Episode 3
My Little Boy Lost
Narrator: Hugo Weaving
Hugo Weaving - ACTOR
Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognized as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.
Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). Continuing to act in Australia, he rose to prominence with his appearances in the films Proof (1991) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), winning his first AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role with the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through appearances in mainstream American productions. His most notable film roles include Agent Smith in the first three The Matrix films (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, the title character in V for Vendetta (2005), and Johann Schmidt / Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
One of the key reasons the storyteller chose Hugo to narrate "My Little Boy Lost" was Hugo's role as David Melrose in the 2018 television series "Patrick Melrose". "Patrick Melrose" (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) an affluent Englishman who has had a very troubled childhood which included sexual abuse becomes a victim of substance abuse in his adulthood as he tries to overcome his complex emotions.