Hugh Jackman
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Simpsons
Janitor (voice)
1989
Series
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
Series
Raw
Himself
1993
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Rick and Morty
Hugh Jackman (voice)
2013
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Series
Saturday Night Live
Daniel Radcliffe (uncredited)
1975
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
Top Gear
Self
2002
Series
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Host
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
Deadpool & Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
2024
Series
Big Mouth
himself (voice)
2017
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Blue Heelers
Brady Jackson
1993
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Film
The Death of Robin Hood
Robin Hood
2026
Series
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Film
Real Steel
Charlie Kenton
2011
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Punk'd
Self
2003
Film
The Sheep Detectives
George Hardy
2026
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
The Prestige
Robert Angier
2006
Film
Deadpool 2
Logan / Wolverine (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Series
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Video Quizmaster
2013
Series
Last Meals
Self
2021
Series
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Ink Master
Himself - Guest Judge
2012
Film
Flushed Away
Roddy (voice)
2006
Series
Welcome to Wrexham
Self
2022
Film
Logan
Logan / X-24
2017
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Chicken Shop Date
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2014
Film
Prisoners
Keller Dover
2013
Film
X-Men: Apocalypse
Logan / Weapon X / Wolverine (uncredited)
2016
Film
Free Guy
Masked Player in Alley (voice)
2021
Film
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Hugh Jackman (uncredited)
2014
Film
Van Helsing
Van Helsing
2004
Film
The Greatest Showman
P. T. Barnum
2017
Series
The Man from Snowy River
Duncan Jones
1994
Film
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Logan / Wolverine
2014
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
Chappie
Vincent Moore
2015
Film
Rise of the Guardians
Bunny (voice)
2012
Film
Swordfish
Stanley
2001
Series
Circus Halligalli
2013
Film
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean
2012
Series
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck
2020
Series
Projectorparishilton
2008
Series
Human Resources
Dante (voice)
2022
Series
Halifax f.p.
Eric Ringer
1994
Series
Rove
Self
1999
Series
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Self
2022
Film
Happy Feet
Memphis (voice)
2006
Film
Song Sung Blue
Mike Sardina
2025
Film
Eddie the Eagle
Bronson Peary
2016
Film
The Fountain
Tomás / Tom Creo / Tommy
2006
Series
Faraway Downs
Drover
2023
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Missing Link
Sir Lionel Frost (voice)
2019
Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Film
Reminiscence
Nicolas 'Nick' Bannister
2021
Series
Koala Man
Big Greg (voice)
2023
Film
Pan
Blackbeard
2015
Film
Movie 43
Davis (segment "The Catch")
2013
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Film
Kate & Leopold
Leopold
2001
Film
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Hugh Jackman (voice)
2015
Film
The Son
Peter
2022
Film
Australia
The Drover
2008
Film
Bad Education
Frank Tassone
2019
Film
Someone Like You...
Eddie Alden
2001
Film
The Front Runner
Gary Hart
2018
Film
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Logan / Wolverine
2024
Series
Viva Laughlin
Nicky Fontana
2007
Film
Scoop
Peter Lyman
2006
Film
Deception
Wyatt Bose
2008
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
2027
Film
The Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
2013
Series
Marvel's Storyboards
Self
2020
Series
Correlli
Kevin Jones
1995
Sydney New Year's Eve
Co-Host
1996
Series
Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Film
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Wolverine (archive footage)
2001
Film
Van Helsing: The London Assignment
Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
2004
Film
That Sugar Film
Self
2014
Film
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Self
2013
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Butter
Boyd Bolton
2012
Series
Activate: The Global Citizen Movement
Self
2019
Film
X-Men: The Mutant Watch
Self - 'Logan / 'Wolverine'
2000
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
Self
2014
Film
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Arthur
2011
Film
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self
2013
Film
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Logan / Wolverine
2009
Film
Mighty Mary
Narrator (voice)
2026
Film
The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
Self
2003
Film
THE SONGS OF JOHN FARNHAM: A LIVING LEGEND – THE CELEBRATION CONCERT
Self
2026
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Self
2004
Film
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
(archive footage)
2022
Film
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
The Prime Minister
2018
Film
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
2015
Film
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
2011
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
Film
On Broadway
Self
2019
Film
Stories of Lost Souls
Roger
2004
Film
X-Men: Premieres Around the World
Self
2003
Film
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway
Self
2007
An Aussie Goes Bolly
2008
Film
Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
2003
Film
WWE Survivor Series 2011
Hugh Jackman
2011
Film
The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
Self
2007
Film
Brett Ratner's X-Diaries
Self
2006
Film
Erskineville Kings
Wace
1999
Film
Molly: The Real Thing
Self
2016
Film
Six by Sondheim
Curly (archive footage)
2013
Film
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self (archive footage)
2022
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
2012
Film
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
2013
Film
Oklahoma!
Curly McLain
1999
Film
Wolverine Unleashed: The Complete Origins
Self
2009
Film
X2 Global Webcast Highlights
Self
2003
Film
Oh My God
Self
2009
Film
Weapon X Mutant Files
Self
2009
X3: The Excitement Continues
Self
2006
Film
Profile of a Serial Killer
Eric Ringer
1998
Film
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Narrator (voice)
2025
Film
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Film
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Curly McLain (Oklahoma)
1998
Film
Larrikins
Red the Kangaroo (voice)
Film
Standing Room Only
Roger
2004
Film
Show Me the Magic
Self
2012
Film
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Self
2015
Film
Double Take: Xavier & Magneto
Self
2014
Film
Paperback Hero
Jack Willis
1999
Film
Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
Himself
2007
Film
Dukale's Dream
Self
2015
Boy Band
Film
X-Men: First Class
Logan / Wolverine (uncredited)
2011
The Thrill of the Chase: The Helicopter Sequence
Self
2009
Film
Making 'Logan'
Self
2017
Film
X-Men
Logan / Wolverine
2000
Film
X-Men: The Last Stand
Logan / Wolverine
2006
Film
The Rat Tamer
Kevin Jones
1995
Film
Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman
2017
The Making of 'Oklahoma!'
Self
1999
Film
The Burning Season
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
C.E.O
2025
HBO First Look: Swordfish
2001
Film
Seeds of Hope
Self
2010
Film
Sunset Boulevard and the Palace of Dreams
Joe Gillis
1996
Film
X2
Logan / Wolverine
2003
Film
Conquering Skin Cancer
Self
2024
Film
The Great Entertainer
Self
2025
Film
Uncle Jonny
Uncle Russell
2008