Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine / Logan in the X-Men film series (2000–2017), a tenure that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman has received a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. During his career, 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 epic musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime thriller Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Jackman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and for The Greatest Showman, he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away (2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012), and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in Oklahoma! in 1998 and Carousel in 2002. On Broadway, Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz. In 2021 he returned to the theatre as Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of The Music Man. 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. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community.
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Primarily2026 Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie as George Hardy
2025 Song Sung Blue
2025 Death of Robin Hood as Robin Hood Executive Producer
2025 Boy Band
2025 Journey Home, David Gulpilil as Narrator (voice)
2025 The Making of 'Oklahoma!' as Self
2025 Making 'Logan' as Self
2025 The Good Spy as Robert Ames
2024 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine as Self - Logan / Wolverine
2024 Deadpool & Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine Songs
2024 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2022 The Son as Peter Executive Producer
2021 Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
2021 Reminiscence as Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
2021 Free Guy as Masked Player in Alley (voice)
2019 On Broadway as Self
2019 Bad Education as Frank Tassone
2019 Missing Link as Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
2018 The Front Runner as Gary Hart
2018 Deadpool 2 Thanks
2017 Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017 The Greatest Showman as P. T. Barnum
2017 Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic! as Self (archive footage)
2017 Logan as Logan / X-24
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse as Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
2016 Eddie the Eagle as Bronson Peary
2016 Molly: The Real Thing as Self
2015 Star Wars: Greatest Moments as Self
2015 Pan as Blackbeard
2015 Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life as Self
2015 Dukale's Dream as Self
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Hugh Jackman (voice) Thanks
2015 Chappie as Vincent Moore
2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
2014 Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey as Self
2014 That Sugar Film as Self
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past as Logan / Wolverine
2013 Six by Sondheim as Curly (archive footage)
2013 The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self
2013 Prisoners as Keller Dover
2013 Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 The Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine Producer
2013 Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
2013 Movie 43 as Davis (segment "The Catch")
2012 Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
2012 Rise of the Guardians as Bunny (voice)
2012 Show Me the Magic as Self
2012 Butter as Boyd Bolton
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
2011 WWE Survivor Series 2011 as Hugh Jackman
2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey as Self
2011 Real Steel as Charlie Kenton
2011 Drive Thanks
2011 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan as Arthur
2011 X-Men: First Class as Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
2009 Oh My God as Self
2009 Weapon X Mutant Files as Self
2009 Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins as Self
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Logan / Wolverine Producer
2008 Australia as The Drover
2008 The Burning Season as Narrator (voice)
2008 Deception as Wyatt Bose Producer
2008 Uncle Jonny as Uncle Russell
2007 Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth as Himself
2007 ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway as Self
2007 The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan as Self
2006 The Fountain as Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
2006 Happy Feet as Memphis (voice)
2006 Flushed Away as Roddy (voice)
2006 The Prestige as Robert Angier
2006 Scoop as Peter Lyman
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand as Logan / Wolverine
2006 Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
2004 Stories of Lost Souls as Roger
2004 Profile of a Serial Killer as Eric Ringer
2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies as Self
2004 Van Helsing: The London Assignment as Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
2004 Van Helsing as Van Helsing
2004 Making the Grade as Mr. Slattery
2004 Standing Room Only as Roger
2003 X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
2003 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2'
2003 X2 as Logan / Wolverine
2003 X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
2003 Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2002 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories as Self
2001 Kate & Leopold as Leopold
2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Wolverine (archive footage)
2001 Swordfish as Stanley
2001 Someone Like You... as Eddie Alden
2000 X-Men as Logan / Wolverine
2000 X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine' Vocals, Vocal Coach
1999 Oklahoma! as Curly McLain
1999 Erskineville Kings as Wace
1999 Paperback Hero as Jack Willis
1998 Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
1995 The Rat Tamer as Kevin Jones