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Hugo Weaving is a Actor and Co-Producer Australien born on 4 april 1960 at Ibadan (Nigeria)
Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an Australian-British film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Agent Smith in The Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) film trilogy, as well as the title role of V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta.
Weaving's first major role was in the 1984 Australian television series Bodyline, as the English cricket captain Douglas Jardine. He first rose to prominence for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama Proof (1991). Other notable works include Tick in the comedy-drama The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994); Red Skull in the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and multiple roles in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012). He has also provided the voice Rex in Babe, Noah in Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two and Megatron in the Transformers film series, as well as starred in multiple Australian character dramas. He has received many accolades in his career, including a Satellite Award, MTV Movie Award and several Australian Film Institute Awards.
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Hugo Weaving
Birth name Hugo Wallace Weaving
Nationality Australie
Birth 4 april 1960 (64 years) at Ibadan (Nigeria)
Nationality Australie
Birth 4 april 1960 (64 years) at Ibadan (Nigeria)
Weaving's first major role was in the 1984 Australian television series Bodyline, as the English cricket captain Douglas Jardine. He first rose to prominence for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama Proof (1991). Other notable works include Tick in the comedy-drama The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994); Red Skull in the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and multiple roles in the science fiction film Cloud Atlas (2012). He has also provided the voice Rex in Babe, Noah in Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two and Megatron in the Transformers film series, as well as starred in multiple Australian character dramas. He has received many accolades in his career, including a Satellite Award, MTV Movie Award and several Australian Film Institute Awards.
Biography
When he was 13 years old, Weaving was diagnosed with epilepsy. He has been with his longtime girlfriend Katrina Greenwood since 1984 and the two live in Sydney and have two children together, Harry (b. 1989) and Holly (b. 1993). He has a brother, Simon, and a sister, Anna Jane. His niece, Samara Weaving, portrayed Indigo Walker on the long-running Australian soap, Home and Away, and her younger sister Morgan joined the cast as Lottie Ryan. In 2004, Weaving became an ambassador for Australian animal rights organisation Voiceless, the animal protection institute. He attends events, promotes Voiceless in interviews, and assists in their judging of annual grants recipients.Best films
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Loveland (2022)
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Romance
Actors Ryan Kwanten, Hugo Weaving, David Field
Roles Dr. Bergman
Rating37%
Jack, un tueur professionnel endurci, rencontre April, une mystérieuse chanteuse de boîte de nuit et finit par tomber amoureux d'elle. Mais il va découvrir que des forces obscures gravitent autour de la jeune femme.
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski, James McTeigue
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Dystopian films
Actors Jonathan Groff, Keanu Reeves, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lambert Wilson
Roles Agent Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating57%
Quatrième volet de la saga "Matrix", lancée en 1999.
Mortal Engines (2018)
, 2h8Directed by Christian Rivers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Steampunk films
Actors Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar, Stephen Lang, Patrick Malahide, Colin Salmon
Roles Thaddeus Valentine
Rating61%
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique ravagé après un holocauste nucléaire, de gigantesques villes mobiles errent et tentent de prendre le pouvoir sur d'autres villes mobiles plus petites ou moins armées. Le récit suit ainsi le trajet de la ville de Londres, hégémonique et sans pitié.
Black '47 (2018)
, 1h36Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Moe Dunford
Roles Hannah
Rating67%
Irlande, hiver 1847. Après avoir passé des années à combattre dans le monde entier pour l'armée anglaise, le ranger Martin Feeney la déserte pour enfin retourner dans son pays afin de retrouver ses proches. Pourtant, dès son arrivée, il découvre une terre de désolation, ravagée et détruite par la famine, la misère et la maladie. Alors que la plupart des habitants sont renvoyés de chez eux par les percepteurs anglais, les forçant à errer sur les routes, Feeney apprend notamment le décès de sa mère survenu un an plus tôt, emportée par une fièvre mortelle, mais également la pendaison de son frère, condamné à mort après avoir volé de la nourriture et le départ prochain de sa belle-sœur et de ses enfants pour les Amériques. Impuissant face au règne des nouveaux et richissimes propriétaires, qui ont instauré un nouvel impôt local beaucoup trop élevé pour la population chassée de chez eux, Feeney décide de reprendre les armes afin de venger sa famille et faire lui-même justice, du juge au gouverneur de la régions tous corrompus.
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
, 2h11Directed by Mel Gibson
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about domestic violence, Political films
Actors Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Mel Gibson
Roles Tom Doss
Rating81%
Desmond Doss, fils d'un ancien soldat de la Première Guerre mondiale, veut apporter sa pierre à l'édifice lorsqu'éclate la guerre du Pacifique. En tant qu'objecteur de conscience, il souhaite s'engager mais refuse de tuer ou de porter une arme au combat en raison de ses croyances adventistes. Après de difficiles négociations avec l'armée, il est finalement affecté au poste d'auxiliaire sanitaire.
Strangerland (2015)
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about children
Actors Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Lisa Flanagan, Maddison Brown
Roles Detective David Rae
Rating52%
Catherine and Matthew Parker move with their children Lily and Tom to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari. Although the family is unhappy with the move, Matthew and Tom blame Lily for forcing them to leave Canberra. When he can't sleep, Tom sometimes walks around the neighborhood at night, an activity his parents discourage. One night, Matthew sees Tom leave the house, followed by Lily. He says nothing and goes back to sleep. Catherine oversleeps, and when she can not find the kids, calls Matthew at work. He reassures her that they must have gone to school before she woke up. When the school calls to report that Tom and Lily have not been attending, she once again becomes worried, as a sandstorm is scheduled to hit the town. Matthew discourages her from contacting anyone, as he does not wish the family's business to once again become public knowledge. Against his wishes, Catherine contacts several people and finally the police.
The Dressmaker (2015)
, 1h58Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Western
Themes Seafaring films, La mode, Transport films
Actors Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Caroline Goodall, Sarah Snook
Roles Sergeant Farrat
Rating69%
In 1951, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage returns to her hometown of Dungatar, to take care of her ill mother, Molly. Tilly was sent out of town at the age of ten because of false accusations of murder. Tilly, an expert dressmaker trained by Madeleine Vionnet in Paris, transforms the locals with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
, 2h24Directed by Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Dean O'Gorman, Lee Pace, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Luke Evans, Orlando Bloom
Roles Elrond
Rating73%
Bilbo and the Dwarves watch from the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug sets Laketown ablaze, and its people flee. Bard the Bowman breaks out of prison, and eventually kills Smaug with the black arrow brought to him by his son Bain. Smaug's falling body crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown, who was escaping Laketown on a boat laden with the town's gold. Bard reluctantly becomes the new leader of the Laketown people as they seek refuge in the ruins of Dale, while Legolas travels to investigate Mount Gundabad with Tauriel. Thorin, now struck with "dragon sickness" over the vast treasure in the mountain, searches obsessively for the Arkenstone, which Bilbo had previously found but kept hidden. Thorin, hearing that people have come to Dale, orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain sealed off.
Healing (2014)
, 1h59Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hugo Weaving, Xavier Samuel, Robert Taylor (acteur australien), Justine Clarke, Laura Brent, Anthony Hayes
Roles Senior Officer Matt Perry
Rating66%
Viktor Kahdem a passé 16 ans en prison et arrive à la fin de sa peine quand il est envoyé dans un établissement spécialisé de basse sécurité pour préparer sa sortie. Matt Perry, le responsable, y a mis en place un programme de réhabilitation où chaque prisonnier a la responsabilité d'un rapace blessé.
, 2h16Directed by Robert Bresson, Anthony Russo et Joe Russo
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about altered memories, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Robot films
Actors Chris Evans, Robert Redford, Emily VanCamp Bowman, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Scarlett Johansson
Roles (archive footage)
Rating76%
Two years after the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers works in Washington D.C. for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. under Director Nick Fury, while adjusting to contemporary society. Rogers and Agent Natasha Romanoff are sent with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team, led by Agent Rumlow, to free hostages aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel from Georges Batroc and his mercenaries. Mid-mission, Rogers discovers Romanoff has another agenda: to extract data from the ship's computers for Fury. Rogers returns to the Triskelion, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters, to confront Fury and is briefed about Project Insight: three Helicarriers linked to spy satellites, designed to preemptively eliminate threats. Unable to decrypt the data recovered by Romanoff, Fury becomes suspicious about Insight and asks senior S.H.I.E.L.D. official Alexander Pierce to delay the project.
The Mule (2014)
, 1h43Directed by Angus Sampson
Origin Australie
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films
Actors Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Ewen Leslie, Leigh Whannell, Georgina Haig, John Noble
Roles Tom Croft
Rating62%
In 1983 Australia, television repairman Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) and his football team celebrate the end of their season by spending the weekend in Thailand. Ray's best friend Gavin (Leigh Whannell), a small-time criminal working for local property owner/crime lord Pat Shepherd (John Noble), asks Ray to transport heroin on flight back. Ray refuses, but finds out his step-father is deeply in gambling debt, and his mother will be targeted if he does not pay up. He agrees to transport the heroin. In Thailand, while wandering through the markets, Gavin goes to pick up half a kilogram of heroin to bring back to Pat. Before he leaves, he purchases an extra half kilogram to sell on his own. At the hotel, Gavin hides the heroin in condoms, coercing Ray to swallow them. Upon their arrival at Melbourne Airport, Ray begins to panic and is eventually detained by customs officials. Believing that Ray is a drug trafficker, he is arrested by Australian Federal Police agents Croft and Paris (Hugo Weaving and Ewen Leslie). Ray's lawyer Jasmine Griffiths (Georgina Haig) tells Ray that he can only be held in a hotel room for four days.
The Turning (2013)
, 3hDirected by David Wenham, Cate Blanchett, Mia Wasikowska, Ian Meadows, Tony Ayres, Robert Connolly, Claire McCarthy, Anthony Lucas, Justin Kurzel, Warwick Thornton, Simon Stone
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Susie Porter
Roles Bob Lang
Rating58%
, 2h41Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films, Films about dragons, Children's films
Actors Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Lee Pace
Roles Elrond
Rating77%
Thorin and his company are being pursued by Azog and his Orc party following the events of the previous film. They are ushered along by Gandalf to the nearby home of Beorn, a skin-changer who can take the form of the bear. That night, Azog is summoned to Dol Guldur by the Necromancer, who commands him to marshal his forces for war. Azog then delegates the hunt for Thorin to his son Bolg. The following day, Beorn escorts the company to the borders of Mirkwood, where Gandalf discovers Black Speech imprinted on an old ruin. This coincides with a telepathic message from Galadriel urging him to investigate the tombs of the Nazgûl. He warns the company to remain on the path and leaves them. Upon entering the forest they lose their way and are ensnared by giant spiders. Bilbo then sets about freeing the dwarves with the help of his recently acquired invisibility ring. He subsequently drops the Ring and first begins to understand its dark influence after he brutally kills a centipede-like creature to retrieve it.
Mystery Road (2013)
, 2h1Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton, Robert Mammone
Roles Johnno
Rating65%
Near the rural town of Winton, Queensland, a truck driver finds the body of a teenage aboriginal girl named Julie Mason inside one of the drainage tunnels under the road. Newly promoted aboriginal Detective Jay Swan, recently returned from training in the city, investigates the murder. He learns that Julie was a drug addict who would have sex with truck drivers for money. He questions another local aboriginal girl, Tani Williams, who is friends with Julie, but she refuses to speak to him. A neighbourhood boy tells Jay that he found Julie's phone and gives it to him. Jay finds several text messages to his teenage daughter, Crystal. He visits his ex-wife Mary and speaks to Crystal. He asks her if she wants to move to the city with him, but she declines. Mary tells Jay that it is too late for him to be a father. Jay searches a farm near where Julie's body was found and meets its owner, Sam Bailey. Before Jay leaves, he sees a young man leaving in a white hunting truck. Jay later finds out that another teenage aboriginal girl has also gone missing.
The Avengers (2012)
, 2h23Directed by Joss Whedon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in the future, Hulk (comics) films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Lee Renner
Roles Crâne rouge
Rating77%
The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki an army with which he can subjugate Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and his lieutenant Agent Maria Hill arrive at a remote research facility during an evacuation, where physicist Dr. Erik Selvig is leading a research team experimenting on the Tesseract. Agent Phil Coulson explains that the object has begun radiating an unusual form of energy. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a wormhole, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki takes the Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and a couple of agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him in his getaway.