1968-10-12 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 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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Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie | George Hardy | 2026-02-20 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Logan / Wolverine | 2024-11-12 |
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Deadpool & Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2024-07-24 |
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The Son | Peter | 2022-11-10 |
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Free Guy | Masked Player in Alley (voice) | 2021-08-11 |
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Reminiscence | Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister | 2021-08-18 |
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Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
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Missing Link | Sir Lionel Frost (voice) | 2019-04-04 |
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On Broadway | Self | 2019-10-12 |
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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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Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Self (archive footage) | 2017-11-22 |
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Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman | 2017-12-22 | |
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The Greatest Showman | P. T. Barnum | 2017-12-20 |
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Logan | Logan / Wolverine / X-24 | 2017-02-28 |
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Molly: The Real Thing | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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X-Men: Apocalypse | Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited) | 2016-05-18 |
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Eddie the Eagle | Bronson Peary | 2016-02-25 |
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Pan | Blackbeard | 2015-09-24 |
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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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Chappie | Vincent Moore | 2015-03-04 |
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Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey | Self | 2014-11-05 |
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Hugh Jackman (uncredited) | 2014-12-17 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Logan / Wolverine | 2014-05-15 |
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That Sugar Film | Self | 2014-07-31 |
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Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story | Self | 2013-04-01 |
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Prisoners | Keller Dover | 2013-09-19 |
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Six by Sondheim | Curly (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2013-09-13 |
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The Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2013-07-21 |
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Movie 43 | Davis (segment "The Catch") | 2013-01-24 |
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Rise of the Guardians | Bunny (voice) | 2012-11-21 |
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Show Me the Magic | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
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Butter | Boyd Bolton | 2012-10-05 |
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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 2012-12-18 |
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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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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | Arthur | 2011-07-15 |
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | 2011-10-21 |
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Real Steel | Charlie Kenton | 2011-09-28 |
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Weapon X Mutant Files | Self | 2009-09-15 |
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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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Deception | Wyatt Bose | 2008-04-24 |
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Australia | The Drover | 2008-11-18 |
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The Burning Season | Narrator (voice) | 2008-08-02 |
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Uncle Jonny | Uncle Russell | 2008-02-17 |
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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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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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Happy Feet | Memphis (voice) | 2006-11-16 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | Logan / Wolverine | 2006-05-24 |
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Profile of a Serial Killer | Eric Ringer | 2004-10-04 |
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Van Helsing | Van Helsing | 2004-05-03 |
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Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Gabriel Van Helsing (voice) | 2004-05-11 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Roger | 2004-11-12 |
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Standing Room Only | Roger | 2004-01-12 |
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Making the Grade | Mr. Slattery | 2004-04-07 |
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X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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X2 | Logan / Wolverine | 2003-04-27 |
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Evolution X - The Making of X-Men | 2003-02-11 | |
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X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men - Making X2 | 2003-11-25 | |
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Kate & Leopold | Leopold | 2001-12-25 |
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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 Jobson | 2001-06-08 |
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Someone Like You... | Eddie Alden | 2001-03-30 |
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X-Men: The Mutant Watch | Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine' | 2000-07-02 |
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X-Men | Logan / Wolverine | 2000-07-13 |
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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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Erskineville Kings | Wace | 1999-09-23 |
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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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AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Julie Andrews | Himself | |
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The Good Spy | Robert Ames | |
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