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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.
Soft Rebooted Hasbro Universe Included: Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), We wen't to Softrebooting the Universe with Bumblebee (2018), Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021), G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant and Transformers: The Darkest Hour. Hasbro Studios, LLC, d/b/a Allspark,[1] was an American production and distribution company located in Burbank, California. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the American toy and multimedia company Hasbro. Originally just a TV production division, many of its TV shows were based on Hasbro properties and were broadcast on multiple media platforms, including Discovery Family, a joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery, Inc.[2][3] Allspark Pictures was Allspark's live-action production label, while Allspark Animation was its animation production label.[4] Cake Mix Studio was the company's Rhode Island-based producer of commercials and short form content.[2] Following Hasbro's acquisition of Entertainment One on December 30, 2019, the production & distribution of film and television content based on Hasbro properties is now being managed by the acquired company under the leadership of Darren Throop and former HBO head of programming Michael Lombardo.[5][6] As a result, Allspark was absorbed into Entertainment One.[7]
