Hugo Weaving

Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a SAG-winning English-Australian film, stage and voice actor. He further international attention with his performance as the enigmatic Agent Smith in the 1999 blockbuster hit The Matrix. Weaving later reprised the role of Smith in that film's 2003 sequels: The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. He also garnered much popular attention in the role of the half-elf Elrond in Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, released between 2001 and 2003. Weaving appeared in the majority of V for Vendetta, but James Purefoy (originally cast as V) is shown in several scenes.