Hugh Jackman

Biography

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Rick and Morty

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (107)

• Bluey: The Movie2027 · as (voice)
• The Death of Robin Hood2026 · as Robin Hood
• The Sheep Detectives2026 · as George Hardy
• Song Sung Blue2025 · as Mike Sardina
• C.E.O2025
• Journey Home, David Gulpilil2025 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Great Entertainer2025 · as Self
• Conquering Skin Cancer2024 · as Self
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Self - Logan / Wolverine
• Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Logan / Wolverine
• The Son2022 · as Peter
• Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power2022 · as (archive footage)
• Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Reminiscence2021 · as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
• Free Guy2021 · as Masked Player in Alley (voice)
• On Broadway2019 · as Self
• Bad Education2019 · as Frank Tassone
• Missing Link2019 · as Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
• The Front Runner2018 · as Gary Hart
• Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home2018 · as The Prime Minister
• Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman2017
• The Greatest Showman2017 · as P. T. Barnum
• Making 'Logan'2017 · as Self
• Logan2017 · as Logan / X-24
• X-Men: Apocalypse2016 · as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
• Eddie the Eagle2016 · as Bronson Peary
• Molly: The Real Thing2016 · as Self
• Star Wars: Greatest Moments2015 · as Self
• Pan2015 · as Blackbeard
• Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life2015 · as Self
• Dukale's Dream2015 · as Self
• Mutant vs. Machine - The Making of 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'2015 · as Self
• X-Men: Unguarded2015 · as Self
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015 · as Hugh Jackman (voice)
• Chappie2015 · as Vincent Moore
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014 · as Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
• Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey2014 · as Self
• X-Men: Days of Future Past - Kitchen Sequence2014 · as Self
• Double Take: Xavier & Magneto2014 · as Self
• X-Men: Reunited2014 · as Self
• That Sugar Film2014 · as Self
• X-Men: Days of Future Past2014 · as Logan / Wolverine
• Six by Sondheim2013 · as Curly (archive footage)
• The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin2013 · as Self
• Prisoners2013 · as Keller Dover
• Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th2013 · as Self
• The Wolverine2013 · as Logan / Wolverine
• Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story2013 · as Self
• Movie 432013 · as Davis (segment "The Catch")
• Les Misérables2012 · as Jean Valjean
• Rise of the Guardians2012 · as Bunny (voice)
• Show Me the Magic2012 · as Self
• Butter2012 · as Boyd Bolton
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl2012 · as Self
• WWE Survivor Series 20112011 · as Hugh Jackman
• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey2011 · as Self
• Real Steel2011 · as Charlie Kenton
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan2011 · as Arthur
• X-Men: First Class2011 · as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
• Seeds of Hope2010 · as Self
• Oh My God2009 · as Self
• Weapon X Mutant Files2009 · as Self
• Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins2009 · as Self
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine2009 · as Logan / Wolverine
• Australia2008 · as The Drover
• The Burning Season2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Deception2008 · as Wyatt Bose
• Uncle Jonny2008 · as Uncle Russell
• Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth2007 · as Himself
• ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway2007 · as Self
• The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan2007 · as Self
• The Fountain2006 · as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
• Happy Feet2006 · as Memphis (voice)
• Flushed Away2006 · as Roddy (voice)
• The Prestige2006 · as Robert Angier
• Scoop2006 · as Peter Lyman
• X-Men: The Last Stand2006 · as Logan / Wolverine
• Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World2006 · as Self
• Stories of Lost Souls2004 · as Roger
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies2004 · as Self
• Van Helsing: The London Assignment2004 · as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
• Van Helsing2004 · as Van Helsing
• Standing Room Only2004 · as Roger
• The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X22003 · as Self
• X2 Global Webcast Highlights2003 · as Self
• X22003 · as Logan / Wolverine
• Evolution X - The Making of X-Men2003
• X-Men: Premieres Around the World2003 · as Self
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
• Kate & Leopold2001 · as Leopold
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Wolverine (archive footage)
• Swordfish2001 · as Stanley
• Someone Like You...2001 · as Eddie Alden
• X-Men2000 · as Logan / Wolverine
• X-Men: The Mutant Watch2000 · as Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
• Oklahoma!1999 · as Curly McLain
• The Making of 'Oklahoma!'1999 · as Self
• Erskineville Kings1999 · as Wace
• Paperback Hero1999 · as Jack Willis
• Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh1998 · as Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
• Profile of a Serial Killer1998 · as Eric Ringer
• Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams1996 · as Joe Gillis
• The Rat Tamer1995 · as Kevin Jones
• Boy Band—
• Apostle Paul— · as Paul
• Treasure Island— · as Long John Silver

All TV Shows (69)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?2024 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Faraway Downs2023 · as Drover
• Beau geste2023 · as Self
• Koala Man2023 · as Big Greg (voice)
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?2022 · as Self
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
• Welcome to Wrexham2022 · as Self
• Human Resources2022 · as Dante (voice)
• Marvel's Storyboards2020 · as Self
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Prince Humperdinck
• Activate: The Global Citizen Movement2019 · as Self
• Big Mouth2017 · as himself (voice)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest
• Chicken Shop Date2014 · as Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Hugh Jackman (voice)
• Have You Been Paying Attention?2013 · as Self - Video Quizmaster
• Circus Halligalli2013
• Ink Master2012 · as Himself - Guest Judge
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
• Projectorparishilton2008
• An Aussie Goes Bolly2008
• Viva Laughlin2007 · as Nicky Fontana
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest Host
• Top Gear2002 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Rove1999 · as Self
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Sydney New Year's Eve1996 · as Co-Host
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Correlli1995 · as Kevin Jones
• Halifax f.p.1994 · as Eric Ringer
• The Man from Snowy River1994 · as Duncan Jones
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Blue Heelers1993 · as Brady Jackson
• Raw1993 · as Himself
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as Janitor (voice)
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• 60 Minutes1968 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self