Hugh Jackman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1968 (age 58)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Boy Band
Movie
Larrikins
Movie · as Red the Kangaroo (voice)
Treasure Island
Movie · as Long John Silver
The Death of Robin Hood
Movie · as Robin Hood
The Sheep Detectives
Movie · as George Hardy
Mighty Mary
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT
Movie · as Self
Avengers: Doomsday
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Song Sung Blue
Movie · as Mike Sardina
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Great Entertainer
Movie · as Self
C.E.O
Movie
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Self - Logan / Wolverine
Conquering Skin Cancer
Movie · as Self
Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Faraway Downs
TV · as Drover · 6 eps
Koala Man
TV · as Big Greg (voice) · 8 eps
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Son
Movie · as Peter
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Movie · as (archive footage)
Human Resources
TV · as Dante (voice) · 8 eps
Welcome to Wrexham
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · 1 ep
Reminiscence
Movie · as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
Free Guy
Movie · as Masked Player in Alley (voice)
Last Meals
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Prince Humperdinck · 1 ep
Marvel's Storyboards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Missing Link
Movie · as Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
Bad Education
Movie · as Frank Tassone
On Broadway
Movie · as Self
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Front Runner
Movie · as Gary Hart
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
Movie · as The Prime Minister
Deadpool 2
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Logan
Movie · as Logan / X-24
The Greatest Showman
Movie · as P. T. Barnum
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
Movie
Making 'Logan'
Movie · as Self
Big Mouth
TV · as himself (voice) · 1 ep
Eddie the Eagle
Movie · as Bronson Peary
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie · as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
Molly: The Real Thing
Movie · as Self
Pan
Movie · as Blackbeard
Chappie
Movie · as Vincent Moore
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Movie · as Hugh Jackman (voice)
Dukale's Dream
Movie · as Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Movie · as Self
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Movie · as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Movie · as Self
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie · as Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
That Sugar Film
Movie · as Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Movie · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 5 eps
Chicken Shop Date
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
Movie 43
Movie · as Davis (segment "The Catch")
Prisoners
Movie · as Keller Dover
The Wolverine
Movie · as Logan
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Movie · as Self
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Movie · as Self
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Movie · as Self
Circus Halligalli
TV · 1 ep
Rick and Morty
TV · as Hugh Jackman (voice) · 1 ep
Have You Been Paying Attention?
TV · as Self - Video Quizmaster · 1 ep
Show Me the Magic
Movie · as Self
Rise of the Guardians
Movie · as Bunny (voice)
Les Misérables
Movie · as Jean Valjean
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Movie · as Self
Butter
Movie · as Boyd Bolton
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Ink Master
TV · as Himself - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Real Steel
Movie · as Charlie Kenton
X-Men: First Class
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Movie · as Self
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Movie · as Arthur
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Movie · as Hugh Jackman
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Seeds of Hope
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Oh My God
Movie · as Self
Weapon X Mutant Files
Movie · as Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Movie · as Self
The Thrill of the Chase: The Helicopter Sequence
Movie · as Self
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Australia
Movie · as The Drover
Deception
Movie · as Wyatt Bose
The Burning Season
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Uncle Jonny
Movie · as Uncle Russell
An Aussie Goes Bolly
TV · 6 eps
Projectorparishilton
TV · 1 ep
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Movie · as Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Movie · as Self
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Movie · as Himself
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Viva Laughlin
TV · as Nicky Fontana · 1 ep
Scoop
Movie · as Peter Lyman
The Prestige
Movie · as Robert Angier
The Fountain
Movie · as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
Flushed Away
Movie · as Roddy (voice)
Happy Feet
Movie · as Memphis (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie · as Self
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
Movie · as Self
X3: The Excitement Continues
Movie · as Self
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Movie · as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
Van Helsing
Movie · as Van Helsing
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie · as Roger
Standing Room Only
Movie · as Roger
X2
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
Movie
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Movie · as Self
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Movie · as Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Movie · as Self
Top Gear
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kate & Leopold
Movie · as Leopold
Swordfish
Movie · as Stanley
Someone Like You...
Movie · as Eddie Alden
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie · as Wolverine (archive footage)
HBO First Look: Swordfish
Movie
Good Day Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
X-Men
Movie · as Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Movie · as Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
Oklahoma!
Movie · as Curly McLain
Erskineville Kings
Movie · as Wace
Paperback Hero
Movie · as Jack Willis
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
Movie · as Self
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rove
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Profile of a Serial Killer
Movie · as Eric Ringer
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Movie · as Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The View
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
Movie · as Joe Gillis
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Sydney New Year's Eve
TV · as Co-Host · 1 ep
The Rat Tamer
Movie · as Kevin Jones
Correlli
TV · as Kevin Jones · 10 eps
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Man from Snowy River
TV · as Duncan Jones · 5 eps
Halifax f.p.
TV · as Eric Ringer · 1 ep
Blue Heelers
TV · as Brady Jackson · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Raw
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
Morgenmagazin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Janitor (voice) · 1 ep
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Daniel Radcliffe (uncredited) · 1 ep
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Performer · 4 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep