Hugh Jackman
Biography
Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine / Logan in the X-Men film series (2000–2017), a tenure that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman has received a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. During his career, Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the epic musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime thriller Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Jackman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and for The Greatest Showman, he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away (2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012), and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in Oklahoma! in 1998 and Carousel in 2002. On Broadway, Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz. In 2021 he returned to the theatre as Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of The Music Man. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community.
Known For
Peter Lyman
Scoop
Robert Angier
The Prestige
Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
The Fountain
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Leopold
Kate & Leopold
Roddy (voice)
Flushed Away
The Drover
Australia
Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Van Helsing
Van Helsing
Stanley
Swordfish
Curly McLain
Oklahoma!
Eddie Alden
Someone Like You...
Wyatt Bose
Deception
Memphis (voice)
Happy Feet
Logan / Wolverine
X2
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: The Last Stand
Wace
Erskineville Kings
Self
Show Me the Magic
Self
Oh My God
Charlie Kenton
Real Steel
Jack Willis
Paperback Hero
Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
X-Men: First Class
Bunny (voice)
Rise of the Guardians
Jean Valjean
Les Misérables
Roger
Stories of Lost Souls
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Arthur
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Davis (segment "The Catch")
Movie 43
Boyd Bolton
Butter
Self
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Keller Dover
Prisoners
Eric Ringer
Profile of a Serial Killer
Self
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Narrator (voice)
The Burning Season
Logan / X-24
Logan
Blackbeard
Pan
Logan / Wolverine
The Wolverine
Hugh Jackman
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Vincent Moore
Chappie
Self
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
P. T. Barnum
The Greatest Showman
Bronson Peary
Eddie the Eagle
Hugh Jackman (voice)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Uncle Russell
Uncle Jonny
Self
Dukale's Dream
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Robin Hood
The Death of Robin Hood
Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Wolverine (archive footage)
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros
George Hardy
The Sheep Detectives
Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
X-Men: Apocalypse
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
Logan / Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine
Roger
Standing Room Only
Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self
Weapon X Mutant Files
Gary Hart
The Front Runner
Curly (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
Missing Link
Kevin Jones
The Rat Tamer
Frank Tassone
Bad Education
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
Self
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
Reminiscence
Himself
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Self
Molly: The Real Thing
Peter
The Son
Masked Player in Alley (voice)
Free Guy
Self
On Broadway
Mike Sardina
Song Sung Blue
Self
That Sugar Film
Self - Logan / Wolverine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Boy Band
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Self
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
Self
Making 'Logan'
Narrator (voice)
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Joe Gillis
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self
Conquering Skin Cancer
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Self
Seeds of Hope
(archive footage)
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Self
The Great Entertainer
(voice)
Bluey: The Movie
Self
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Male
Birthday
1968-10-12
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
יו מייקל ג'קמן