About Hugo Weaving - Profile & Facts

Hugo Weaving Profile

Hugo Weaving

Famous As

Actor

Birth Name

Hugo Wallace Weaving

Birth Date

April 4, 1960

Birth Place

Austin, Nigeria

Claim to Fame

Famous As

Actor

Popular for

As Agent Smith in "The Matrix" trilogy

Personal Fact

Birth Name

Hugo Wallace Weaving

Birth Date

April 4, 1960

Birth Place

Austin, Nigeria

Height

6' 2"

Nationality

Australian

Hair Color

Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Education

Attended The Downs School in Wraxall, England
Attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in Clifton, Bristol, England
Graduated from Sydney's Knox Grammar School
Graduated from Australia's NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in 1981

Family and Relationship

Father

Wallace Weaving

Mother

Anne Weaving

Brother

Simon Weaving older)

Sister

Anna-Jane Weaving singer younger)

Relation

Katrina Greenwood cohabitated since 1984)

Son

Harry b. 1989)

Daughter

Holly b. 1993)

✦ Continued to perform on stage in Sydney Theatre Company despite his busy schedule in filming.
✦ Was nominated in the 2005 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his stage performance in "Hedda Gabler".
✦ His role as V in "V for Vendetta" (2005) was originally cast for James Purefoy before he backed out.
✦ Did the motion scenes and facial capture for the video game "Enter the Matrix" (2003) along with the other cast.
✦ His fight scene as Agent Smith with Neo in "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003) took 27 days to shoot.

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

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