1968-10-12 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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Bluey: The Movie | (voice) | 2027-08-05 |
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The Sheep Detectives | George Hardy | 2026-05-07 |
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C.E.O | 2025-12-11 | |
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Song Sung Blue | Mike Sardina | 2025-12-25 |
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The Great Entertainer | Self | 2025-10-16 |
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Journey Home, David Gulpilil | Narrator (voice) | 2025-10-30 |
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Conquering Skin Cancer | Self | 2024-11-20 |
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine | Self - Logan / Wolverine | 2024-11-11 |
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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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Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power | (archive footage) | 2022-10-21 |
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Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-15 |
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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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Bad Education | Frank Tassone | 2019-09-08 |
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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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The Front Runner | Gary Hart | 2018-11-06 |
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Making 'Logan' | Self | 2017-05-23 |
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The Greatest Showman | P. T. Barnum | 2017-12-20 |
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Logan | Logan / X-24 | 2017-02-28 |
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Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman | 2017-12-22 | |
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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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Pan | Blackbeard | 2015-09-24 |
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Chappie | Vincent Moore | 2015-03-04 |
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Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life | Self | 2015-08-04 |
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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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Dukale's Dream | Self | 2015-07-14 |
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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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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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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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The Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2013-07-21 |
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Movie 43 | Davis (segment "The Catch") | 2013-01-24 |
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Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story | Self | 2013-04-01 |
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th | Self | 2013-09-13 |
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Prisoners | Keller Dover | 2013-09-19 |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
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Rise of the Guardians | Bunny (voice) | 2012-11-21 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Butter | Boyd Bolton | 2012-10-05 |
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Show Me the Magic | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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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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Real Steel | Charlie Kenton | 2011-09-28 |
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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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WWE Survivor Series 2011 | Hugh Jackman | 2011-11-21 |
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Seeds of Hope | Self | 2010-09-19 |
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Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins | Self | 2009-09-15 |
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Weapon X Mutant Files | Self | 2009-09-15 |
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2009-04-28 |
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Oh My God | Self | 2009-11-13 |
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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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Uncle Jonny | Uncle Russell | 2008-02-17 |
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Australia | The Drover | 2008-11-18 |
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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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The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan | Self | 2007-02-20 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | Logan / Wolverine | 2006-05-24 |
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Scoop | Peter Lyman | 2006-07-27 |
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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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Happy Feet | Memphis (voice) | 2006-11-16 |
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Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World | Self | 2006-02-10 |
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The Prestige | Robert Angier | 2006-10-17 |
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Van Helsing | Van Helsing | 2004-05-03 |
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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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Standing Room Only | Roger | 2004-01-12 |
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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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Evolution X - The Making of X-Men | 2003-02-11 | |
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The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' | 2003-11-25 | |
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X2 | Logan / Wolverine | 2003-04-27 |
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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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Swordfish | Stanley | 2001-06-08 |
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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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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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Erskineville Kings | Wace | 1999-09-23 |
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The Making of 'Oklahoma!' | Self | 1999-09-26 |
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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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The Death of Robin Hood | Robin Hood | |
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Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams | Joe Gillis | |
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