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 X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (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 action-horror 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Treasure Island — Long John Silver
• 2026Mighty Mary — Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
• 2026The Death of Robin Hood — Robin Hood, Producer
• 2026The Sheep Detectives — George Hardy
• 2025C.E.O
• 2025Journey Home, David Gulpilil — Narrator (voice)
• 2025Song Sung Blue — Mike Sardina
• 2024Deadpool & Wolverine — Logan / Wolverine
• Faraway Downs — Drover
• Koala Man — Big Greg (voice)
• 2022Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power — (archive footage)
• Human Resources — Dante (voice)
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
• 2022The Son — Peter, Executive Producer
• 2021Free Guy — Masked Player in Alley (voice)
• 2021Reminiscence — Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Prince Humperdinck
• 2019Bad Education — Frank Tassone
• 2019Missing Link — Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited), Thanks
• 2018The Front Runner — Gary Hart
• 2018Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home — The Prime Minister
• 2017Logan — Logan / X-24
• 2017Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
• 2017The Greatest Showman — P. T. Barnum
• 2016Eddie the Eagle — Bronson Peary
• 2016X-Men: Apocalypse — Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
• 2015Chappie — Vincent Moore
• 2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl — Hugh Jackman (voice), Thanks
• 2015Pan — Blackbeard
• 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb — Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past — Logan / Wolverine
• Circus Halligalli
• 2013Movie 43 — Davis (segment "The Catch")
• 2013Prisoners — Keller Dover
• Rick and Morty — Hugh Jackman (voice)
• 2013Six by Sondheim — Curly (archive footage)
• 2013The Wolverine — Logan / Wolverine, Producer
• 2012Butter — Boyd Bolton
• 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)
• 2012Les Misérables — Jean Valjean
• 2012Rise of the Guardians — Bunny (voice)
• 2011Drive — Thanks
• 2011Real Steel — Charlie Kenton
• 2011Snow Flower and the Secret Fan — Arthur
• 2011WWE Survivor Series 2011 — Hugh Jackman
• 2011X-Men: First Class — Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
• 2009X-Men Origins: Wolverine — Logan / Wolverine, Producer
• An Aussie Goes Bolly — Producer
• An Aussie Goes Calypso — Producer
• 2008Australia — The Drover
• 2008Deception — Wyatt Bose, Producer
• Projectorparishilton
• 2008The Burning Season — Narrator (voice)
• 2008Uncle Jonny — Uncle Russell
• Viva Laughlin — Nicky Fontana, Producer
• An Aussie Goes Barmy — Producer
• 2006Flushed Away — Roddy (voice)
• 2006Happy Feet — Memphis (voice)
• 2006Scoop — Peter Lyman
• 2006The Fountain — Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
• 2006The Prestige — Robert Angier
• 2006X-Men: The Last Stand — Logan / Wolverine
• 2004Standing Room Only — Roger
• 2004Stories of Lost Souls — Roger
• 2004Van Helsing — Van Helsing
• 2004Van Helsing: The London Assignment — Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
• 2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
• 2003X2 — Logan / Wolverine
• 2001HBO First Look: Swordfish
• 2001Kate & Leopold — Leopold
• 2001Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes — Wolverine (archive footage)
• 2001Someone Like You... — Eddie Alden
• 2001Swordfish — Stanley
• 2000X-Men — Logan / Wolverine
• 2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch — Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine', Vocals, Vocal Coach
• 1999Erskineville Kings — Wace
• 1999Oklahoma! — Curly McLain
• 1999Paperback Hero — Jack Willis
• 1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh — Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
• 1998Profile of a Serial Killer — Eric Ringer
• 1996Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams — Joe Gillis
• Sydney New Year's Eve — Co-Host
• Correlli — Kevin Jones
• 1995The Rat Tamer — Kevin Jones
• Halifax f.p. — Eric Ringer
• The Man from Snowy River — Duncan Jones
• Blue Heelers — Brady Jackson
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• The Simpsons — Janitor (voice)
• Boy Band

Appearances as themselves (86)

• 2026THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT — Self
• 2025The Great Entertainer — Self
• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2024Conquering Skin Cancer — Self
• 2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine — Self - Logan / Wolverine
• Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants? — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Beau geste — Self
• Welcome to Wrexham — Self
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• 2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act — Self (archive footage)
• Last Meals — Self
• Marvel's Storyboards — Self
• Activate: The Global Citizen Movement — Self
• 2019On Broadway — Self
• Big Mouth — himself (voice)
• 2017Making 'Logan' — Self
• 2016Molly: The Real Thing — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life — Self
• 2015Dukale's Dream — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• 2014Double Take: Xavier & Magneto — Self
• 2014Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• 2014That Sugar Film — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th — Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Video Quizmaster
• 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story — Self
• 2013The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin — Self
• 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
• Ink Master — Himself - Guest Judge
• 2012Show Me the Magic — Self
• 2011Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Seeds of Hope — Self
• C à vous — Self - Guest
• 2009Oh My God — Self
• 2009The Thrill of the Chase: The Helicopter Sequence — Self
• 2009Weapon X Mutant Files — Self
• 2009Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins — Self
• 2007Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth — Himself
• 2007ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway — Self
• 2007The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Brett Ratner's X-Diaries — Self
• 2006Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World — Self
• 2006X3: The Excitement Continues — Self
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest Host
• Punk'd — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 — Self
• 2003X-Men: Premieres Around the World — Self
• 2003X2 Global Webcast Highlights — Self
• 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• Rove — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• 1999The Making of 'Oklahoma!' — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Raw — Himself
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• This Morning — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 60 Minutes — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Performer
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Bambi — Self