Hugh Jackman
Actor, Celebrity
1968 –
Who is Hugh Jackman?
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.
Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as superhero, period, and romance characters. He is known for his long-running role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Australia, Real Steel, Les Misérables, and Prisoners. His work in Les Misérables earned him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy in 2013. He is also a singer, dancer, and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.
A three-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.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1968
Sydney - Also known as
- Hugh Michael Jackman
- Hyû Jakkuman
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Deborra-Lee Furness
(1996/04/11 - )
- Deborra-Lee Furness
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Australians
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
- University of Technology, Sydney
- Pymble Public School
- Knox Grammar School
- The Actors Centre
- Employment
- Uppingham School
- Lived in
- Sydney
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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