Nigerian-Australian actor and producer

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Wallace Weaving is a stage, screen, and voice actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to British parents, Weaving has lived in Australia since 1976, although he retains British citizenship. He undertook his acting training at NIDA in Sydney. He became known internationally for his appearances in the Australian films Proof (1991) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), and more widely known as Agent Smith in the first three The Matrix films (1999–2003) and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), which were American productions.

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1960

April 4

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1960 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-503 Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
190 Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
611 Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
619 The Bijapur-Mumbai inscription is issued by Pulakeshin II, describing the Battle of Narmada.: 207

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The world in 1960

When Hugo arrived

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 4

Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Bea Benaderet 1906–1968 Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (died 1968) Caracalla 188–217 Roman emperor (died 217) Craig T. Nelson 1944– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Magda Aelvoet 1944– Belgian politician Makhanlal Chaturvedi 1889–1968 Indian journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1968) Mary Colter 1869–1958 American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (died 1958) Nachman of Breslov 1772–1810 Ukrainian founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement (died 1810)

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Also born in 1960

Aaron Allston 1960–2014 American game designer and author (died 2014) Akbar Ganji 1960– Iranian journalist and author Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II Annabella Sciorra 1960– American actress Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Cem Uzan 1960– Turkish businessman and politician Craig Hodges 1960– American basketball player and coach

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