Hugh Jackman
Acting
Born: October 12, 1968 (age 57) · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Logan
2017
Deadpool 2
2018
The Prestige
2006
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Drive
2011
X-Men: First Class
2011
Prisoners
2013
X-Men
2000
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009
Rick and Morty
2013
X2
2003
Photos (17)
Movies (66)
The Death of Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Deadpool & Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
The Sheep Detectives
George Hardy
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men: Apocalypse
Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
Deadpool 2
Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited)
Real Steel
Charlie Kenton
Logan
Logan / X-24
The Prestige
Robert Angier
Prisoners
Keller Dover
Free Guy
Masked Player in Alley (voice)
The Greatest Showman
P. T. Barnum
Van Helsing
Van Helsing
Rise of the Guardians
Bunny (voice)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
Chappie
Vincent Moore
Flushed Away
Roddy (voice)
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
Swordfish
Stanley
Happy Feet
Memphis (voice)
Reminiscence
Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
Movie 43
Davis (segment "The Catch")
Pan
Blackbeard
Song Sung Blue
Mike Sardina
The Fountain
Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
Missing Link
Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
The Son
Peter
Australia
The Drover
Kate & Leopold
Leopold
Eddie the Eagle
Bronson Peary
Deception
Wyatt Bose
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Hugh Jackman (voice)
Someone Like You...
Eddie Alden
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Wolverine (archive footage)
Scoop
Peter Lyman
Butter
Boyd Bolton
The Front Runner
Gary Hart
Bad Education
Frank Tassone
The Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Arthur
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
The Prime Minister
Six by Sondheim
Curly (archive footage)
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
(archive footage)
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Hugh Jackman
X-Men
Logan / Wolverine
Paperback Hero
Jack Willis
Oklahoma!
Curly McLain
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Narrator (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
Roger
Profile of a Serial Killer
Eric Ringer
C.E.O
2025
Erskineville Kings
Wace
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
X-Men: First Class
Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
X2
Logan / Wolverine
Standing Room Only
Roger
X-Men: The Last Stand
Logan / Wolverine
The Rat Tamer
Kevin Jones
The Burning Season
Narrator (voice)
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
Joe Gillis
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017
Uncle Jonny
Uncle Russell
TV Shows (16)
The Simpsons
Janitor (voice) · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
Hugh Jackman (voice) · 1 eps
Blue Heelers
Brady Jackson · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 eps
Konbini Vidéo Club
1 eps
The Man from Snowy River
Duncan Jones · 5 eps
Human Resources
Dante (voice) · 8 eps
Circus Halligalli
1 eps
Halifax f.p.
Eric Ringer · 1 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck · 1 eps
Faraway Downs
Drover · 6 eps
Projectorparishilton
1 eps
Koala Man
Big Greg (voice) · 8 eps
Viva Laughlin
Nicky Fontana · 1 eps
Correlli
Kevin Jones · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (87)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Daily Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Raw
Himself · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 6 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 eps
Conan
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The View
Self · 7 eps
Morgenmagazin
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
Last Meals
Self · 1 eps
Top Gear
Self · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
60 Minutes
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 4 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · 1 eps
Big Mouth
himself (voice) · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 5 eps
Punk'd
Self · 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 3 eps
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Video Quizmaster · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Today
Self · 1 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
Ink Master
Himself - Guest Judge · 1 eps
Welcome to Wrexham
Self · 1 eps
C à vous
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Beau geste
Self · 1 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self · 1 eps
Rove
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
That Sugar Film
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Logan / Wolverine
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Self · 1 eps
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Self
Marvel's Storyboards
Self · 1 eps
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Self
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
On Broadway
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Making 'Logan'
Self
Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?
Self - Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Oh My God
Self
X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy
Self
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Self
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
Self
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self (archive footage)
Dukale's Dream
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Weapon X Mutant Files
Self
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Himself
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Self
Molly: The Real Thing
Self
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
The Great Entertainer
Self
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self
Teen Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps
Conquering Skin Cancer
Self
Seeds of Hope
Self
Show Me the Magic
Self
