainous Agent Smith in the cult film “The Matrix” from 1999.
But many will also know him from the more adventurous roles as the elf king Elrond in the “Lord of the Rings” and Red Skull in the Marvel film “Captain America: The First Avenger”.
The well-versed actor is british-australian Hugo Weaving, who turns 60 on 4. april.
Hugo Weaving was born in Nigeria of british parents. The family moved to the Uk and then further to Australia.
It was here that Hugo Weavings acting career, he began to take shape.
more specifically, in 1984, where he made his tv debut in the series “Bodyline”. Here he played the English cricketkaptajn Douglas Jardine.
Subsequently, he played a variety of roles in the australian productions until the turn of the millennium.
But it was his role as Agent Smith, who really pushed Hugo Weaving check in at the international filmscene.
he has Since starred in other great movies like “Lord of the Rings”, “Hobbit” and “V for Vendetta”.
At the end of 2019, ran a rumor that Hugo Weaving reportedly would return as Agent Smith in the fourth film in the series, which is set to premiere in may next year.
It turned out to be a loose rumor.
Although Hugo Weaving was known for the role as the computer program in “The Matrix”, he has an ambivalent relationship to the digitalisation that is going on in reality.
– It worries me, because I think that it often steals the connection, as we have to other people and to the real world, he said to The Guardian in 2017.
today, live Hugo Weaving continues in Australia. Private he has, since 1984, formed pairs with the artist Katrina Greenwood.
Together, the couple has children Harry Weaving and Holly Weaving.
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