Hugo Weaving  Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor resident in Australia. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in "The Matrix" trilogy (1999–2003), Elrond in "The Lord of the Rings" (2001–2003) and "The Hobbit" (2012–2014) film trilogies, V in "V for Vendetta" (2005), and Red Skull in "" (2011). Weaving's first television role was in the 1984 Australian television series "Bodyline", where he portrayed English cricket captain Douglas Jardine. In film, he first rose to prominence for his performance as Martin in the Australian drama "Proof" (1991). Weaving played Anthony "Tick" Belrose/Mitzi Del Bra in the comedy-drama "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994); and multiple roles in the science fiction film "Cloud Atlas" (2012). His roles as a voice actor include the roles as Rex the male sheepdog in "Babe" (1995), Noah the Leading Elder Emperor Penguin in "Happy Feet" (2006) and "Happy Feet Two" (2011) and as Megatron in the "Transformers" film series. Weaving's awards for acting include a Satellite Award, MTV Movie Award and six Australian Film Institute Awards. Weaving was born on 4 April 1960 at the University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital, in Ibadan, in the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria to British parents; he is the son of Anne Lennard (born 1932), a tour guide and former teacher, and Wallace Weaving (born 1929), a seismologist. His maternal grandmother was Belgian. A year after his birth, his family returned to the United Kingdom, living in Bedford and Brighton before moving to Melbourne and Sydney in Australia; Johannesburg in South Africa; and then returning to the United Kingdom again. While in the UK, he attended The Downs School, Wraxall, near Bristol, and Queen Elizabeth's Hospital. While at the Downs School, in 1973 Weaving played one of his first theatrical roles, taking the part of Captain Asquith in Robert Bolt's "The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew". His family moved back to Australia in 1976, where he attended Knox Grammar School in Sydney. He graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981. Weaving's first television role was in the 1984 Australian television series "Bodyline", as the English cricket captain Douglas Jardine.