Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, producer and singer. He plays on different roles and various genres of movies like action, comedy, drama, musical, romance and superhero.

Hugh Jackman AC
Jackman in 2017
Born	Hugh Michael Jackman (1968-10-12) 12 October 1968 (age 56) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citizenship	Australia United Kingdom
Alma mater	University of Technology Sydney Edith Cowan University
Occupations	Actor producer singer
Years active	1994–present
Works	Performances
Spouse	Deborra-Lee Furness ​ ​ (m. 1996; sep. 2023)​
Children	2
Awards	Full list
Honours	Companion of the Order of Australia
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Early and personal life

Jackman was born on 12 October 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to English parents. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men movie series. His performances in The Fountain, Les Misérables and Prisoners garnered strong critical acclaim.

His work in Les Misérables earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award in 2013. In theater, he won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.

A four-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.

Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness in 1996 in Melbourne. The couple adopted a son and daughter. The two separated in September 2023.^[1] Jackman has been described as one of the world's most attractive man, by various media outlets and his perceived sex appeal has been picked up by many sources, including Empire, who named him one of the sexiest stars in movie history^[2][3][4] and People, who named him one of the World's Most Beautiful People.^[5][6] In 2008 Jackman won People's Sexiest Man Alive.^[7][8] Jackman appeared on Forbes's annual Celebrity 100 list of the 100 most powerful celebrities and In 2013, he topped Forbes's Most Powerful Actors list.^[9][10]

Jackman plays multiple sports, plays the guitar, piano and violin^[11] and does dancing.^[12] He is also a philanthropist.

In November 2013, Jackman announced he had skin cancer removed from his nose.^[13] He had a second cancer removed from his nose in May 2014, and said that the cancer will always return.^[14]

Movies

• Erskineville Kings (1999)
• Paperback Hero (1999)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• X-Men (2000)
• Kate & Leopold (2001)
• Someone Like You (2001)
• Swordfish (2001)
• X2 (2003)
• Profile of a Serial Killer (2004)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• The Prestige (2006)
• The Fountain (2006)
• Scoop (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• Deception (2008)
• Australia (2008)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)
• Real Steel (2011)
• Les Misérables (2012)
• The Wolverine (2013)
• Prisoners (2013)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
• Chappie (2015)
• Pan (2015)
• Eddie the Eagle (2016)
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
• Logan (2017)
• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• Missing Link (2019)

Video Games

• Van Helsing (2004)
• X-Men: The Official Game (2006)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game) (2009)

Theatre

• The Season at Sarsaparilla (Australia-1994)
• Thark (Australia-1994)
• Beauty And The Beast (Australia-1995)
• Sunset Boulevard (Australia-1996)
• Oklahoma! (West End-1998)
• Carousel (Broadway-2002)
• The Boy From Oz (Broadway-2003)
• The Boy From Oz Arena Spectacular (Australia-2006)
• A Steady Rain (Broadway-2009)
• Hugh Jackman, in Performance (California-2011)
• Hugh Jackman, in Concert (Canada-2011)
• Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway (Broadway-2011)
• The River (Broadway-2014)
• Broadway To Oz (Australia-2015)
• ‘’The Music Man‘’ (Broadway 2022)

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Jackman