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Hugh Jackman

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman is an actor born on October 12, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is known for Logan, The Prestige and X-Men: Days of Future Past. GloboWatch shows where to watch 3 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
October 12, 1968
Place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also known as
Хʼю Джекмен · Hugh Michael Jackman

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.

Filmography

  1. 2026The Death of Robin Hoodas Robin Hood · Producer
  2. 2026The Sheep Detectivesas George Hardy
  3. 2025Song Sung Blueas Mike Sardina
  4. 2024Deadpool & Wolverineas Logan / Wolverine
  5. 2022The Sonas Peter · Executive producer
  6. 2022Welcome to Wrexhamas Self · 1 episode
  7. 2022Human Resourcesas Dante (voice) · 8 episodes
  8. 2021Reminiscenceas Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
  9. 2021Free Guyas Masked Player in Alley (voice)
  10. 2019Bad Educationas Frank Tassone
  11. 2019Missing Linkas Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
  12. 2018The Front Runneras Gary Hart
  13. 2018Deadpool 2as Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited)
  14. 2017The Greatest Showmanas P. T. Barnum
  15. 2017Big Mouthas himself (voice) · 1 episode
  16. 2017Loganas Logan / X-24
  17. 2016X-Men: Apocalypseas Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
  18. 2016Eddie the Eagleas Bronson Peary
  19. 2015Panas Blackbeard
  20. 2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girlas Hugh Jackman (voice)
  21. 2015Chappieas Vincent Moore
  22. 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tombas Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
  23. 2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odysseyas Self
  24. 2014That Sugar Filmas Self
  25. 2014X-Men: Days of Future Pastas Logan / Wolverine
  26. 2013Rick and Mortyas Hugh Jackman (voice) · 1 episode
  27. 2013Prisonersas Keller Dover
  28. 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thas Self
  29. 2013The Wolverineas Logan / Wolverine · Producer
  30. 2013Movie 43as Davis (segment "The Catch")
  31. 2012Les Misérablesas Jean Valjean
  32. 2012Rise of the Guardiansas Bunny (voice)
  33. 2012Butteras Boyd Bolton
  34. 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemenas (archive footage)
  35. 2012Ink Masteras Himself - Guest Judge · 1 episode
  36. 2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journeyas Self
  37. 2011Real Steelas Charlie Kenton
  38. 2011Snow Flower and the Secret Fanas Arthur
  39. 2011X-Men: First Classas Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
  40. 2009X-Men Origins: Wolverineas Logan / Wolverine · Producer
  41. 2008Australiaas The Drover
  42. 2008Deceptionas Wyatt Bose · Producer
  43. 2006The Fountainas Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
  44. 2006Happy Feetas Memphis (voice)
  45. 2006Flushed Awayas Roddy (voice)
  46. 2006The Prestigeas Robert Angier
  47. 2006Scoopas Peter Lyman
  48. 2006X-Men: The Last Standas Logan / Wolverine
  49. 2004Van Helsing: The London Assignmentas Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
  50. 2004Van Helsingas Van Helsing
  51. 2003X2as Logan / Wolverine
  52. 2003Punk'das Self · 1 episode
  53. 2001Kate & Leopoldas Leopold
  54. 2001Swordfishas Stanley
  55. 2001Someone Like You...as Eddie Alden
  56. 2000X-Menas Logan / Wolverine
  57. 2000X-Men: The Mutant Watchas Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
  58. 1993Rawas Himself · 1 episode
  59. 1989The Simpsonsas Janitor (voice) · 1 episode
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 2 episodes