Hugh Jackman

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 XMen film series 20002017 a tenure that earned him the Guinness World Record for longest career as a liveaction 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 actionhorror 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 fourtime 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 Queens Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community