Hugh Jackman

NAME: Hugh Michael Jackman
BORN: 12 October 1968 in Sydney, NSW, Australia
HEIGHT: 6'2" / HAIR: Brown / EYES: Hazel
SCHOOLING: Hugh attended Knox Grammar School, an elite all-boys school in Wahroonga, NSW. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Technology in Sydney; after deciding to pursue acting, he followed a stint at the Actors' Center in Sydney by graduating from the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth.
SPOUSE: Actress/director Deborra-lee Furness, 1996-present
CHILDREN: The Jackmans have two adopted children: son Oscar Maximillian, born in 2000; and daughter Ava Eliot, born in 2005.
FAMILY: Family emigrated to Australia from England before Hugh was born. Father, Chris, is a retired accountant in Sydney; mother, Grace, lives in the UK. Hugh has two brothers, two sisters and one half-sister.
ADDITIONAL CREDITS (not listed in links above): Hugh's experience as a television presenter in Australia includes In Fashion, co-hosted by Melissa Hoyer on Foxtel; emceeing the Fox Studios Australia opening celebration in Sydney; and Hugh Jackman's West End, a Foxtel special on London's theater scene. In the States he has served as emcee for the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Awards three times in a row: in 2003, 2004 and 2005, from Radio City Music Hall, NYC.
Additional Theater credits: Romeo & Juliet (Romeo); Translations (Hugh); Tonight We Improvise (Abette), Barbarians (Maxim Gorky)
Additional TV Credits: The Law of the Land (Chicka McCray)

Filmography

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) .... Logan / Wolverine
Australia (2008) .... Drover
Deception (2008/I) .... Wyatt Bose
Uncle Jonny (2008) .... Uncle Russell
Happy Feet (2006) (voice) .... Memphis
Flushed Away (2006) (voice) .... Roddy
The Prestige (2006) .... Robert Angier
The Fountain (2006) .... Tomas / Tommy / Tom Creo
Scoop (2006) .... Peter Lyman
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) .... Logan / Wolverine
promotional abbreviation)
X-Men: The Official Game (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Wolverine
Stories of Lost Souls (2006) .... Roger (segment "Standing Room Only")
Van Helsing (2004) .... Van Helsing
Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) (V) (voice) .... Gabriel Van Helsing
Making the Grade (2004) (TV) .... Mr. Slattery
Standing Room Only (2004/I) .... Roger
X2 (2003) .... Logan / Wolverine
Kate & Leopold (2001) .... Leopold
Swordfish (2001) .... Stanley Jobson
Someone Like You... (2001) .... Eddie Alden
X-Men (2000) .... Logan / Wolverine
Erskineville Kings (1999) .... Wace
Paperback Hero (1999) .... Jack Willis
"Correlli" Kevin Jones (10 episodes, 1995)