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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.
In 1942, Captain America and Bucky Barnes were summoned by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to investigate a series of ships sinking in the Sargasso Sea, where they meet the Sub-Mariner, an Atlantean prince who vowed to wreak vengeance on all surface dwellers. Meanwhile, a scientist named Phineas T. Horton showed off to the press his latest invention: an android named the Human Torch. The fiery android escaped and adopted a young orphan named Thomas Raymond, who worked in a circus under the name of Toro. Thru various circumstances, Captain America and Bucky alongside Namor the Sub-Mariner meets the Human Torch and Toro and team dup to fight the Red Skull and Arnim Zola and prevent them from invading Manhattan.
