Hugh Jackman is an Australian actor, singer, and producer who started in theater and TV before gaining fame as Wolverine in the X-Men films. Jackman has done many films, including Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Australia, Real Steel, Les Misérables, Prisoners, The Greatest Showman, The Front Runner, and Bad Education.
Hugh has played major roles in Australian musicals such as Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Oklahoma! in London and made his U.S. stage debut in Carousel. He won a Tony Award for The Boy from Oz and appeared in The Music Man. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy for hosting in 2005 and hosted the Oscars in 2009.
I’ve always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people. So I’ve always said yes to the thing I’m most scared about. The fear of letting myself down — of saying no to something that I was afraid of and then sitting in my room later going, ‘I wish I’d had the guts to say this or that’ — that galvanizes me more than anything. 1imdb
Hugh Jackman Bio
Hugh Michael Jackman was born on 12 October 1968 (age: 56) in Sydney, Australia, and his height is around 6′ 2″ inches.
Hugh Jackman Parents
Hugh Jackman was born to Grace McNeil and Christopher John Jackman. One of his great-grandfathers was of Greek heritage. His parents were devout Christians, influenced by evangelist Billy Graham. Jackman has four older siblings and a younger half-sister. 2imdbÂ
Hugh Jackman Wife
Hugh Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness on April 11, 1996, after meeting on the set of the TV show Correlli, and they adopted two children, Oscar Maximilian Jackman and Ava Eliot Jackman. In September 2023, Jackman and Furness announced their separation. In January 2025, he was seen on a date with actress Sutton Foster, his former co-star from The Music Man. 3famousbirthdays Â
Hugh Jackman Works & Philanthropies
Hugh Jackman voiced the Easter Bunny in the animated film Rise of the Guardians and was the inspiration for a character in the book Tanith Low in… The Maleficent Seven. Then, he appeared as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables. Jackman appeared in the comedy Movie 43 and was featured on a song with The Lonely Island. He returned to Broadway in The River from late 2014 to early 2015. He played the villain Blackbeard in Pan, and in 2016, he did Eddie the Eagle.
Hugh played Wolverine, and then he starred as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. He also portrayed politician Gary Hart in The Front Runner and voiced Sir Lionel Frost in the animated movie Missing Link. In 2019, he was honored as a Companion of the Order of Australia for his contributions to the arts and his advocacy against poverty.
Hugh Jackman is a strong supporter of microcredit, which provides small loans to help people in poor countries start businesses. In 2009, he donated $100,000 to charity, splitting it between Charity: Water and Operation of Hope.
He is a global advisor for the Global Poverty Project and has narrated a documentary for the cause. He also supports The Art of Elysium, the MPTV Fund Foundation, and the Bone Marrow Institute in Australia. In 2009, Hugh and Daniel Craig raised over $1.5 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In 2011, he raised nearly $1 million through Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway.
Hugh narrated a 2008 documentary on global warming called The Burning Season. He is also a World Vision ambassador and took part in Climate Week NYC in 2009. In 2011, he launched Laughing Man Coffee after visiting Ethiopia and meeting a fair-trade coffee farmer. The company sells coffee online, and the profits go to the Laughing Man Foundation, which funds education and community programs worldwide.
In 2001, Hugh was nominated for a Golden Globe for Kate & Leopold. His performance in The Boy from Oz won him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2004, and his hosting of the Tony Awards earned him an Emmy. His role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables won him a Golden Globe and earned him Oscar, BAFTA, and SAG nominations. He received another Golden Globe nomination for playing P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman, and the film’s soundtrack won him a Grammy. In 2022, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Son.
Jackman won a Special Tony Award in 2012 and was nominated again in 2022 for The Music Man. He has also been recognized in Australia, receiving AACTA nominations for Erskineville Kings and The Prestige. He is one of only five Australians nominated for the Best Actor Oscar. Having received nominations for Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, he is close to achieving the rare EGOT status, needing only an Oscar to complete it. 4wikipedia
Hugh Jackman Net Worth
Hugh Jackman has a net worth estimated to be around 8 billion dollars. He is not only an actor but also a real estate agent and philanthropist who contributes to his wealth. 5imdbÂ
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