Agent Smith

Agent Smith
The Matrix character
Hugo Weaving portraying Agent Smith
First appearance	The Matrix
Last appearance	The Matrix Revolutions
Created by	The Wachowskis
Portrayed by	Hugo Weaving Ian Bliss
Voiced by	Christopher Corey Smith (The Matrix: Path of Neo)
Information
Species	Computer program
Gender	Male
Occupation	Agent, later virus

Agent Smith is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the The Matrix franchise. He is portrayed by Hugo Weaving (and briefly by Ian Bliss) in the films and voiced by Christopher Corey Smith in The Matrix: Path of Neo.

In 2008, Agent Smith was selected by Empire Magazine as the 84th Greatest Movie Character of All Time. In 2013, Weaving reprised the role for a General Electric advertisement.

Smith began as an Agent, an AI program in the Matrix programmed to keep order within the system by terminating human simulacra which would bring instability to the simulated reality, as well as any rogue programs that no longer serve a purpose to the Machine collective. To this end, Smith and his fellow Agents possess a number of superhuman attributes from their ability to bend the rules of the Matrix. Smith manifests his physical form by inhabiting and overwriting the simulated body of a human wired into the Matrix; by moving from body to body, he can reform himself if he is "killed" (which only kills the host body) and appear virtually anywhere. He can overcome the limitations of gravity and the human body, giving him speed and strength sufficient to dodge bullets flawlessly, punch through concrete with his bare hands, and jump impossible distances. He and other Agents use their earpieces to communicate with each other instantaneously and perceive the actions of other humans wired into the Matrix via a type of shared consciousness (when Agent Smith removes his earpiece during the first film, he is left unaware of the attack on his building). Smith is armed in the first film with the Desert Eagle, chambered for high-caliber .50 AE ammunition, as is standard with all Agents within the Matrix.