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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 Australia, he rose to prominence with his appearances in the films Proof (1991) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), winning his first AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role with the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through appearances in mainstream American productions. His most notable film roles include Agent Smith in the first three The Matrix films (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, the title character in V for Vendetta (2005), and Johann Schmidt / Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In addition to his live action appearances, Weaving has had several voice over roles, including in the films Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), and the Transformers series as Megatron (2007–2011). He also reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.
Hal Jordan is a former military test pilot and a veteran member of the intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps. Jordan returned to his home town of Coast City to receive a lifetime achievement award in heroics. He is accompanied by fellow Green Lantern John Stewart, who was a former marine and architect from Detroit. During the ceremony, Coast City is attacked by the Manhunters, the first attempt by the Guardians of the Universe at creating an intergalactic policing force. The two Green Lanterns get into action but most of Coast City is destroyed in the process. Hal Jordan returns to the Corps’ headquarters on the planet Oa to plead with the Guardians to investigate Sinestro, a former Green Lantern turned evil, for being behind the attack. The Guardians refuse as they do not want to cause a war with the Yellow Lanterns, leaving Hal angry. John Stewart convinces Hal to investigate the attack anyway, and the two bring in Green Lanterns Kilowog and Katma Tui to help. Hal noticeably becomes more irritable as the investigation continues. The team goes to several planets, investigating other attacks done by the manhunters. John notices that each attack occurs on a planet of significance to Hal. First on Earth where Hal is from, then Ungara where the Lantern that gave Hal his ring was from, then Mogo who is a sentient planet. The team traces back the attacks to Warworld, a mobile asteroid ruled over by the tyrant Mongul. On Warworld is the power battery of the Yellow Lanterns, which is revealed to contain Parallax, a being of pure fear. Parallax has infiltrated Hal’s body and has taken over, turning him into a Yellow Lantern. The Guardians of the Universe give John Stewart a special ring that is not rendered useless by the color yellow. Now the Green Lantern Corps must fight against both Mongul and Hal Jordan to save the universe.
