1968-10-12 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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Death of Robin Hood | Robin Hood | 2026-06-04 |
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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie | George Hardy | 2026-11-13 |
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Song Sung Blue | Mike Sardina | 2025-12-25 |
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Journey Home, David Gulpilil | Narrator (voice) | 2025-10-30 |
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Deadpool & Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2024-07-24 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Logan / Wolverine | 2024-11-12 |
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Conquering Skin Cancer | Self | 2024-11-20 |
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Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-15 |
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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power | (archive footage) | 2022-10-21 |
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The Son | Peter | 2022-11-10 |
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Reminiscence | Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister | 2021-08-18 |
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Free Guy | Masked Player in Alley (voice) | 2021-08-11 |
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On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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Missing Link | Sir Lionel Frost (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
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Bad Education | Frank Tassone | 2019-09-08 |
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The Front Runner | Gary Hart | 2018-11-06 |
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The Greatest Showman | P. T. Barnum | 2017-12-20 |
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Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman | 2017-12-22 | |
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Logan | Logan / X-24 | 2017-02-28 |
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Making 'Logan' | Self | 2017-05-23 |
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Eddie the Eagle | Bronson Peary | 2016-02-25 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse | Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited) | 2016-05-18 |
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Molly: The Real Thing | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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Chappie | Vincent Moore | 2015-03-04 |
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Pan | Blackbeard | 2015-09-24 |
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Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life | Self | 2015-08-04 |
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Dukale's Dream | Self | 2015-07-14 |
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments | Self | 2015-12-26 |
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Hugh Jackman (voice) | 2015-06-12 |
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That Sugar Film | Self | 2014-07-31 |
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Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey | Self | 2014-11-05 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Logan / Wolverine | 2014-05-15 |
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Hugh Jackman (uncredited) | 2014-12-17 |
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Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story | Self | 2013-04-01 |
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Movie 43 | Davis (segment "The Catch") | 2013-01-24 |
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Six by Sondheim | Curly (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
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The Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2013-07-21 |
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Prisoners | Keller Dover | 2013-09-19 |
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Show Me the Magic | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Rise of the Guardians | Bunny (voice) | 2012-11-21 |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 2012-12-18 |
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Butter | Boyd Bolton | 2012-10-05 |
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X-Men: First Class | Logan / Wolverine (uncredited) | 2011-06-01 |
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WWE Survivor Series 2011 | Hugh Jackman | 2011-11-21 |
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | 2011-10-21 |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | Arthur | 2011-07-15 |
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Real Steel | Charlie Kenton | 2011-09-28 |
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Seeds of Hope | Self | 2010-09-19 |
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Oh My God | Self | 2009-11-13 |
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Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins | Self | 2009-09-15 |
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2009-04-28 |
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Weapon X Mutant Files | Self | 2009-09-15 |
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Uncle Jonny | Uncle Russell | 2008-02-17 |
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Deception | Wyatt Bose | 2008-04-24 |
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The Burning Season | Narrator (voice) | 2008-08-02 |
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Australia | The Drover | 2008-11-18 |
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The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan | Self | 2007-02-20 |
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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007-04-19 |
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Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth | Himself | 2007-05-15 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | Logan / Wolverine | 2006-05-24 |
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Happy Feet | Memphis (voice) | 2006-11-16 |
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Flushed Away | Roddy (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
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The Fountain | Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy | 2006-11-22 |
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Scoop | Peter Lyman | 2006-07-27 |
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The Prestige | Robert Angier | 2006-10-17 |
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Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World | Self | 2006-02-10 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies | Self | 2004-06-22 |
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Van Helsing | Van Helsing | 2004-05-03 |
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Standing Room Only | Roger | 2004-01-12 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Roger | 2004-11-12 |
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Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Gabriel Van Helsing (voice) | 2004-05-11 |
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Evolution X - The Making of X-Men | 2003-02-11 | |
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X2 | Logan / Wolverine | 2003-04-27 |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' | 2003-11-25 | |
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X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
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X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories | Self | 2002-06-11 |
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Kate & Leopold | Leopold | 2001-12-25 |
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Someone Like You... | Eddie Alden | 2001-03-30 |
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De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | Wolverine (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
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Swordfish | Stanley | 2001-06-08 |
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X-Men | Logan / Wolverine | 2000-07-13 |
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X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine' | 2000-07-02 |
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The Making of 'Oklahoma!' | Self | 1999-09-26 |
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Erskineville Kings | Wace | 1999-09-23 |
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Paperback Hero | Jack Willis | 1999-03-25 |
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Oklahoma! | Curly McLain | 1999-09-26 |
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Profile of a Serial Killer | Eric Ringer | 1998-09-06 |
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Curly McLain (Oklahoma) | 1998-11-07 |
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The Rat Tamer | Kevin Jones | 1995-07-26 |
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Doom Doomsday War | Wolverine | |
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Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams | Joe Gillis | |
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