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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 The Matrix Revolutions, and after the defeat of Smith, the Sentinels do what they can to heal the injured Neo and Trinity. Deus Ex Machina follows through on their promise and leaves Zion in peace. Deus Ex Machina knew that if he killed The One it would make him a martyr. Instead, it was calculated that it would be better to allow him to live again in a weakened state. No longer mortally injured, Neo and Trinity await a rescue team. As they await rescue, Neo feels compelled to steal away one of the fetuses developing in the fetus fields. Despite, everyone's reluctance, they free the baby (that looks be about 1 year old) and escape away with her back to Zion. Although the Architect accepts defeat, and people are free to leave the Matrix, many, if not most do not and Zion does not have the resources to free everyone. Knowing this, the Sentinels and the Architect quietly making the Matrix harder for people to leave as Zion struggles to rebuild and struggles to acquire the necessary resources to free people from the Matrix. (click link to read more: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cmTg-1Qv-GeDMe3bDX2AiH3SJ0GO8E4ri3HCnzaBfQ0/edit?usp=sharing)
