Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving owns one of the most instantly recognizable voices in modern cinema, and yet I think his real genius is restraint. Born in Ibadan to British parents and settled in Australia since his teens, he could have lived comfortably off his blockbuster fame forever. Instead he keeps returning to Australian film and theatre, collecting AACTA Best Actor awards across three different decades, 1991, 1998, and 2005, which tells you his peers never stopped rating him. That loyalty to home-grown work, when Hollywood paychecks were always one phone call away, earns my deepest respect. He is a craftsman first and an icon second.

Name (English)

Hugo Weaving

Name (Japanese)

ヒューゴ・ウィーヴィング

Reading

ひゅーご・うぃーゔぃんぐ

Born

April 4, 1960 (age 66)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

Origin

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Occupation

actor / voice actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

University

The Downs, Malvern College Prep School

Awards & achievements

• 1991 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 1998 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 2005 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 2020 Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia
• 2012 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• Sydney Theatre Awards

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• Oyo State
• actor
• voice actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.