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Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 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.

The Wolverine ( 2013) | IMDb: 6.7

Action , Adventure , Science fiction

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

Starring:

Hugh Jackman , Tao Okamoto , Rila Fukushima , Hal Yamanouchi , Hiroyuki Sanada , Svetlana Khodchenkova

Directed by:

David Leitch , Sheila Waldron , James Mangold

Produced by:

Hugh Jackman , Beth Lipari , Priscilla John

X-Men Origins: Wolverine ( 2009) | IMDb: 6.5

Action , Adventure , Science fiction

After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine.

Starring:

Hugh Jackman , Liev Schreiber , Danny Huston , Lynn Collins , Kevin Durand , Dominic Monaghan

Directed by:

Danielle Blake , Paul Barry , Brian Smrz

Produced by:

Stewart Bethune , Stan Lee , John Palermo

Deception ( 2008) | IMDb: 6

Mystery , Thriller

As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

Starring:

Hugh Jackman , Ewan McGregor , Michelle Williams , Natasha Henstridge , Bruce Altman , Shannan Click

Directed by:

Marcel Langenegger , Mariana Hellmund

Produced by:

Robbie Brenner , Christopher Eberts , Denis Pedregosa

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