Hugh
Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor
who portrayed Wolverine in X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United
(2003) and X-Men 3 (2006). His other works include Swordfish
(2001), Kate and Leopold (2001), Someone Like You (2001),
and Van Helsing (2004).
Biography
Hugh Jackman was born on 12 October 1968, in Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia, the youngest of five children
of English-born parents. His mother left the family
and went back to England when he was eight years old,
and he remained behind with his father, an accountant.
Jackman attended Knox Grammar School, an elite all-boys
school in Wahroonga, New South Wales and graduated
from the University of Technology, Sydney with a BA
in Communications, having majored in journalism. In
1994, he graduated from WAAPA in Perth.During Hugh
Jackman's stage musical career in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, he hosted both Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight
and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.
Jackman married actress Deborra-Lee
Furness in February of 1996. They met on the set of
his first TV acting job in Corelli, an Australian
television program. Jackman played an angry prisoner
who fell in love with his counsellor, played by Furness.
He and his wife adopted Oscar Maximilian Jackman,
who was born on May 15, 2000. They adopted a second
child, Ava Eliot Jackman, who was born on July 10,
2005.
Jackman played Gaston in the Melbourne
production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis
in the same city's production of Sunset Boulevard.
He first became known outside of Australia when he
played the leading role of Curly in the Royal National
Theatre's acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma!
in the West End of London in England, demonstrating
his talent as a singer as well as an actor. On 6 June
2002, Hugh Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigalow
in Carousel in a special concert performance at Carnegie
Hall in Manhatten, New York City.
He was a last-minute addition to the
X-Men cast. Dougray Scott was originally cast as Wolverine,
but Scott was tied up on the set of Mission: Impossible
2 for two additional months of shooting. Hugh stands
a foot taller than Wolverine, who is reported by Marvel
Comics to be 5' 3". Despite this, Jackman's performance
was highly praised and the film's success immediately
made him a star. Jackman is currently in plans to
star in a spinoff film for Wolverine.
In 2004, Jackman won a Tony Award
for his Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter
and performer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. Jackman
hosted the Tony Awards in 2004 and 2005, garnering
very positive reviews. The televised hosting of the
Tony Awards earned Jackman an Emmy Award win for Outstanding
Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy
program in 2005.
2005 saw him cast in the lead role
of The Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky. Jackman
starred alongside Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn.Jackman
was rumoured as a possible successor to Pierce Brosnan
in the role of James Bond, but it has since been confirmed
that he has rejected the role.
Selected filmography
Correlli (1995) (TV Series)
Paperback Hero (1999)
Oklahoma! (1999) (TV)
X-Men (2000)
Swordfish (2001)
Kate and Leopold (2001)
Someone Like You (2001)
Standing Room Only (2002)
X2: X-Men United (2003)
Van Helsing (2004)
The Fountain (2005)
Happy Feet (2006, voice)
X-Men 3 (2006)
Flushed Away (2006, voice)
The Prestige
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