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Born April 4, 1960 in Ibadan, Nigeria - British-Australian film actor.
He spent his childhood in South Africa and then moved to England as a teenager. There he attended the private school Queen Elizabeth Hospital, better known as the QEH School in Bristol. Weaving arrived in Australia in 1976.
Weaving's first major role was in the television series Bodyline in 1984, as English captain Douglas Jargine.
Weaving starred in the 1988 Australian film The Dirtwater Dynasty and later in 1989 in The Bangkok Hilton. In 1991, he received the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor award for his performance in low budget films. He also played Sir John in the 1993 comedy "Yahoo Serious," an episode of "Reckless Kelly," a lampoon of notorious Australian criminal Ned Kelly. However, Weaving first gained prominence overseas for his role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). In 1998, he received the Best Actor award at the Montreal Film Festival for his performance on The Interview. Weaving also played Poseidon in the miniseries adaptation of Odyssey. Voiced the animated film "The Magic Pudding" .
His role as the mysterious Agent Smith in the 1999 blockbuster The Matrix brought him worldwide fame and made his face recognizable around the world. Weaving reprized his role as Smith in the 2003 Matrix sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolution. He solidified his success by playing the elf Elrond in Peter Jackson's adaptation of John Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Weaving starred in Everything Goes (2004) and V for Vendetta (2005), in the last film he played V. This role was originally intended for James Purefoy, but after four weeks of filming he turned down the role.

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