The actor who left a mark on the minds with his role as Wolverine: Who is Hugh Jackman?

Hugh Jackman was born on October 12, 1968 in Sydney, Australia. He was the youngest of 5 children to his father, Chris Jackman, and his mother, Grace Watson. His parents divorced when Jackman was 8 years old. Jackman went to live with his father, a Cambridge University accountant, and his siblings. His relationship with his mother was never good after that date.

Attending Pymble Public School and then Knox Grammer School, Jackman studied at Sydney University of Technology. And in 1991 he graduated from the department of communication. It was by chance that he met acting. Acting was among the compulsory courses of the department. Meanwhile, he became interested in handicrafts and spent the money he inherited from his relative to study in this field and graduated from Edith Cowan University in 1994.

Designed by Australian actress Denise Roberts, Corelli was a 10-episode drama series on ABC that was Jackman's first major professional job, where he met his wife to be, Deborra-Lee Furness. Jackman's first acting experiences were in the 1999 productions "Erskineville Kings" and "Paperback Hero". He also appeared in television productions in "Law of the Land", "Halifax f.p.", "Blue Heelers and Snowy River: The McGregor Saga."

Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in Bryan Singer's X-Men (2000). The role was originally written for Russell Crowe, who recommended Jackman for the role. Because he thought Wolverine was alluding to wolves, Jackman initially studied wolves to develop his character. The movie was a box office success, and earning him a Saturn Award for Best Actor for the role.

Jackman reprized the role of Troye Sivan playing the younger version of James Howlett in 2003's X2, 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, and 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He also made a guest appearance as Wolverine in X-Men: First Class in 2011. He returned for the role of Wolverine again in 2013 in The Wolverine, a standalone sequel set after the events of X-Men: The Last Stand. He reprized the character in 2014's sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and briefly in 2016's sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse.

Jackman starred as Leopold in the 2001 romantic comedy film Kate & Leopold, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. In 2004 Jackman played the Australian songwriter and performer Peter Allen on the 2003–2004 Broadway in the hit musical The Boy from Oz, which he performed in Australia in 2006. For this role, he won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Jackman starred in Christopher Nolan's mystery thriller The Prestige (2006). After reading the script, Jackman expressed interest in acting in the movie. The Prestige was critically acclaimed and a box office success. Jackman also co-starred with Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's 2006 film Scoop.

In 2008, director Baz Luhrmann cast Jackman as the male lead in Australia's widely publicized epic movie starring Nicole Kidman. That year, People Magazine named Jackman the "Sexiest Man Alive" of 2008.

Jackman starred as Jean Valjean in Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, an adaptation of the musical. He lost 15 pounds for the role and later had to gain 30 pounds to reflect his character's newfound success. For this performance, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Film in January 2013. And he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Jackman made a national tour of Australia with his show Broadway to Oz in November and December 2015. In 2015, Jackman announced that he would reprise the role of Logan in the 2017 sequel to The Wolverine. It earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman's performance and film were critically acclaimed and considered one of the greatest superhero films of all time.

In 2019, Jackman embarked on his first world tour called The Man. The 88-show tour was visiting North America, Europe and Oceania. He co-starred with Allison Janney in the comedy drama Bad Education (2019). Jackman and Laura Dern starred in Florian Zeller's film The Son, based on Zeller's play of the same name.

He returned to Broadway with a revival of The Music Man starring Harold Hill, which began previews in December 2021 and played from February 2022 to January 2023. Jackman received his second nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance. The revival received mixed reviews but was successful at the box office.

Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine in Deadpool 3, starring Ryan Reynolds, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Private life

Jackman was raised as a Christian, participating in many reenactments throughout his childhood. He identified himself as a Christian in an interview in 2015. Jackman meditates every day. Jackman has been a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation since the age of twenty. Jackman plays the guitar, piano and violin. Jackman played rugby and cricket in high school. He took part in the high jump and swimming team. Jackman, who enjoys basketball and canoeing, expressed his interest in football.

He married Deborra-Lee Furness, whom he met on the set of the Australian TV show Corelli. Furness had two miscarriages. Then she and Jackman adopted two children. Jackman and his family live in New York.