FILMOGRAPHY
2006] V for Vendetta
2005] Little Fish
2004] Peaches (2004) .... Alan
2004] Everything Goes (2004) .... Ray
2003] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003] The Matrix Revolutions
2003] "After the Deluge" (mini)
2003] Enter the Matrix (VG)
2003] The Matrix Reloaded
2003] Horseplay (2003)
2002] The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001] Russian Doll
2001] The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
2000] The Magic Pudding
1999] Strange Plane
1999] Little Echo Lost
1999] The Matrix
1998] Babe: Pig in the City
1998] Bedrooms and Hallways
1998] The Interview
1998] The Kiss
1997] True Love and Chaos
1997] "Frontier" (mini)
1997] Halifax f.p: Isn't It Romantic (TV)
1996] Wild Australia: The Edge
1996] "The Bite" (mini)
1995] Babe
1995] "Bordertown" (mini)
1994] Exile
1994] The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994] What's Going On, Frank?
1993] Frauds
1993] Reckless Kelly
1993] The Custodian
1993] "Seven Deadly Sins" (mini)
1992] Road to Alice
1991] Proof
1990] ...Almost
1989] "Bangkok Hilton" (mini)
1988] Dadah Is Death (TV)
1988] "The Dirtwater Dynasty" (mini)
1987] The Right Hand Man
1987] "Melba" (mini)
1986] For Love Alone
1986] Sky Pirates
1984] "Bodyline: It's Not Just Cricket" (mini)
1983] The City's Edge (V)
1980] Maybe This Time
CONTACT
Hugo Weaving
Shanahan Management Pty Ltd
PO Box 1509
Darlinghurst NSW 1300
Australia
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Born on April 4, 1960 in Nigeria. Hugo has an older brother Simon and a younger sister Anna. Married to Katrina Greenwood since 1984. Together they have 2 children: Harry (b. 1989) and Holly (b. 1993).
Hugo's father worked in the computer industry which had the family travelling between Great Britain, Australia & Nigeria.
Hugo spent three years in England in the seventies attending Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School in Bristol. He arrived permanently in Australia in 1976 when he was 16 and attended the same high school, Knox Grammar School, as Australian actors Adam Garcia & Hugh Jackman.
NIDA graduate from 1981.
Weaving is an epileptic & had been on medication since his first seizure at age 13.
Hugo on celebrity:
"The celebrity side of it scares me. I've never been comfortable with it. That's not why I became an actor. The reason I became an actor is because when I was a kid I was putting on clothes and being in little plays and I loved that. I know it's bizarre, but I feel like a charlatan. I don't like being famous for being famous. I don't want to be a big name just because I'm a big name."
Speaking of his epilepcy:
"I'm a strong believer that all your lows are also your highs ... that the things that happen to you which are most awful are often the things you learn most from."
Geoffrey Rush on Hugo:
"In some ways, he's probably lucky that he's avoided celebrity status because all people tend to write about is where you live and who you live with and what you do in your time off. He's a truly seasoned and very diverse actor - you can't really nail him with a couple of quick and easy populist attributes."
After making The Matrix:
"I went back to LA for a couple of months to see my agent there and see some people but I'm uncomfortable in LA, I actually want to work here (in Australia). There's a part of me which sees so many American stories and so much American culture in the world as it is. I don't want to go over and add to it hugely."
Hugo on getting the role in LOTR:
"Barrie Osborne, who was producing The Lord of the Rings and had produced The Matrix, rang me and said, 'Do you want to do this thing?' I thought playing an elf would be fun so I jumped on board. But having done two huge trilogies, I'm really keen to get back into some Australian films again."
On shooting the replicate fight scenes in The Matrix:
"They'd had all their hair shaved and my hair on and glasses. They kind of looked vaguely like me. They put me in the centre of the frame and did face replacements on them after the event. Or not, depending on the shot. The strange thing about it really was doing scenes with myself. When we were shooting it, I got to know them all as Rob or Mike or whatever. I just treated them as other people. But halfway through a scene, I'd have to do some dialogue with myself and that was peculiar. You'd be doing it with someone else then have to jump in and do the scene with yourself."
Hugo on working locally:
"I do love working in Australia. Generally, the budgets are smaller, the crews are smaller and generally you work at a fast pace. That gives you energy. At the end of the day, you've worked a lot but you don't feel tired. On the big ones, you sit around a lot. That really saps your energy."