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.
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6.6
Scoop
2006-07-27
8.2
The Prestige
2006-10-17
6.9
The Fountain
2006-11-22
6.3
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009-04-28
6.3
Kate & Leopold
2001-12-25
6.3
Flushed Away
2006-10-22
6.6
Australia
2008-11-18
6.1
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004-05-11
6.4
Van Helsing
2004-05-03
6.3
Swordfish
2001-06-08
6.5
Oklahoma!
1999-09-26
5.9
Someone Like You...
2001-03-30
5.9
Deception
2008-04-24
6.2
Happy Feet
2006-11-16
7.0
X2
2003-04-27
7.0
X-Men
2000-07-13
6.4
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006-05-24
6.1
Erskineville Kings
1999-09-23
2.5
Show Me the Magic
2012-11-01
5.8
Oh My God
2009-11-13
7.1
Real Steel
2011-09-28
6.1
Paperback Hero
1999-03-25
7.3
X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01
7.4
Rise of the Guardians
2012-11-21
7.3
Les Misérables
2012-12-18
5.6
Stories of Lost Souls
2004-11-12
7.2
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011-10-21
6.0
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012-01-16
6.1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011-07-15
4.6
Movie 43
2013-01-24
5.8
Butter
2012-10-05
6.5
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
2006-02-10
7.5
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014-05-15
8.1
Prisoners
2013-09-19
6.0
Profile of a Serial Killer
1998-09-06
9.0
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
2007-02-20
2.0
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998-11-07
6.8
The Burning Season
2008-08-02
7.8
Logan
2017-02-28
6.0
Pan
2015-09-24
6.4
The Wolverine
2013-07-21
7.4
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011-11-21
6.8
Chappie
2015-03-04
7.7
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014-11-05
6.2
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014-12-17
7.9
The Greatest Showman
2017-12-20
7.2
Eddie the Eagle
2016-02-25
7.5
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015-06-12
0.0
Uncle Jonny
2008-02-17
8.0
Dukale's Dream
2015-07-14
7.2
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19
0.0
The Death of Robin Hood
2026-05-28
7.0
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015-12-26
6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23
0.0
The Sheep Detectives
2026-05-07
6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016-05-18
4.5
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003-02-11
7.0
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003-11-25
7.6
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24
0.0
Standing Room Only
2004-01-12
5.9
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003-02-11
4.9
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003-11-25
6.9
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013-12-03
7.1
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009-09-15
5.9
The Front Runner
2018-11-06
7.1
Six by Sondheim
2013-12-09
6.9
Missing Link
2019-04-04
6.0
The Rat Tamer
1995-07-26
6.7
Bad Education
2019-09-08
8.0
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017-12-22
7.8
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013-04-01
6.5
Reminiscence
2021-08-18
8.2
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007-05-15
6.2
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009-09-15
7.0
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000-07-02
0.0
Molly: The Real Thing
2016-02-21
6.7
The Son
2022-11-10
7.5
Free Guy
2021-08-11
8.7
On Broadway
2019-10-12
7.8
Song Sung Blue
2025-12-25
6.8
That Sugar Film
2014-07-31
6.7
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-11-11
0.0
Boy Band
6.5
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002-06-11
8.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004-06-22
5.3
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015-08-04
0.0
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
1999-09-26
0.0
Making 'Logan'
2017-05-23
0.0
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025-10-30
10.0
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
8.5
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022-02-15
0.0
Conquering Skin Cancer
2024-11-20
7.6
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
0.0
Seeds of Hope
2010-09-19
6.0
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022-10-21
0.0
The Great Entertainer
2025-10-16
0.0
Bluey: The Movie
2027-08-05
7.9
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013-09-13
0.0
C.E.O
2025-12-11
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