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.
100 movies · 66 shows
The Death of Robin Hood
2026·6.6
The Sheep Detectives
2026·7.9
Song Sung Blue
2025·7.4
C.E.O
2025·0.0
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025·0.0
The Great Entertainer
2025·0.0
Conquering Skin Cancer
2024·0.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024·6.7
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024·7.6
The Son
2022·6.7
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
2022·6.1
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
2022·8.5
Reminiscence
2021·6.5
Free Guy
2021·7.4
On Broadway
2019·8.7
Bad Education
2019·6.7
Missing Link
2019·6.9
The Front Runner
2018·5.9
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
2018·6.8
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017·8.0
The Greatest Showman
2017·7.9
Making 'Logan'
2017·0.0
Logan
2017·7.8
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016·6.5
Eddie the Eagle
2016·7.2
Molly: The Real Thing
2016·0.0
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015·7.1
Pan
2015·6.0
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015·5.3
Dukale's Dream
2015·8.0
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015·7.5
Chappie
2015·6.8
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014·6.2
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014·7.8
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
2014·0.0
That Sugar Film
2014·6.9
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2014·7.5
Six by Sondheim
2013·7.1
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013·7.0
Prisoners
2013·8.1
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013·7.9
The Wolverine
2013·6.4
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
2013·7.7
Movie 43
2013·4.7
Les Misérables
2012·7.3
Rise of the Guardians
2012·7.4
Show Me the Magic
2012·2.5
Butter
2012·5.9
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012·7.6
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012·6.0
WWE Survivor Series 2011
2011·7.4
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011·7.2
Real Steel
2011·7.1
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011·6.1
X-Men: First Class
2011·7.3
Seeds of Hope
2010·0.0
Oh My God
2009·5.8
Weapon X Mutant Files
2009·7.1
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
2009·6.2
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2009·6.3
Australia
2008·6.6
The Burning Season
2008·6.8
Deception
2008·6.0
Uncle Jonny
2008·7.0
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007·8.2
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
2007·7.2
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
2007·8.8
The Fountain
2006·6.9
Happy Feet
2006·6.2
Flushed Away
2006·6.3
The Prestige
2006·8.2
Scoop
2006·6.6
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006·6.4
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
2006·6.5
Stories of Lost Souls
2004·5.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004·8.3
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
2004·6.2
Van Helsing
2004·6.4
Standing Room Only
2004·0.0
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003·7.0
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003·5.7
X2
2003·7.0
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003·3.7
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
2003·5.5
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002·7.7
Kate & Leopold
2001·6.3
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001·6.9
HBO First Look: Swordfish
2001·0.0
Swordfish
2001·6.3
Someone Like You...
2001·6.0
X-Men
2000·7.0
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
2000·7.0
Oklahoma!
1999·6.7
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
1999·0.0
Erskineville Kings
1999·6.2
Paperback Hero
1999·6.3
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998·6.7
Profile of a Serial Killer
1998·6.0
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
1996·10.0
The Rat Tamer
1995·6.0