Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer and producer. He plays on different roles and various genres of movies like romance, superhero, musical, drama, action and comedy.

Early and personal life
Jackman was born on 12 October 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia to English parents. He is best known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men movie series. His performances in The Fountain, Les Misérables and Prisoners garnered strong critical acclaim.

His work in Les Misérables earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award in 2013. In theater, he won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.

A four-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.

Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness in 1996 in Melbourne. The couple adopted a son and daughter. Jackman has been described as one of the world's most attractive man, by various media outlets and his perceived sex appeal has been picked up by many sources, including Empire, who named him one of the sexiest stars in movie history and People, who named him one of the World's Most Beautiful People. In 2008 Jackman won People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Jackman appeared on Forbes's annual Celebrity 100 list of the 100 most powerful celebrities and In 2013, he topped Forbes'''s Most Powerful Actors list.

Jackman plays multiple sports, plays the guitar, piano and violin and does dancing. He is also a philanthropist.

In November 2013, Jackman announced he had skin cancer removed from his nose. He had a second cancer removed from his nose in May 2014, and said that the cancer will always return.

MoviesErskineville Kings (1999)Paperback Hero (1999)X-Men (2000)Kate & Leopold (2001)Someone Like You (2001)Swordfish (2001)X2 (2003)Profile of a Serial Killer (2004)Van Helsing (2004)Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)The Prestige (2006)The Fountain (2006)Scoop (2006)X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)Deception (2008)Australia (2008)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)X-Men: First Class (2011)Real Steel (2011)Les Misérables (2012)The Wolverine (2013)Prisoners (2013)X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)Chappie (2015)Pan (2015)Eddie the Eagle (2016)X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)Logan (2017)The Greatest Showman (2017)Missing Link (2019)

Video GamesVan Helsing (2004)X-Men: The Official Game (2006)X-Men Origins: Wolverine (video game) (2009)

TheatreThe Season at Sarsaparilla (Australia-1994)Thark (Australia-1994)Beauty And The Beast (Australia-1995)Sunset Boulevard (Australia-1996)Oklahoma! (West End-1998)Carousel (Broadway-2002)The Boy From Oz (Broadway-2003)The Boy From Oz Arena Spectacular (Australia-2006)A Steady Rain (Broadway-2009)Hugh Jackman, in Performance (California-2011)Hugh Jackman, in Concert (Canada-2011)Hugh Jackman, Back On Broadway (Broadway-2011)The River (Broadway-2014)Broadway To Oz'' (Australia-2015)
 ‘’The Music Man‘’ (Broadway 2022)

Awards and nominations

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1968 births
Living people
Actors from Sydney
Australian movie actors
Australian movie producers
Australian singers
Australian stage actors
Australian television actors
Australian voice actors
Companions of the Order of Australia
Emmy Award winning actors
Golden Globe Award winning actors
Musical theater actors
People's Choice Award winners
Saturn Award winners
Skin cancer survivors
Television producers
Tony Award winning actors