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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.
At the end of their last adventure, Jak and Daxter have saved the world from the clutches of the evil Gol and Maia. Discovering a large and mysterious Precursor rift gate at the Dark Eco silos where the epic battle took place, Jak, Daxter, Samos the sage and his daughter Keira have been busy reassembling the gate at Samos’s hut in Sandover village. Their actions unknowingly set of a chain of events that will shape their destinies. The rift gate is open catapulting the group into a gritty, dangerous metropolis called Haven City. Separated from one another, Jak is thrown into prison and forced to endure two torturous years of Dark Eco experiments at the hands of Baron Praxis, the ruler of Haven City. Meanwhile, Daxter has spent two years trying to free Jak from the bowels of the Baron’s prison fortress. When he finally finds Jak, Daxter discovers that his friend has changed forever. Upon their escape, the two become embroiled in a quest for revenge against the Baron, to find a way to get back home, and ultimately, to fulfill the prophecy that’ll reveal the true heir to the throne of Haven City... a new chapter begins
