Biography: Hugo Weaving is one of Australia's most acclaimed actors. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1981 and has since worked extensively in film, television and theater.

In 1991 Weaving won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor for his work in Proof, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. He also received an AFI Award nomination in 1994 for The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, directed by Stephen Elliot.

Weaving's other film credits include the recently completed Bedrooms And Hallways and The Interview, the critically acclaimed True Love And Chaos, Stephen Elliot's Frauds, The Custodian, Paul Cox's "Exile, Reckless Kelly, Wendy Cracked A Walnut, The Right Hand Man, For Love Alone and The City's Edge.

His television credits include the acclaimed miniseries Bodyline; the Australian series Halifax f.p., the telefilm The Bite, Naked - Coral Island, the miniseries Bangkok Hilton (co-starring Nicole Kidman), The Dirtwater Dynasty, Barlow And Chambers - A Long Way From Home and Melba.

His numerous theater credits include the Sydney Theatre Company's Macbeth, The Perfectionist, The Cherry Orchard, and Arcadia. He has also starred in Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming Of The Shrew for the Melbourne Theatre Company and Julius Caesar, Ring Around The Moon and Private Lives for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.

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