Hugh 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.
Movies (98)
Bluey: The Movie
2027
The Death of Robin Hood
2026
The Sheep Detectives
2026
Song Sung Blue
2025
C.E.O
2025
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025
The Great Entertainer
2025
Conquering Skin Cancer
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
The Son
2022
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022
Reminiscence
2021
Free Guy
2021
On Broadway
2019
Bad Education
2019
Missing Link
2019
The Front Runner
2018
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
2018
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017
The Greatest Showman
2017
Making 'Logan'
2017
Logan
2017
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Eddie the Eagle
2016
Molly: The Real Thing
2016
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015
Pan
2015
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
Dukale's Dream
2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
Chappie
2015
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
That Sugar Film
2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
Six by Sondheim
2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
Prisoners
2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
The Wolverine
2013
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013
Movie 43
2013
Les Misérables
2012
Rise of the Guardians
2012
Show Me the Magic
2012
Butter
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
Real Steel
2011
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011
X-Men: First Class
2011
Seeds of Hope
2010
Oh My God
2009
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
Australia
2008
The Burning Season
2008
Deception
2008
Uncle Jonny
2008
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
2007
The Fountain
2006
Happy Feet
2006
Flushed Away
2006
The Prestige
2006
Scoop
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
2006
Stories of Lost Souls
2004
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004
Van Helsing
2004
Standing Room Only
2004
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003
X2
2003
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
Kate & Leopold
2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
Swordfish
2001
Someone Like You...
2001
X-Men
2000
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000
Oklahoma!
1999
Erskineville Kings
1999
Paperback Hero
1999
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
Profile of a Serial Killer
1998
The Rat Tamer
1995
Boy Band
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
TV Shows (65)
Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?
2024
Faraway Downs
2023
Beau geste
2023
Koala Man
2023
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Welcome to Wrexham
2022
Human Resources
2022
Marvel's Storyboards
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
2019
Big Mouth
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Chicken Shop Date
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Rick and Morty
2013
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2013
Circus Halligalli
2013
Ink Master
2012
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Conan
2010
C à vous
2009
Projectorparishilton
2008
Viva Laughlin
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Reichen Show
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Punk'd
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Top Gear
2002
The Early Show
1999
Rove
1999
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Parkinson
1998
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Correlli
1995
Halifax f.p.
1994
The Man from Snowy River
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Blue Heelers
1993
Raw
1993
Morgenmagazin
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
1989
This Morning
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
60 Minutes
1968
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
The Oscars
1953
Today
1952
Bambi
1948