Hugo Weaving Net Worth

Hugo Weaving's Quotes

• [on filming The Matrix Reloaded (2003)] I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his neck for hours and hours. It was... very erotic.
• I do love working in Australia. Generally, the budgets are smaller, the crews are smaller and generally you work at a fast pace. That gives you energy. At the end of the day, you've worked a lot but you don't feel tired. On the big ones, you sit around a lot. That really saps your energy.
• I think I said something like The Interview (1998) was the most fulfilling experience from an acting point of view. And it definitely was. That was a combination of working with a director who was very open and very prepared, and ... working with [co-star] Tony Martin - just sitting opposite him every day, which is pretty much what we did because the film is essentially a dialog between two men.
• You're certainly pushed into selling yourself as a commodity in order to sell the product. I will engage in the selling of the film. But I will try not to engage in the selling of the image, because I find that it's easier to go on and make another film, because the next character is actually obstructed if your image is bigger than it. So the longer you keep the mask on, metaphorically and physically, the better.
• I'm 'of the world'. There was a time when I thought, "Oh, I must go back to England. I feel English." Then I went and the longer I was away, the more Australian I felt. Now, I've come back here and I don't feel entirely Australian. But I certainly feel like this is my country. This is where I live and this is where I want to work.

Interesting Facts about Hugo Weaving

1. Graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
2. His parents and baby Hugo left Nigeria before he was one year old.
3. Children with Katrina Greenwood: Harry Weaving (b. 1989) and Holly Weaving (b. 1993).
4. His father worked in the computer industry and moved around a lot. Hugo spent his childhood in South Africa and England before finally settling in Australia.
5. Sister Anna-Jane Weaving had a brief singing career in Paris, France in the mid-1980s.
6. Nominated for the 2005 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for his performance in "Hedda Gabler".
7. Attended the same high school as Australian actors Adam Garcia, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Johnston, Reg Livermore, writer Stuart Beattie and radio host John Laws.
8. Attended the Downs School, Wraxall, outside Bristol, whilst living in the United Kingdom, which was also briefly attended by Orlando Bloom.
9. Weaving fractured his hip doing a stunt while in training for The Matrix (1999). He recovered and the fight scenes in the production were shifted to the end of the filming. Since Keanu Reeves had suffered a neck injury at around the same time, the delay worked well for both actors. While both actors required stunt doubles on The Matrix and its two sequels, they both trained for months in advance of each production and did a lot of the fight choreography themselves.
10. Has suffered from epileptic seizures since he was age 13. Because of this, he made the decision early on not to drive and he has never had a driver's license. In a 2006 interview, Weaving noted he hasn't suffered a seizure in years, but is still reluctant to get a driver's license because "I'm so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do.".
11. Partners with Katrina Greenwood (1984-present).
12. He opened Belgrade Film Festival - FEST in 1997.
13. Uncle of nieces Morgan Weaving and Samara Weaving.
14. Younger brother of Simon Weaving and older brother of Anna Weaving.
15. Is nine years older than Cate Blanchett but plays her son-in-law in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, in the film, Hugo's character Elrond, was at least 500 years younger than Cate Blanchett's character, Galadriel.
16. Currently resides in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
17. He was a final contender for the role of Pennywise in It (2017) before Bill Skarsgard was ultimately cast.
18. As of 2018, has appeared in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: Babe (1995) (voice), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and Hacksaw Ridge (2016), with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King winning Best Picture of 2003.
19. Won an Australian Film Critics Association Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Johnno in Mystery Road (2013).
20. Nominated for the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Johnno in Mystery Road (2013).