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Hugh Jackman
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 12, 1968 (57 years)
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019.
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 science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away, Happy Feet (both 2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Missing Link (2019).
Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway, he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. 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.
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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 science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away, Happy Feet (both 2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Missing Link (2019).
Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway, he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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| 2026 | The Death of Robin Hood · as Robin Hood |
| 2026 | The Sheep Detectives · as George Hardy |
| 2025 | Song Sung Blue · as Mike Sardina |
| 2025 | Journey Home, David Gulpilil · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2023 | Faraway Downs (TV Series) · as Drover |
| 2023 | Koala Man (TV Series) · as Big Greg (voice) |
| 2022 | The Son · as Peter |
| 2022 | Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power · as (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (TV Series) |
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) (TV Series) · as Dante (voice) |
| 2021 | Reminiscence · as Nicolas 'nick' Bannister |
| 2021 | Free Guy · as Masked Player In Alley (voice) |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Prince Humperdinck |
| 2019 | Bad Education · as Frank Tassone |
| 2019 | Missing Link · as Sir Lionel Frost (voice) |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool · as Logan |
| 2018 | The Front Runner · as Gary Hart |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 · as Wolverine |
| 2018 | Tourism Australia: Dundee - The Son of a Legend Returns Home · as The Prime Minister |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman · as P. T. Barnum |
| 2017 | Logan · as Logan / X-24 |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman Live: Come Alive · as P.t. Barnum |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse · as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Eddie the Eagle · as Bronson Peary |
| 2015 | Pan · as Blackbeard |
| 2015 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl · as Hugh Jackman (voice) |
| 2015 | Chappie · as Vincent Moore |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb · as Hugh Jackman (uncredited) |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim · as Curly (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Rick and Morty (TV Series) · as Hugh Jackman (voice) |
| 2013 | Prisoners · as Keller Dover |
| 2013 | The Wolverine · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2013 | Circus HalliGalli (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Movie 43 · as Davis (segment "the Catch") |
| 2012 | Les Misérables · as Jean Valjean |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians · as Bunny (voice) |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Real Steel · as Charlie Kenton |
| 2011 | Butter · as Boyd Bolton |
| 2011 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan · as Arthur |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class · as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen · as Logan |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2009 | IGN Daily Fix (TV Series) · as Logan |
| 2008 | Australia · as The Drover |
| 2008 | The Burning Season · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | Projectorparishilton (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Deception · as Wyatt Bose |
| 2008 | An Aussie Goes Bolly (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Viva Laughlin (TV Series) · as Nicky Fontana |
| 2007 | Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood · as Van Helsing |
| 2006 | The Fountain · as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy |
| 2006 | Happy Feet · as Memphis (voice) |
| 2006 | Flushed Away · as Roddy (voice) |
| 2006 | The Prestige · as Robert Angier |
| 2006 | Scoop · as Peter Lyman |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls · as Roger |
| 2004 | Van Helsing: The London Assignment · as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice) |
| 2004 | Van Helsing · as Van Helsing |
| 2003 | X2: X-Men United · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2001 | De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros · as Wolverine (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Kate & Leopold · as Leopold |
| 2001 | Swordfish · as Stanley |
| 2001 | Someone Like You · as Eddie Alden |
| 2000 | X-Men · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 1999 | Oklahoma! · as Curly Mclain |
| 1999 | Erskineville Kings · as Wace |
| 1999 | Paperback Hero · as Jack Willis |
| 1998 | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh · as Curly Mclain (oklahoma) |
| 1995 | Correlli (TV Series) · as Kevin Jones |
| 1994 | Halifax FP (TV Series) · as Eric Ringer |
| 1994 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV Series) · as Duncan Jones |
| 1994 | Blue Heelers (TV Series) · as Brady Jackson |
| 1993 | Law of the Land (TV Series) · as Charles 'chicka' Mccray |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Janitor (voice) |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Charlie Kenton |