Hugh Jackman
Born: 1968-10-12 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2027
- Bluey: The Movie as (voice)
2026
- The Sheep Detectives as George Hardy
- The Death of Robin Hood as Robin Hood
2025
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- Song Sung Blue as Mike Sardina
- Journey Home, David Gulpilil as Narrator (voice)
- The Great Entertainer as Self
- C.E.O
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine
- Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants? as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine as Self - Logan / Wolverine
- Conquering Skin Cancer as Self
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- Faraway Downs as Drover
- Koala Man as Big Greg (voice)
2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
- Welcome to Wrexham as Self
- Human Resources as Dante (voice)
- Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? as Self
- The Son as Peter
- Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power as (archive footage)
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Last Meals as Self
- Free Guy as Masked Player in Alley (voice)
- Reminiscence as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck
- Marvel's Storyboards as Self
2019
- Missing Link as Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
- Bad Education as Frank Tassone
- On Broadway as Self
- Activate: The Global Citizen Movement as Self
2018
- Deadpool 2 ... (Thanks)
- The Front Runner as Gary Hart
- Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home as The Prime Minister
2017
- Logan as Logan / X-24
- Big Mouth as himself (voice)
- The Greatest Showman as P. T. Barnum
- Making 'Logan' as Self
- Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2016
- X-Men: Apocalypse as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
- Eddie the Eagle as Bronson Peary
- Molly: The Real Thing as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Chappie as Vincent Moore
- Pan as Blackbeard
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Hugh Jackman (voice)
- Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' as Self
- X-Men: Unguarded as Self
- Dukale's Dream as Self
- Star Wars: Greatest Moments as Self
- Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past - The Rogue Cut as James 'Logan' Howlett / Wolverine
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past as Logan / Wolverine
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
- Chicken Shop Date as Self - Guest
- That Sugar Film as Self
- X-Men: Reunited as Self
- Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
- X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Sequence as Self
- Double Take: Xavier & Magneto as Self
2013
- Rick and Morty as Hugh Jackman (voice)
- Prisoners as Keller Dover
- Have You Been Paying Attention? as Self - Video Quizmaster
- Circus Halligalli
- Movie 43 as Davis (segment "The Catch")
- Six by Sondheim as Curly (archive footage)
- The Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine
- Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self
- The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
- Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
2012
- Ink Master as Himself - Guest Judge
- Rise of the Guardians as Bunny (voice)
- Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Butter as Boyd Bolton
- Show Me the Magic as Self
- Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
2011
- Real Steel as Charlie Kenton
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- Drive ... (Thanks)
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey as Self
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan as Arthur
- WWE Survivor Series 2011 as Hugh Jackman
- X-Men: First Class as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Seeds of Hope as Self
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine
- Oh My God as Self
- Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
2008
- Projectorparishilton
- Australia as The Drover
- Deception as Wyatt Bose
- The Burning Season as Narrator (voice)
- An Aussie Goes Bolly
- An Aussie Goes Calypso ... (Producer)
- Uncle Jonny as Uncle Russell
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Viva Laughlin as Nicky Fontana
- The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan as Self
- ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
- Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth as Himself
2006
- The Prestige as Robert Angier
- Flushed Away as Roddy (voice)
- Happy Feet as Memphis (voice)
- Scoop as Peter Lyman
- The Fountain as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
- X-Men: The Last Stand as Logan / Wolverine
- Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
- An Aussie Goes Barmy ... (Producer)
2005
- The Reichen Show as Self
2004
- Van Helsing as Van Helsing
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
- Standing Room Only as Roger
- Stories of Lost Souls as Roger
- AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest Host
- Punk'd as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
- X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 as Self
- X2 as Logan / Wolverine
2002
2001
- Good Day Live as Self
- Swordfish as Stanley
- Someone Like You... as Eddie Alden
- Kate & Leopold as Leopold
- HBO First Look: Swordfish
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Wolverine (archive footage)
2000
- X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
- X-Men as Logan / Wolverine
1999
- Rove as Self
- The Early Show as Self
- Oklahoma! as Curly McLain
- Erskineville Kings as Wace
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- Paperback Hero as Jack Willis
- The Making of 'Oklahoma!' as Self
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Profile of a Serial Killer as Eric Ringer
- Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self - Guest
- Sydney New Year's Eve as Co-Host
- Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams as Joe Gillis
1995
- Correlli as Kevin Jones
- The Rat Tamer as Kevin Jones
1994
- The Man from Snowy River as Duncan Jones
- Halifax f.p. as Eric Ringer
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Raw as Himself
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Blue Heelers as Brady Jackson
1992
1989
- The Simpsons as Janitor (voice)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- This Morning as Self
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1973
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Host
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
- Today as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self