"niece, Samara Weaving, portrayed Indigo Walker on the long-running Australian soap, ""Home and Away"", and her younger sister Morgan joined the cast as Lottie Ryan. In 2004, Weaving became an ambassador for Australian animal rights organisation Voiceless, the animal protection institute. He attends events, promotes Voiceless in interviews, and assists in their judging of annual grants recipients. He has also been a spokesman in TV spots for Epilepsy charity. Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an Australian-English film and stage actor. He is best known for playing Agent Smith in ""The Matrix"" trilogy (1999–2003), Elrond in"
"Road"". Stage performances include the lead role in ""War Horse"", in Sydney's Lyric Theatre. Bliss also appeared on the episode 8 of the 2010 HBO miniseries ""The Pacific"" as Capt. ""Le Francois"". Ian Bliss Ian Bliss (born 1966) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Bane in ""The Matrix Reloaded"" and ""The Matrix Revolutions"", for which he was chosen by the Wachowskis because of his accurate impersonation of Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), and also his partial resemblance to Weaving. After his appearance in the ""Matrix"" sequels, Bliss took minor roles in the feature films ""Stealth"" and ""Superman"
"performances in ""Cambridge Spies"", ""The Libertine"", and ""Pride & Prejudice"". He is probably best known, however, for portraying the villainous Cutler Beckett in """" and """". Hugo Weaving had already become well known after his role in ""The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"" in 1994 and ""Babe"" in 1995 (as Rex the Sheepdog). The year after ""Bedrooms and Hallways"" debuted, he became even better known through significant roles in ""The Matrix"" film and ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy, some of the top-grossing film series of all time. Bedrooms and Hallways Bedrooms and Hallways is a 1998"
"The Matrix The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called ""the Matrix"", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Cybercriminal and computer programmer Neo learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the"
"Neo (The Matrix) Neo (born as Thomas A. Anderson, also known as The One, an anagram for Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in ""The Matrix"" franchise. He was portrayed as a cybercriminal and computer programmer by Keanu Reeves in ""The Matrix Trilogy"", as well as having a cameo in ""The Animatrix"" short film ""Kid's Story"". Andrew Bowen provided Neo's voice in """". In 2008, Neo was selected by ""Empire"" as the 68th Greatest Movie Character of All Time. Neo is also an anagram of ""one"", a reference to his destiny of being ""The One"" who would"
"Marvel was looking to ""come as close to the iconic role that Hugo Weaving portrayed seven years ago and pay homage to it while also giving it a new flavor"", and after Marquand attempted to ""do a straight voice match to Hugo's performance"", the Russo noted that the character would ""sound a little different"" from the last time he was seen, recommending Marquand add ""this kind of ethereal almost ghost-like quality to his voice"". Taking this direction, it took Marquand around 10 days to perfect the voice, which he felt melded Weaving's ""iconic performance in ""The Matrix"" with the German"
"""The Matrix"", a science fiction action film, in 1999. The movie stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker recruited by a rebellion to aid them in the fight against machines who have taken over the world and placed humanity inside a simulated reality called ""the Matrix"". Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano also star. The movie was a critical and commercial hit for Warner Bros. It won four Academy Awards, including for ""Best Visual Effects"" for popularizing the bullet time visual effect. ""The Matrix"" came to be a major influence for action movies and has appeared in"
"the Shell"" was a strong influence. In ""The Matrix"", Neo (Keanu Reeves) hears rumors of the Matrix and a mysterious man named Morpheus. Neo spends his nights at his home computer trying to discover the secret of the Matrix and what the Matrix is. Eventually, another hacker, Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), introduces Neo to Morpheus. Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) explains to Neo that the Matrix is an illusory world created to prevent humans from discovering that they are slaves to an external influence. Holding out a capsule on each of his palms, he describes the choice facing Neo: As narrated, the blue"
"Ian Bliss Ian Bliss (born 1966) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Bane in ""The Matrix Reloaded"" and ""The Matrix Revolutions"", for which he was chosen by the Wachowskis because of his accurate impersonation of Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), and also his partial resemblance to Weaving. After his appearance in the ""Matrix"" sequels, Bliss took minor roles in the feature films ""Stealth"" and ""Superman Returns"". He also played the Peacekeeper scientist Drillic in the ""Farscape"" episode ""Losing Time"". He has also appeared in several Australian television drama series including ""Heartbreak High"", ""Underbelly"", ""Blue Murder"" and ""Canal"
"itself, as silhouettes of golden light; he is thus able to see Smith/Bane and kill him. Neo (The Matrix) Neo (born as Thomas A. Anderson, also known as The One, an anagram for Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in ""The Matrix"" franchise. He was portrayed as a cybercriminal and computer programmer by Keanu Reeves in ""The Matrix Trilogy"", as well as having a cameo in ""The Animatrix"" short film ""Kid's Story"". Andrew Bowen provided Neo's voice in """". In 2008, Neo was selected by ""Empire"" as the 68th Greatest Movie Character of All Time. Neo is"
"Fu and attend Martial Arts competitions, but in the United States, you will find that most of your time in washing the dishes and do a porter."" Tiger Chen became a student of Hong Kong martial artist Yuen Woo-ping in 2000s. In 1998, Tiger Chen began his film career by holding a post on the fight choreography team as an assistant under Yuen in ""The Matrix"", a science fiction action film starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. At the same time, he became best friends with Keanu Reeves. Chen also held the post of"
"Luca Biagini Luca Biagini (born October 3, 1949) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biagini is best known for dubbing over the voices of actors like Hugo Weaving in ""The Lord of the Rings"" film series, Michael Keaton in ""Batman"" and ""Spotlight"", Arliss Howard in ""Full Metal Jacket"", J.K. Simmons in ""Whiplash"", Bruce Willis in ""12 Monkeys"", Ed Harris in ""The Hours"", Colin Firth, John Malkovich and Kevin Kline in most of their performances. In 2010, he became the new official voice of Hugh Laurie in ""House"", after the death of his former dubber Sergio Di Stefano. He gave"
"were involved with the endeavor, although the studio would like to get at minimum the blessing of The Wachowskis. ""The Matrix"" was released on LaserDisc on September 21st, 1999. VHS releases in both fullscreen and widescreen formats followed in December of that year. The film was released on DVD on May 15, 2007, and a Blu-ray release followed on October 14, 2008. It was also released on 4K HDR Blu-ray on May 22, 2018. The Matrix The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo"
"Jason Weaver Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979), also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Marcus Henderson on The WB sitcom ""Smart Guy,"" Jerome Turrell on the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Thea"" from 1993–1994, and the pre-teenaged Michael Jackson on the 1992 ABC miniseries "". Jason was also the singing voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] One of Weaver's earliest acting roles was on Oprah Winfrey's 1990 television series ""Brewster Place"". He went on to portray a young Michael"
"the Rings"", released between 2001 and 2003. Weaving was the main actor in Andrew Kotatko's award-winning film ""Everything Goes"" (2004). He starred as a heroin-addicted ex-rugby league player in the 2005 Australian indie film ""Little Fish"", opposite Cate Blanchett. Weaving played the title role as V in the 2005 film ""V for Vendetta"", in which he was reunited with the Wachowskis, creators of ""The Matrix"" trilogy, who wrote the adapted screenplay. Actor James Purefoy was originally signed to play the role, but was fired six weeks into filming over creative differences. Weaving reshot most of James Purefoy's scenes as V"
"film adaption of Craig Silvey's Australian novel, ""Jasper Jones"". In 2018, Weaving starred as Thaddeus Valentine in ""Mortal Engines"". When he was 13 years old, Weaving was diagnosed with epilepsy. Although this disability rarely affected him and stopped completely after he turned 18, he still chooses not to drive.. He has been with his longtime girlfriend Katrina Greenwood since 1984; the two live in Sydney and have two children together, Harry (b. 1989) and Holly (b. 1993). Harry is an actor who uses the stage name Harry Greenwood. Hugo also has a brother, Simon, and a sister, Anna Jane. His"
"Collin Chou Collin Chou (born 11 August 1967), sometimes credited as Ngai Sing, is a Taiwanese actor and martial artist. Chou is best known in the United States for his portrayal of Seraph in the films ""The Matrix Reloaded"" and ""The Matrix Revolutions"", and in the video game ""Enter the Matrix"". In Asian cinema, Chou has co-starred with Jet Li, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung in martial arts films such as ""Fearless"" (2006), and ""Flash Point"" (2007). He is also known for playing the antagonist Shang Wei in ""Hail the Judge"" (1994), which starred Stephen Chow and ""Jade Warlord"" in"
"Matrix"". The ""Animatrix"" short film ""The Second Renaissance"" and the short comic ""Bits and Pieces of Information"" show how the initial conflict between humans and machines came about, and how and why the Matrix was first developed. Its history and purpose are further explained in ""The Matrix Reloaded"". The ""Matrix"" series includes a trilogy of feature films, all of which were written and directed by The Wachowskis and produced by Joel Silver, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. The series was filmed in Australia and began with 1999's ""The Matrix"", which depicts the recruitment of hacker"
"kick for two out of four months of training. As a result, Reeves did not kick much in the film. Weaving had to undergo hip surgery after he sustained an injury during the training process. In the film, the code that composes the Matrix itself is frequently represented as downward-flowing green characters. This code uses a custom typeface designed by Simon Whiteley, which includes mirror images of half-width kana characters and Western Latin letters and numerals. In a 2017 interview at CNET, he attributed the design to his wife, who's from Japan, and added, ""I like to tell everybody that"
"Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves ( ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician. He gained fame for his starring role performances in several blockbuster films, including comedies from the ""Bill and Ted"" franchise (1989–1991); action thrillers ""Point Break"" (1991), ""Speed"" (1994), and the ""John Wick"" franchise; psychological thriller ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1997); supernatural thriller ""Constantine"" (2005); and science fiction/action series ""The Matrix"" (1999–2003). He has also appeared in dramatic films such as ""Dangerous Liaisons"" (1988), ""My Own Private Idaho"" (1991), and ""Little Buddha"" (1993), as well as the romantic horror ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"" (1992)."
"Lambert Wilson Lambert Wilson (born 3 August 1958) is a French actor, singer and activist internationally best known for his portrayal of The Merovingian in ""The Matrix Reloaded"" and ""The Matrix Revolutions"". Wilson is the son of Georges Wilson, who was an actor, theatrical manager and director of the Théâtre National Populaire. As a teenager, he had little interest for the French theatre and aimed to become an ""American actor"" and appear in Hollywood pictures. He studied acting at the Drama Centre London in order to learn English. He played his first movie role in the 1977 American film ""Julia"","
"as well his voice to animated characters such as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh since ""The Tigger Movie"", Sebastian St. Clair in ""BoJack Horseman"", Jake from ""The Rescuers Down Under"" and the Rat from ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"". Luca Biagini Luca Biagini (born October 3, 1949) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biagini is best known for dubbing over the voices of actors like Hugo Weaving in ""The Lord of the Rings"" film series, Michael Keaton in ""Batman"" and ""Spotlight"", Arliss Howard in ""Full Metal Jacket"", J.K. Simmons in ""Whiplash"", Bruce Willis in ""12 Monkeys"", Ed Harris in ""The Hours"","
"established universe. Reportedly, one such story the studio is considering, is a prequel film about a young Morpheus. The previous month, Keanu Reeves said he would return to a potential new ""Matrix"" film only if the Wachowskis were writing and directing. In April 2017, Hugo Weaving said he would be open to returning in future Matrix films if the scripts were good and came with the Wachowskis' blessing, although he believed the producers would likely want a fresh start with a new cast. In March 2018, Penn said he is working on a revival of the franchise and teased the"
"Alan Moore's graphic novel of the same name, starring Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving. The Wachowskis wrote and produced the film with ""Matrix"" producer Joel Silver, who had previously purchased the film rights to the graphic novel. The Wachowskis offered the film to James McTeigue, the first assistant director of ""The Matrix"" trilogy, as his directorial debut. Moore did not participate in the production, as he was disappointed by previous Hollywood adaptations of his work, and disagreed with differences between the screenplay and his graphic novel. Following a statement to the press by Silver that Moore was supposedly excited to"
"Morpheus in Kia Motors' K900 commercial for Super Bowl XLVIII. He sings Pavarotti's rendition of Nessun Dorma, Italian for ""None Shall Sleep"". Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus is a fictional character in ""The Matrix"" franchise. He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the films, and in the video game """" where he was the only actor to reprise his character's voice. Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the creators of ""The Matrix"" franchise, instructed Fishburne to base his performance on Morpheus, a character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series ""The Sandman"". At the studio's request, Gaiman later wrote ""Goliath"", a promotional short story"
"While Keanu Reeves and Harrison Ford both had major roles in action science fiction films (""The Matrix"" and ""Blade Runner"", respectively), they later branched out into a number of other action genres, such as action-adventure films. American actor Matt Damon, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his sensitive portrayal of a math genius working as a janitor in ""Good Will Hunting"", later morphed into an action hero with the car-chase-and-gunfire-filled ""Jason Bourne"" franchise. Same thing happened to star Tom Cruise, who turned into a mature action star with the , ""Jack Reacher"", and other films. Leonardo DiCaprio is"
"the film, as well as Vince Vaughn (playing the supposed ""White Rabbit"") and Jimmy Fallon, who played Keanu Reeves's character, Neo, from the film. Also, it noted Parker's status as a fashion icon by appearing in no less than 15 different costumes during the duration of the awards ceremonies, even appearing in nothing but a bath towel. 2000 MTV Movie Awards The 2000 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker. In conjunction with the success of ""Sex and the City"", the awards show presented a parody of ""Sex and the City"" and ""The Matrix"" during the program's opening."
"Jesus, he believed so strongly in Jesus as the Messiah, John willingly stepped aside and let Christ take up the groundwork that John had created and laid before him, and continue where John had left off. In the first feature film, ""The Matrix"", Morpheus successfully finds and monitors a man named Thomas A. Anderson, a hacker who calls himself Neo. Despite a close call with Agents that capture, interrogate, and place a surveillance device on Neo, Morpheus and his crew locate him. Morpheus offers Neo a choice of ingesting a red pill, which will activate a trace program to locate"
"Washington Heights. He is a big fan of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and plans to produce a movie based on his novel ""The Alchemist"". Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for playing Morpheus in ""The Matrix"" trilogy, Jason ""Furious"" Styles in the 1991 drama film ""Boyz n the Hood"" and Tyrone ""Mr. Clean"" Miller in the 1979 war film ""Apocalypse Now"". For his portrayal of Ike Turner in ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for"
"as ""box office poison"". He eventually won back the favours of French audiences by appearing in the successful comedies ""Same Old Song"" (1997) and ""Jet Set"" (2000). Wilson was cast in the role of The Merovingian in ""The Matrix Reloaded"" (2002) and ""The Matrix Revolutions"" (2003), perhaps his best-known role in the American cinema. Being completely fluent in English, his strong French accent in the film is fabricated for the role. The role also popularised the Ediety tie knot, now commonly referred to as ""The Merovingian"". In November 2012, he was selected as a member of the main competition jury"
"born in Launceston, Tasmania, in 1968. He received a Bachelor of Dramatic Art degree from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1995. He played Warren Harvey in the ABC series, ""Fallen Angels"" in 1997. Ball was also cast in the 1999 action film, ""The Matrix"", which was filmed on location in Sydney. In his scene, Ball plays a businessman talking on his cell phone. Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, grabs and steals Ball's phone while being chased through the city streets by Agent Smith, played by Hugo Weaving. He returned to his native Launceston in 2002 after years of"
"Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus is a fictional character in ""The Matrix"" franchise. He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the films, and in the video game """" where he was the only actor to reprise his character's voice. Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the creators of ""The Matrix"" franchise, instructed Fishburne to base his performance on Morpheus, a character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series ""The Sandman"". At the studio's request, Gaiman later wrote ""Goliath"", a promotional short story set in the film's universe. The name Morpheus is that of the god of dreams in Greek mythology, which is consistent with"
"what the Matrix was: a supposed terrorist known only as Morpheus. After an encounter with another hacker, Trinity, Anderson is suddenly contacted by Morpheus via a cell phone mailed to his office, but is almost immediately captured by the virtual reality's Agents, led by Agent Smith. After refusing to co-operate with the agents, Neo has an electronic bug implanted within his Matrix-simulated body so that his actions can be tracked and those seeking to make contact from the free world can be traced and destroyed. He is then contacted by Trinity, freed from the bug, and taken to meet Morpheus."