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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman visiting with Marines and Sailors during the opening day of Flag Week New York 2006.
Birth nameHugh Michael Jackman
Born12 September 1968 (1968--) (age 39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian film, television and stage actor.

Early life

Jackman was born in Pymble, New South Wales, the youngest of five children of English-born parents Chris Jackman and Grace Watson. His mother left the family when he was eight years old, and he remained behind with his father (an accountant with a degree from Cambridge) and siblings.

Jackman attended Pymble Public School and Knox Grammar School, an all-boys school, where he starred in the musical My Fair Lady in 1985, directed by the headmaster, Dr. Ian Paterson. Jackman was School Captain in 1986. The following year he spent a gap year working at Uppingham School in England. Upon his return to Australia he worked at a Shell station in Wahroonga and worked as a part-time clown for children's parties while studying at the University of Technology, Sydney. In 1989 Jackman participated in a Christian workcamp on Hasst's Bluff and Areyonga Aboriginal land in the Western Desert in Central Australia. He then graduated with a BA in Communications, having majored in journalism. He later used his inheritance from his grandmother to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth, from which he graduated in 1994.

Career

In Australia

Jackman's early film work includes Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero (1999), while his television work includes Correlli, Law of the Land, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, and Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River (American title: Snowy River: The McGregor Saga).

He sang the Australian National Anthem in front of 100,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before the 1998 Bledisloe Cup. He also sang the National Anthem at the 1999 NRL Grand Final in front of 108,000 people at Stadium Australia.

On stage, Jackman played Gaston in the Melbourne production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in the same city's production of Sunset Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret. He also hosted both Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

In 2006, he was cast to replace Russell Crowe in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, starring opposite Nicole Kidman. The film is currently in production in Queensland, at the north-east coastal town of Bowen.

In England

He first became known outside of Australia when he played the leading role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre's acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma! in the West End during 1998.

Jackman also appeared in a 1999 film version of the stage musical.

In the United States

Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigelow in Carousel in a special concert performance at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, New York City in 2002.

In 2000, he was cast as Wolverine in Bryan Singer's X-Men, replacing Dougray Scott. According to a CBS interview in November 2006, Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness told him not to take the role, a comment she later told him she was glad he ignored.

Jackman, at 6' 2 1/2",[1] stands nearly a foot taller than Wolverine, who is said in the original comic book to be 5' 3". Hence, the filmmakers were frequently forced to shoot Jackman at unusual angles or only from the waist up to make him appear shorter than he actually was. In an interview with Men's Health magazine, he stated that he was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role, and noted that at the end of his preparatory physical training, he could bench press 315 lbs. and leg press 1000 lbs. An instant star upon the film's release, Jackman later reprised his role in 2003's , and 2006's . The trilogy ultimately garnered over $1,000,000,000 worldwide.

Jackman starred as "Leopold" in the 2001 romantic comedy film Kate & Leopold, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

In 2004, Jackman won a Tony Award for his Broadway portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. He hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004 and 2005, garnering very positive reviews. The televising of the 2004 awards earned him an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program in 2005.

Jackman is also preparing a number of movies which he will both produce and star in, including Wolverine, estimated to begin filming around summer 2007, and a remake of Carousel in which he will play Billy Bigelow.

Jackman also stared in 2001 action/drama Swordfish (film), along with John Travolta, and Halle Berry. This would be the 2nd time Jackman would work alongside with Berry, The two would work together again two more times in the X-men movies, making a total of four movies staring Jackman and Berry from 2000 to 2006.

Personal life

Jackman married actress Deborra-Lee Furness in April 1996. They met on the set of his first TV acting job in Correlli, an Australian television series. Furness had two miscarriages, after which she and Jackman adopted two children, Oscar Maximillian (b. May 15, 2000) and Ava Eliot (b. July 10, 2005). They currently live in Melbourne. Jackman personally designed an engagement ring for Furness, and their wedding rings bore the Sanskrit inscription "Om paramar mainamar," translated by Furness as "we dedicate our union to a greater source".[2]

In 2005, Jackman joined with longtime assistant John Palermo to form a production company, Seed Productions, whose first project will be Wolverine in 2008. Furness is also involved in the company, and Palermo had three rings made with an inscription meaning "unity" for himself, Furness, and Jackman. [3] About the trio's collaboration Jackman reports "I'm very lucky in the partners I work with in my life, Deb and John Palermo. It really works. We all have different strengths. I love it. It's very exciting".[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1999Erskineville KingsWace
Paperback HeroJack Willis
2000X-MenLogan/Wolverine
2001Kate & LeopoldLeopold
SwordfishStanley Jobson
Someone Like You...Eddie Alden
2003X2Logan/Wolverine
2004Van HelsingGabriel Van Helsing
Gabriel Van Helsing (voice)
2004Standing Room OnlyRoger
2005Stories of Lost Souls - segment "Standing Room Only"Roger
2006Happy FeetMemphis (voice)
Flushed AwayRoddy (voice)
The PrestigeRobert Angier
The FountainTomas / Tommy / Tom Creo
ScoopPeter Lyman
Logan/Wolverine
2007The TouristWyattPost-Production (Also Producer)
If You Could See Me NowPre-Production (Also Producer)
A Plumm SummerAdult ElliotPre-Production
Rebound GuyPre-Production (Also Producer)
2008The BeatleJohn LennonRumored
AustraliaFilming
DrivePre-Production (Also Producer)
The AmateurCIA Agent (main character, name unknown)Pre-Production (Also Producer)
2009''The ComingFrom 20th Century Fox and Spyglass Entertainment
Logan/WolverinePre-Production (Also Producer)

Awards and nominations

Awards

Nominations

Preceded by
Harvey Fierstein
for Hairspray		Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical
2004
for The Boy From Oz 		Succeeded by
Norbert Leo Butz
for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

References

1. ^ Hugh Jackman. Celebheights.com. Retrieved on 13 June, 2006.
2. ^ Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
3. ^ Movies Online
4. ^ Movie News

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