1968-10-12 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine / Logan in the X-Men film series (2000–2017), a tenure that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman has received a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. During his career, 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 epic musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime thriller Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Jackman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and for The Greatest Showman, he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away (2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012), and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in Oklahoma! in 1998 and Carousel in 2002. On Broadway, Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz. In 2021 he returned to the theatre as Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of The Music Man. 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. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community.
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Deadpool & Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2024-07-24 |
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The Son | Peter Miller | 2022-11-10 |
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Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
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Free Guy | Masked Player in Alley (voice) | 2021-08-11 |
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Reminiscence | Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister | 2021-08-18 |
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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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Once Upon a Deadpool | Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-12-11 |
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Deadpool 2 | Wolverine / Logan (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2018-05-10 |
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The Front Runner | Gary Hart | 2018-11-06 |
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Logan | Logan / Wolverine / X-24 | 2017-02-28 |
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The Greatest Showman | P. T. Barnum | 2017-12-20 |
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Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! | Self (archive footage) | 2017-11-22 |
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Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman | 2017-12-22 | |
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Molly: The Real Thing | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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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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Pan | Blackbeard | 2015-09-24 |
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Chappie | Vincent Moore | 2015-03-04 |
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Dukale's Dream | Self | 2015-07-14 |
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Hugh Jackman (voice) | 2015-06-12 |
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments | Self | 2015-12-26 |
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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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The Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2013-07-21 |
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The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story | Self | 2013-04-01 |
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Prisoners | Keller Dover | 2013-09-19 |
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2013-09-13 |
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Movie 43 | Davis (segment "The Catch") | 2013-01-24 |
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Six by Sondheim | Curly (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
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Les Misérables | Jean Valjean | 2012-12-18 |
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Rise of the Guardians | E. Aster Bunnymund (voice) | 2012-11-21 |
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Show Me the Magic | Self | 2012-11-01 |
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X-Men: First Class | Logan / Wolverine (uncredited) | 2011-06-01 |
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WWE Survivor Series 2011 | Hugh Jackman | 2011-11-21 |
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Real Steel | Charlie Kenton | 2011-09-28 |
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Butter | Boyd Bolton | 2011-09-04 |
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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self | 2011-10-21 |
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan | Arthur | 2011-07-15 |
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Oh My God | Self | 2009-11-13 |
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Logan / Wolverine | 2009-04-28 |
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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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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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Deception | Wyatt Bose | 2008-04-24 |
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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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ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self | 2007-04-19 |
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Happy Feet | Memphis (voice) | 2006-11-16 |
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Flushed Away | Roddy (voice) | 2006-10-22 |
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Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World | Self | 2006-02-10 |
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The Prestige | Robert Angier / Gerald Root | 2006-10-19 |
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The Fountain | Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy | 2006-11-22 |
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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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Van Helsing: The London Assignment | Gabriel Van Helsing (voice) | 2004-05-11 |
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Stories of Lost Souls | Roger | 2004-11-12 |
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Van Helsing | Van Helsing | 2004-05-03 |
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Profile of a Serial Killer | Eric Ringer | 2004-10-04 |
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X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Self | 2003-02-11 |
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X2 | Logan / Wolverine | 2003-04-27 |
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X2 Global Webcast Highlights | Self | 2003-11-25 |
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Someone Like You... | Eddie Alden | 2001-03-30 |
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Swordfish | Stanley Jobson | 2001-06-08 |
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Kate & Leopold | Leopold 'Leo' Mountbatten, Duke of Albany | 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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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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Oklahoma! | Curly McLain | 1999-09-26 |
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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 Good Spy | Robert Ames |
