Biography
Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). Continuing to act in Austra...
Known For
Complete Filmography

How to Make Gravy
2024
as Noel
Prisoner Joe writes a letter to his brother Dan about wanting to be with family at Christmas, lamenting how he can't make the gravy for the roast and ...

The Rooster
2024
as The Hermit
When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile hermit who was the last pe...

The Royal Hotel
2023
as Billy
After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the ...

Teacups
2023
as Don Ritchie
For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff near his home. Teacups explores Don’s surrea...

Franklin
2022
as Narrator
Eighth-generation Tasmanian and environmentalist Oliver Cassidy embarks on a life-changing solo rafting trip down the beautiful yet remote Franklin Ri...

Loveland
2022
as Dr. Bergman
In an uncharted future, two hardened souls meet and confront each other with the things they have done and what they have become.

Lone Wolf
2021
as Police Minister
Through various modes of surveillance we observe an overprotective young woman, Winnie, and her disabled brother, Stevie, caught in a web of intrigue ...

Wild Australia: After the Fires
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Charting the recovery of wildlife in the aftermath of Australia's catastrophic bushfires through stories of hope and resilience.

Measure for Measure
2020
as Duke
An improbable love affair flares up between Karima, a modern Muslim girl, and Claudio, a local musician, in Melbourne's most notorious housing estate,...

Hearts and Bones
2019
as Dan Fisher
A shell-shocked photojournalist, haunted by what he has witnessed on assignment in Africa, returns home on the eve of becoming a father. When one of h...

Mortal Engines
2018
as Thaddeus Valentine
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources...
Australia's Lost Impressionist
2018
as John Russell (voice)
John Russell tells the fascinating story behind the only Australian artist at the centre of the Impressionist movement in France and how his famous fr...

Black '47
2018
as Hannah
In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been...

Jasper Jones
2017
as Mad Jack Lionel
Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murder...

The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'
2017
as Self
A comprehensive documentary detailing the making of 'Hacksaw Ridge', including the real-life people and story, casting, filming, special effects, stun...

Hacksaw Ridge
2016
as Tom Doss
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector...

The Dressmaker
2015
as Sergeant Farrat
In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with he...

Strangerland
2015
as Detective David Rae
Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
as Self
This is the story behind one of the world’s most loved films; about three unlikely Australian hero-(ine)s daring to step up from the shadows in their ...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Elrond
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...

Healing
2014
as Senior Officer Matt Perry
Viktor Kahdem is a man who has almost given up on life, sentenced to a low-security prison farm, a completely non-threatening environment where it is ...

The Mule
2014
as Tom Croft
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a...

The Turning
2013
as Bob Lang
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...

Mystery Road
2013
as Johnno
A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Elrond
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...

Cloud Atlas
2012
as Haskell Moore / Tadeusz Kesselring / Bill Smoke / Nurse Noakes / Boardman Mephi / Old Georgie
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and con...

Ship of Theseus
2012
Producer
Three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances.

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Happy Feet Two
2011
as Noah (voice)
Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters the Mighty Sven — a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mu...

Captain America: Behind the Skull
2011
as Himself
A look back at the history of Red Skull, casting the role, and creating the character's right look for the movie.

Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers ...

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011
as Megatron (voice)
The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes ap...

The Key Man
2011
as Vincent
An insurance salesman gets mixed up with two gangsters in effort to make more money and provide for his family, but things don't go as he planned.
I, Spry
2010
as Narrator (voice)
With a nuclear arms race set to escalate the Cold War, Prime Minister Menzies appoints Colonel Charles Spry to take charge of the fledgling Australian...

Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Jack
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the force...

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Noctus / Grimble (voice)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

The Wolfman
2010
as Inspector Francis Abberline
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonl...

Tackling Peace
2009
as Narrator
Tackling Peace is the inspirational story of Israeli and Palestinian youths who unite over the game of Australian football. Tackling Peace goes behind...

Last Ride
2009
as Kev
A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Megatron (voice)
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is drag...

The Tender Hook
2008
as McHeath
The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young boxer....

Transformers
2007
as Megatron (voice)
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobot...

In the Company of Actors
2007
as Self / Judge Brack
Within the world of theatre the rehearsal room is a sacred space -- the private domain where boundaries are pushed, risks taken, mistakes made, vulner...

The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
2007
as Narrator
A charming animated fable with live action. This is a story about a teenage girl (Pia Miranda) who suffers from depression and dreams and sketches way...

Happy Feet
2006
as Noah (voice)
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fier...

V for Vendetta
2006
as V / William Rookwood
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive B...

Little Fish
2005
as Lionel
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

Peaches
2005
as Alan
This is the story of teenage girl Steph, who is brought up by her fiery aunt Jude after her pregnant mother Jass and Vietnamese father are killed in a...

Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Self
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame ...

Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005
as Self
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the ...

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.

The Matrix Reloaded Revisited
2004
as Self
The making of The Matrix Reloaded: Go to the middle movie's furthest reaches via five documentary paths revealing 21 featurettes.

The Matrix Revolutions Revisited
2004
as Self
The making of The Matrix Revolutions: The cataclysmic final confrontation chronicled through six documentary pods revealing 28 featurettes

Everything Goes
2004
A young couple offer to buy the furniture of a middle-aged man whose wife just left him - but they end up with more than they bargained for. Hugo Weav...

The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us h...
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
2004
as Self
A look at the stunts of The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
2004
as Himself
The special effects of the Agent Smith scenes in Matrix Revolutions

The Making of the Return of the King
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Elrond
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
as Self
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as Agent Smith
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing t...
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003
as Self
This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the fi...

After the Deluge
2003
as Marty
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to...

Horseplay
2003
as Narrator (voice)
A small-time horse trainer has successfully screwed up his life. His wife hates him, hie mistress loathes him and his father-in-law wants to kill him....

The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as Agent Smith
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from...

The Making of The Two Towers
2003
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Pet...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Elrond
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
as Elrond
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the han...

A Passage to Middle-Earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
2001
as Self
The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

Quest for the Ring
2001
as Self

The Matrix Revisited
2001
as Self - Agent Smith
The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

Russian Doll
2001
as Harvey
A private detective agrees to marry his best friend's mistress to keep her from being deported.

Russian Doll
2001
Co-Producer
A private detective agrees to marry his best friend's mistress to keep her from being deported.

The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2001
A man is forced to confront a dangerous female jaguar and his own past through the sacrificial killing of the beast he has grown to love.

The Magic Pudding
2000
as Bill Barnacle (voice)
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight of...

Strange Planet
1999
as Steven
Alice, Judy and Sally are three Australian roommates who are unlucky in love. Over the course of a year, they endure numerous personal ups and downs. ...
Little Echo Lost
1999
as Echo Man
LITTLE ECHO LOST takes us into the world of the last surviving Echo Man. Echoes are part of the fabric of nature, the nature we hear, not see. These a...

Making 'The Matrix'
1999
as Self
A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in...

The Matrix
1999
as Agent Smith
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful co...

Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Rex (voice)
Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Ba...

Bedrooms and Hallways
1998
as Jeremy
At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members...

The Interview
1998
as Eddie Rodney Fleming
A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?

The Kiss
1998
as Frank
Bob is a car nut who's oblivious to his wife Sue's need for some amorous action and Barry's (his gay neighbor) unrequited affections. When Sue mistake...

True Love and Chaos
1997
as Morris
A man accompanies his lover on a journey, neglecting to mention that an angry drug dealer is in hot pursuit.

Wild Australia: The Edge
1996
as Narrator (voice)
From beautiful but dangerous waterfalls to canyons and underground rivers carved into stone millions of years ago, Wild Australia is a stunning look a...

Babe
1995
as Rex (voice)
Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster an...
Ladies Please!
1994
as Self
"Ladies Please" is a rare and stimulating insight into the bohemian world that is drag and into the professional and personal lives of three of its mo...

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they ...

The Forgotten Force
1994
as Narrator
After the atomic obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, over 36,000 Australian men and women, part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF...

The Custodian
1994
as Frank Church
Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt polic...

Frauds
1993
as Jonathan Wheats
The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games...

Reckless Kelly
1993
as Sir John
A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his ...
Road to Alice
1992
Jimmy owes Dimitri more money than he can spare. He decides that a holiday would be a better bet. On his travels he meets Louis and things start to go...

Proof
1991
as Martin
Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly je...

Wendy Cracked a Walnut
1990
as Jake
An Australian salesman's bored wife escapes in a fantasy world with her dream lover.

Dadah Is Death
1988
as Geoffrey Chambers
On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A c...

The Right Hand Man
1987
as Ned Devine
A stagecoach driver goes to work for a dying, one-armed aristocrat in 1860s Australia.

For Love Alone
1986
as Jonathan Crow
Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricke...

The City's Edge
1983
as Andy White
In an effort to come to terms with his father's death, a young man (Weaving) moves into a rooming house amidst the decaying grandeur of Bondi Beach, w...

...Maybe This Time
1981
as Student #2
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns h...
We're All Going to Die
N/A
as Death
A man got out of his shitty life thanks to a mysterious voice
Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel
N/A
as Anthony 'Tick' Belrose / Mitzi Del Bra
Plot details are still under wraps, but it will feature a grown-up version of Tick’s 7-year-old son from the original film.