HJ
Hugh Jackman
Actor, Producer
Born October 12, 1968 (53 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Human Resources (2022) (TV Series) · as Dante the Addiction Angel (voice) |
| 2021 | Free Guy · as Masked Player in Alley (voice) |
| 2021 | Reminiscence · as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Prince Humperdinck |
| 2019 | Missing Link · as Sir Lionel Frost (voice) |
| 2019 | Bad Education · as Frank Tassone |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 · as Wolverine / Logan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2018 | The Front Runner · as Gary Hart |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Deadpool · as Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2017 | Logan · as Logan / Wolverine / X-24 |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman · as P. T. Barnum |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse · as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (Uncredited) |
| 2016 | Molly: The Real Thing · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Chappie · as Vincent Moore |
| 2015 | Pan · as Blackbeard |
| 2015 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl · as Hugh Jackman (voice) |
| 2015 | Eddie the Eagle · as Chuck Berghorn |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb · as Hugh Jackman (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2013 | The Wolverine · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2013 | Movie 43 · as Davis (segment "The Catch") |
| 2013 | Prisoners · as Keller Dover |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim · as Curly (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Circus HalliGalli (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians · as E. Aster Bunnymund (voice) |
| 2012 | Les Misérables · as Jean Valjean |
| 2011 | Real Steel · as Charlie Kenton |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class · as Logan / Wolverine (Uncredited) |
| 2011 | Butter · as Boyd Bolton |
| 2011 | Snow Flower and the Secret Fan · as Arthur |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine · as Logan / Wolverine / Weapon X |
| 2008 | Australia · as The Drover |
| 2008 | Deception · as Wyatt Bose |
| 2008 | The Burning Season · as Narrator |
| 2008 | An Aussie Goes Bolly (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | ProzhektorPerisHilton (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Viva Laughlin (TV Series) · as Nicky Fontana |
| 2006 | Scoop · as Peter Lyman |
| 2006 | The Prestige · as Robert Angier / Gerald Root |
| 2006 | Happy Feet · as Memphis (voice) |
| 2006 | Flushed Away · as Roddy (voice) |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2006 | The Fountain · as Tomás/Tom Creo/Tommy |
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls · as Roger |
| 2004 | Van Helsing: The London Assignment · as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice) |
| 2004 | Van Helsing · as Van Helsing |
| 2003 | X2: X-Men United · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 2001 | Swordfish · as Stanley Jobson |
| 2001 | Kate & Leopold · as Leopold |
| 2001 | Someone Like You · as Eddie Alden |
| 2000 | X-Men · as Logan / Wolverine |
| 1999 | Erskineville Kings · as Wace |
| 1999 | Oklahoma! · as Curly McLain |
| 1999 | Paperback Hero · as Jack Willis |
| 1995 | The Rat Tamer · as Kevin Jones |
| 1995 | Correlli (TV Series) · as Kevin Jones |
| 1995 | Corelli (TV Series) · as Kevin Jones |
| 1994 | Halifax FP (TV Series) · as Eric Ringer |
| 1994 | Blue Heelers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV Series) · as Duncan Jones |
| 1993 | Law of the Land (TV Series) · as Charles 'Chicka' McCray |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Janitor (voice) |
| 1989 | Troldspejlet (TV Series) · as Charlie Kenton |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |