1968-10-12 ( 56 years old ) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 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.
Movies
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie
2026-02-20
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24
The Son
2022-11-10
Being James Bond
2021-08-29
Reminiscence
2021-08-18
Free Guy
2021-08-11
On Broadway
2019-10-12
Bad Education
2019-09-08
Missing Link
2019-04-04
The Front Runner
2018-11-06
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017-12-22
The Greatest Showman
2017-12-20
Logan
2017-02-28
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016-05-18
Eddie the Eagle
2016-02-25
Molly: The Real Thing
2016-02-21
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015-12-26
Pan
2015-09-24
Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life
2015-08-04
Dukale's Dream
2015-07-14
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015-06-12
Chappie
2015-03-04
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014-12-17
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014-11-05
That Sugar Film
2014-07-31
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014-05-15
Six by Sondheim
2013-12-09
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013-12-03
Prisoners
2013-09-19
The Wolverine
2013-07-21
Movie 43
2013-01-24
Les Misérables
2012-12-18
Rise of the Guardians
2012-11-21
Show Me the Magic
2012-11-01
Butter
2012-10-05
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011-11-21
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011-10-21
Real Steel
2011-09-28
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011-07-15
X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01
Oh My God
2009-11-13
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009-09-15
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009-09-15
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009-04-28
Australia
2008-11-18
The Burning Season
2008-08-02
Deception
2008-04-24
Uncle Jonny
2008-02-17
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007-05-15
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007-04-19
The Fountain
2006-11-22
Happy Feet
2006-11-16
Flushed Away
2006-10-22
The Prestige
2006-10-17
Scoop
2006-07-27
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006-05-24
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
2006-02-10
Stories of Lost Souls
2004-11-12
Profile of a Serial Killer
2004-10-04
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004-05-11
Van Helsing
2004-05-03
Making the Grade
2004-04-07
Standing Room Only
2004-01-12
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003-11-25
X2
2003-04-27
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003-02-11
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003-02-11
Kate & Leopold
2001-12-25
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23
Swordfish
2001-06-08
Someone Like You...
2001-03-30
X-Men
2000-07-13
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000-07-02
Oklahoma!
1999-09-26
Erskineville Kings
1999-09-23
Paperback Hero
1999-03-25
The Rat Tamer
1995-07-26
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