Hugh Jackman

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 XMen film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from XMen 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 actionhorror 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 fourtime 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia