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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.

From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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97 Credits

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Logan 2017
Logan / X-24
The Prestige 2006
Robert Angier
X-Men: Apocalypse 2016
Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
X-Men: First Class 2011
Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
Prisoners 2013
Keller Dover
X-Men 2000
Logan / Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009
Logan / Wolverine, Producer
X2 2003
Logan / Wolverine
The Wolverine 2013
Producer, Logan / Wolverine
Free Guy 2021
Masked Player in Alley (voice)
Real Steel 2011
Charlie Kenton

Credit 97

2026 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

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6.91 Crime 6

6.85 Thriller 5

6.82 Action 19

6.78 Drama 21

6.77 Adventure 18

6.76 Documentary 33

6.74 Western 1

6.65 History 5

6.64 Animation 6

6.59 Comedy 17

6.55 Mystery 6

6.50 Family 6

6.46 Romance 7

6.43 TV Movie 6

6.42 Fantasy 6

6.25 Horror 2

6.02 Music 6