Hugh Michael Jackman\u00a0(born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as\u00a0Wolverine, playing it across the\u00a0X-Men\u00a0film franchise\u00a0and in the\u00a0Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0from\u00a0X-Men\u00a0(2000) to\u00a0Deadpool & Wolverine\u00a0(2024). Prominent\u00a0on both screen and stage, he has received\u00a0various accolades, including a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award, a\u00a0Grammy Award\u00a0and two\u00a0Tony Awards, along with nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0and a\u00a0British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a\u00a0Companion of the Order of Australia\u00a0in 2019.<\/p>\n
Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy\u00a0Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror\u00a0Van Helsing\u00a0(2004), the drama\u00a0The Prestige\u00a0(2006), the period romance\u00a0Australia\u00a0(2008), the science fiction\u00a0Real Steel (2011), the musical\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0(2012), the thriller\u00a0Prisoners\u00a0(2013), the musical\u00a0The Greatest Showman\u00a0(2017), the political drama\u00a0The Front Runner\u00a0(2018), and the crime drama\u00a0Bad Education\u00a0(2019). For his role as\u00a0Jean Valjean\u00a0in\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables, he was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor\u00a0and won a\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for\u00a0The Greatest Showman\u00a0soundtrack, Jackman received a\u00a0Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films\u00a0Flushed Away,\u00a0Happy Feet\u00a0(both 2006),\u00a0Rise of the Guardians\u00a0(2012) and\u00a0Missing Link\u00a0(2019).<\/p>\n
Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of\u00a0Beauty and the Beast\u00a0as Gaston in 1995 and\u00a0Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a\u00a0Laurence Olivier Award\u00a0nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the\u00a0West End\u00a0revival\u00a0of\u00a0Oklahoma!\u00a0in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of\u00a0Carousel\u00a0as Billy Bigelow at\u00a0Carnegie Hall. On\u00a0Broadway, he won the 2004\u00a0Tony Award\u00a0and\u00a0Drama Desk Award\u00a0for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in\u00a0The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical\u00a0The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. A four-time host of the\u00a0Tony Awards, he won an\u00a0Emmy Award for hosting the\u00a02005 ceremony. He also hosted the\u00a081st Academy Awards\u00a0in 2009.<\/p>\n
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