Hugh Jackman

Acting · 6.1 popularity

Age

Movies

105

Born: October 12, 1968
From: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Works

105 films

The Death of Robin Hood

20266.5

Deadpool & Wolverine

20247.6

The Sheep Detectives

20267.9

The Prestige

20068.2

Real Steel

20117.1

Free Guy

20217.4

X-Men: Apocalypse

20166.5

Deadpool 2

20187.5

X-Men: Days of Future Past

20147.5

Logan

20177.8

Prisoners

20138.1

Chappie

20156.8

Flushed Away

20066.3

Van Helsing

20046.4

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

20146.2

The Greatest Showman

20177.9

Happy Feet

20066.2

Rise of the Guardians

20127.4

Les Misérables

20127.3

Movie 43

20134.7

Swordfish

20016.3

The Fountain

20066.9

Song Sung Blue

20257.4

Pan

20156.0

Missing Link

20196.9

Reminiscence

20216.5

The Son

20226.8

Kate & Leopold

20016.3

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

20157.5

Australia

20086.6

Eddie the Eagle

20167.2

The Wolverine

20136.4

Someone Like You...

20016.0

Deception

20086.0

Scoop

20066.6

Bad Education

20196.7

The Front Runner

20185.9

Van Helsing: The London Assignment

20046.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

20246.7

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan

20078.8

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

20096.3

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

20116.1

X-Men: The Mutant Watch

20007.0

Six by Sondheim

20137.1

Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey

20147.8

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

20077.2

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

20226.1

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

20137.0

Butter

20125.9

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

20137.9

Bluey: The Movie

2027

Evolution X - The Making of X-Men

20033.7

That Sugar Film

20146.9

X-Men: Premieres Around the World

20035.5

On Broadway

20198.7

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

20016.9

Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story

20137.7

Journey Home, David Gulpilil

2025

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

20126.0

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

20117.2

Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home

20186.8

Star Wars: Greatest Moments

20157.1

X-Men: First Class

20117.3

Boy Band

2026

Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

20228.5

X-Men

20007.0

Oklahoma!

19996.7

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

19986.7

WWE Survivor Series 2011

20117.4

The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2

20037.0

Paperback Hero

19996.3

X-Men: The Last Stand

20066.4

Treasure Island

2026

Weapon X Mutant Files

20097.1

Oh My God

20095.8

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

20078.2

Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World

20066.5

C.E.O

2025

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

X2 Global Webcast Highlights

20036.1

Making 'Logan'

2017

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories

20027.7

The Burning Season

20086.8

Dukale's Dream

20158.0

Profile of a Serial Killer

19986.0

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

20048.3

Standing Room Only

2004

20037.0

HBO First Look: Swordfish

2001

Double Take: Xavier & Magneto

2014

Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins

20096.2

Erskineville Kings

19996.2

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

20155.3

Show Me the Magic

20122.5

Apostle Paul

2026

The Making of 'Oklahoma!'

1999

Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman

20178.0

The Rat Tamer

19956.0

Molly: The Real Thing

2016

The Great Entertainer

2025

Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams

199610.0

Conquering Skin Cancer

2024

Uncle Jonny

20087.0

Seeds of Hope

2010