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{{short description|Australian actor and singer (born 1968)}}
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| name               = Hugh Jackman
| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AC}}
| image              = Hugh Jackman by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
| caption            = Jackman in 2024
| alt                = Jackman looking toward a camera
| birth_name         = Hugh Michael Jackman
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|12}}
| birth_place        = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| citizenship        = {{hlist|Australia|United Kingdom}}
| education          = {{ubl|[[University of Technology Sydney]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Edith Cowan University]] ([[Graduate diploma|GrDip]])}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|singer|producer}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Jackman|Full list]]
| honours            = [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]]
| works              = [[Hugh Jackman filmography and discography|Performances]]
| years_active       = 1994–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Deborra-Lee Furness]]|1996|2025|end=divorced}}
| children           = 2
| signature          = Hugh_Jackman's_signature.png
}}

'''Hugh Michael Jackman''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}} (born 12 October 1968)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/hugh-jackman-16599916| title=Hugh Jackman: Producer, Actor, Film Actor (1968–)| website=[[Biography.com]]| date=9 September 2022| publisher=[[A&E Networks]]}}</ref> is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as [[Logan (film character)|Wolverine]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' film franchise]] and the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] from ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000) to ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'' (2024). Prominent [[Hugh Jackman filmography and discography|on both screen and stage]], he has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Jackman|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 [[Order of Australia|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 (film)|Van Helsing]]'' (2004), the drama ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), the period romance ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' (2008), the science fiction ''[[Real Steel]]'' (2011), the musical ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' (2012), the thriller ''[[Prisoners (2013 film)|Prisoners]]'' (2013), the musical ''[[The Greatest Showman]]'' (2017), the political drama ''[[The Front Runner (film)|The Front Runner]]'' (2018), and the crime drama ''[[Bad Education (2019 film)|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 – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor]], and for [[The Greatest Showman (soundtrack)|''The Greatest Showman'' soundtrack]], Jackman received a [[Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media|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 film)|Missing Link]]'' (2019).

Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' as Gaston in 1995 and ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the [[West End theatre|West End]] [[Revival (theatre)|revival]] of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' as Billy Bigelow at [[Carnegie Hall]]. On [[Broadway theatre|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 [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Emmy Award]] for hosting the [[58th Tony Awards|2005 ceremony]]. He also hosted the [[81st Academy Awards]] in 2009.

==Early life==
Jackman was born in [[Sydney]], New South Wales, to English parents Grace McNeil (née Greenwood) and Christopher John Jackman,<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Abbey|date=6 September 2021|title=Hugh Jackman Shares Heartfelt Tribute Mourning the Death of Father Christopher John Jackman|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hugh-jackman-announces-father-christopher-john-jackman-has-died-1235008989/|access-date=21 March 2025|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> a [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]-educated accountant.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Leanne|title=Who's Who in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5es-AQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Crown Content|isbn=978-1-74095-166-1}}</ref><ref name=tegl12011>{{cite news|last=Illey|first=Chrissy|title=Hugh Jackman: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8781262/Hugh-Jackman-The-Wonderful-Wizard-of-Oz.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=3 October 2011|access-date=9 November 2013|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105105847/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8781262/Hugh-Jackman-The-Wonderful-Wizard-of-Oz.html|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents moved to Australia in 1967 as part of the "[[Ten Pound Poms]]" immigration scheme.<ref name=tegl12011/> Thus, in addition to his [[Australian nationality law|Australian citizenship]], Jackman holds [[British nationality law|British citizenship]] by virtue of being born to UK-born parents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/61/section/2/data.htm|title=British Nationality Act 1981|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="bt-brit">{{Cite news|date=13 January 2013|title=Jackman: I'm an honorary Brit!|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/jackman-im-an-honorary-brit-29014842.html|url-status=live|access-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723130406/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/jackman-im-an-honorary-brit-29014842.html|archive-date=23 July 2019|issn=0307-1235|quote=The Les Miserables star, who won a Golden Globe for best musical or comedy actor, was born in Sydney to English parents and now counts himself as a Brit, despite living in Australia.}}</ref> One of his paternal great-grandfathers, Nicholas Isidor Bellas, was Greek,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestryeurope.ie/press/press-releases/australia/2012/05/05 |title=Were your ancestors in the UK on the night of the 1911 Census? |work=Ancestry Europe.ie |date=5 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611175433/http://www.ancestryeurope.ie/press/press-releases/australia/2012/05/05 |archive-date=11 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=229260&artTitle=chiou_tzakman_stis_fleves_mou_kylaei_elliniko_aima |script-title=el: Χιου Τζάκμαν: "Στις φλέβες μου κυλάει ελληνικό αίμα" |trans-title=Hugh Jackman: "Greek blood runs in my veins" |work=[[Star Channel (Greece)|Star Channel]] |date=24 May 2014 |access-date=9 December 2014 |quote=It is true, I have Greek origins. Bellas was the family name two generations back... I feel like I'm part Greek and I am actually by blood. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209203012/http://www.star.gr/Pages/Lifestyle.aspx?art=229260&artTitle=chiou_tzakman_stis_fleves_mou_kylaei_elliniko_aima |archive-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> from the [[Ottoman Empire]] (now in Greece).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/is-hugh-jackman-a-turk|title=Hugh Jackman is a Turk?|work=Neos Kosmos|date=21 April 2015|access-date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625134231/http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/is-hugh-jackman-a-turk|archive-date=25 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.hurriyet.com.tr/hugh-jackman-babam-bana-sen-turksun-derdi-28467674|title=Hugh Jackman: Babam bana, 'sen Türk'sün' derdi|work=Hürriyet|date=18 March 2015|language=tr}}</ref> His parents were devout Christians, having been converted by Evangelist [[Billy Graham]] after their marriage.<ref name=tegl12011/> Jackman has four older siblings and was the second of his parents' children to be born in Australia.<ref name="bravo">{{cite episode|title = Hugh Jackman|series = Inside the Actors Studio|series-link = Inside the Actors Studio|network = [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]]}}</ref> He also has a younger half-sister, from his mother's remarriage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jackman's Sisterly Pride|url=http://www.teenhollywood.com/2004/05/21/jackmans-sisterly-pride|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=Teen Hollywood|date=21 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425110155/http://www.teenhollywood.com/2004/05/21/jackmans-sisterly-pride|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> His parents divorced when he was eight, and Jackman remained in Australia with his father and two brothers, while his mother moved back to England with Jackman's two sisters.<ref name=tegl12011/><ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman relishes performing|url=http://www.today.com/id/4893079|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Today.com]]|date=11 May 2004|agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045623/http://www.today.com/id/4893079|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman and his mum finally at peace|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/hugh-jackman-and-his-mum-finally-at-peace/story-e6frg30l-1225799467882|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Perth Now]]|date=18 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327012647/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/hugh-jackman-and-his-mum-finally-at-peace/story-e6frg30l-1225799467882|archive-date=27 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> As a child, Jackman liked the outdoors, spending much time at the beach and on camping trips and school holidays all over Australia. He wanted to see the world, saying, "I used to spend nights looking at atlases. I decided I wanted to be a chef on a plane. Because I'd been on a plane and there was food on board, I presumed there was a chef. I thought that would be an ideal job."<ref name="Biography Today">{{cite book|title=Biography Today|editor-first=Cherie D.|editor-last=Abbey|ref={{harvid|''Biography Today''|2010}}|date=January 2010|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographytodayge0000unse_h7i3/page/86 86]|publisher=Omnigraphics|location=Detroit, Michigan|isbn=978-0-7808-1058-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/biographytodayge0000unse_h7i3/page/86}}</ref>

Jackman went to primary school at [[Pymble Public School]] and later attended the all-boys [[Knox Grammar School]] on Sydney's [[Upper North Shore]], where he starred in its production of ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' in 1985 and became the school captain in 1986.<ref name=Scobie>{{cite news |last=Scobie |first=Claire |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3833405/Hugh-Jackman-X-appeal.html |title=Hugh Jackman: X Appeal |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=UK |date=18 December 2008 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409081550/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3833405/Hugh-Jackman-X-appeal.html |archive-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> He spent a [[gap year]] in 1987<ref>{{Cite web|last=Duffin|first=Yasmin|date=7 January 2019|title=The moment Hugh Jackman bumped into ex-pupil on red carpet|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/business/hollywoods-hugh-jackman-reminisces-ex-138207|access-date=20 November 2020|website=LeicestershireLive}}</ref> working at [[Uppingham School]] in England as a [[Physical education|Physical Education]] teacher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood star, Hugh Jackman, returns to Uppingham|url=http://www.uppingham.co.uk/hollywood-star-hugh-jackman-returns-to-uppingham|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Uppingham School]]|date=25 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109044119/http://www.uppingham.co.uk/hollywood-star-hugh-jackman-returns-to-uppingham|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=HLN|title=I know you! Check out who Hugh ran into!|date=2 October 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeiOHY6xY6Y|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029015436/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeiOHY6xY6Y|archive-date=29 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On his return, he studied at the [[University of Technology Sydney]], graduating in 1991 with a BA in [[Communication studies|Communications]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/detail.cfm?ItemId=11098|title=Alumnus Hugh Jackman honoured at UTS 20-year celebration|access-date=27 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912170923/http://www.newsroom.uts.edu.au/news/detail.cfm?ItemId=11098|archive-date=12 September 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his final year of university, he took a drama course to make up additional credits. The class did [[Václav Havel]]'s ''[[The Memorandum]]'' with Jackman as the lead.<ref name="bravo"/> He later commented, "In that week I felt more at home with those people than I did in the entire three years [at university]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Lariviere|first=Serafin|title=Hugh Jackman on overcoming his fear of being called a poof|url=http://dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/hugh-jackman-overcoming-fear-called-poof|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=Daily Xtra|date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109052636/http://dailyxtra.com/toronto/arts-and-entertainment/hugh-jackman-overcoming-fear-called-poof|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

After obtaining his BA, Jackman completed the one-year course "The Journey" at the [[Actors Centre Australia|Actors' Centre]] in Sydney.<ref name="bravo"/> About studying acting full-time, he stated, "It wasn't until I was 22 that I ever thought about my hobby being something I could make a living out of. As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theatre. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that. I found the courage to stand up and say, 'I want to do it'."<ref name="Biography Today 2010, p. 87">{{harvp|''Biography Today''|2010|p=87}}</ref> After completing "The Journey", he was offered a role on the popular soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'' but turned it down<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/hugh_jackman_biog/2.html |title=''Home and Away'' |access-date=27 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221221416/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/hugh_jackman_biog/2.html |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref> to attend the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]] of [[Edith Cowan University]] in Perth, Western Australia, from which he graduated in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-17/hugh-jackman-launches-foundation-in-perth/5459774|access-date=21 March 2025|title=Hugh Jackman launches performing arts foundation at Perth university|author=Katrin Long|date=17 May 2014|website=[[ABC News (Australia)]]}}</ref>

Jackman has said he "always loved acting but when I started at drama school I was like the dunce of the class. It just wasn't coming right to me. Everyone was cooler, everyone seemed more likely to succeed, everyone seemed more natural at it and in retrospect, I think that is good. I think it is good to come from behind as an actor. I think it is good to go into an audition thinking, 'Man I've got to be at my best to get this gig.'".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shavemagazine.com/entertainment/interview-Hugh-Jackman/2 |title=Interview: Hugh Jackman |work=[[Shave (magazine)|Shave Magazine]] |first=Ziyah |last=Karmali |access-date=8 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311185759/http://www.shavemagazine.com/entertainment/interview-Hugh-Jackman/2 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
===1995–1999: Early career in theatre===
On the night of his final Academy graduation performance, Jackman received a phone call offering him a role on ''[[Correlli]]'': "I was technically unemployed for thirteen seconds." ''Correlli'', devised by Australian actress [[Denise Roberts]], was a 10-part drama series on ABC, Jackman's first major professional job, and where he met his future wife [[Deborra-Lee Furness]]. Jackman stated that "Meeting my wife was the greatest thing to come out of it."<ref name="Biography Today 2010, p. 87"/> The show lasted only one season. After ''Correlli'' Jackman went on the stage in Melbourne. In 1996, Jackman played [[Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)|Gaston]] in the local Walt Disney production of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', and Joe Gillis in ''[[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|Sunset Boulevard]]''.<ref name="bravo"/> During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 [[Midsumma]] festival cabaret production ''[[Summa Cabaret]]''. He also hosted Melbourne's [[Carols by Candlelight]] and Sydney's [[The Domain, Sydney|Carols in the Domain]]. Jackman's early film works include ''[[Erskineville Kings]]'' and ''[[Paperback Hero (1999 film)|Paperback Hero]]'' (1999), and his television work includes ''[[Law of the Land (TV series)|Law of the Land]]'', ''[[Halifax f.p.]]'', ''[[Blue Heelers]]'', and ''[[The Man from Snowy River (TV series)|Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River]]''.

Jackman became known outside Australia in 1998, when he played the leading role of Curly in the [[Royal National Theatre]]'s acclaimed stage production of ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', in London's [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref name="bravo"/> The performance earned him an [[Olivier Award]] nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. Jackman said, "I totally felt like it can't get any better than this. On some level that production will be one of the highlights of my career."{{sfnp|''Biography Today''|2010|p=89}} He also starred in the [[Oklahoma! (1999 film)|1999 film version of the same stage musical]], which has been screened in many countries.

===2000–2004: Breakthrough with Wolverine and the ''X-Men''===
Jackman had his breakthrough role playing [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] in [[Bryan Singer]]'s ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' (2000)—a superhero film based on the [[Marvel Comics]] [[X-Men|team of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sacks|first1=Ethan|title=Hugh Jackman: Wolverine will 'exist way longer than me'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hugh-jackman-wolverine-exist-longer-article-1.1409140|access-date=27 March 2017|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328105204/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hugh-jackman-wolverine-exist-longer-article-1.1409140|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Co-starring [[Patrick Stewart]], [[James Marsden]], [[Famke Janssen]] and [[Ian McKellen]], the film tells the story of a group of [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutants]], whose [[superpower (ability)|superhuman powers]] make them distrusted by normal humans, but who fight to protect humans from villains. The role was originally written for [[Russell Crowe]] who instead suggested Jackman for the part.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Armitage|first1=Hugh|title=Crowe got Jackman his Wolverine role|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/x-men/news/a440603/hugh-jackman-russell-crowe-got-me-my-wolverine-role/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=27 March 2017|date=24 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328041447/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/x-men/news/a440603/hugh-jackman-russell-crowe-got-me-my-wolverine-role/|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Jackman says that his wife advised him against taking on the role, as she found it "ridiculous".<ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman's wife didn't want him to play Wolverine|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/714372/hugh-jackmans-wife-didnt-want-him-to-play-wolverine/|access-date=27 March 2017|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020249/https://tribune.com.pk/story/714372/hugh-jackmans-wife-didnt-want-him-to-play-wolverine/|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He initially studied wolves to develop his character, as he thought that Wolverine alluded to wolves.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilchrist|first1=Todd|title=Hugh Jackman Reveals Wolverine's 'Humiliating' Beginnings|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1711221/wolverine-beginnings-hugh-jackman/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=27 March 2017|date=24 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021727/http://www.mtv.com/news/1711221/wolverine-beginnings-hugh-jackman/|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''X-Men'' was successful at the box-office, earning US$296 million.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2000&p=.htm | title = 2000 Worldwide Grosses | website = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = 27 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605025050/http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2000&p=.htm | archive-date = 5 June 2011 | url-status=live}}</ref> The role earned him a [[Saturn Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Hughes | first = David | title = Comic Book Movies | publisher = [[Virgin Books]] | year = 2003 | pages = 177–188 | isbn = 0-7535-0767-6}}</ref>

Wolverine was tough for Jackman to portray because he had few lines, but much emotion to convey in them. To prepare, he watched [[Clint Eastwood]] in the [[Dirty Harry (film series)|''Dirty Harry'' movies]] and [[Mel Gibson]] in ''[[Mad Max 2]]''. "There were guys who had relatively little dialogue, like Wolverine had, but you knew and felt everything. I'm not normally one to copy, but I wanted to see how these guys achieved it."{{sfnp|''Biography Today''|2010|pp=90–91}} Jackman was adamant about doing his own stunts for the movie. "We worked a lot on the movement style of Wolverine, and I studied some martial arts. I watched a lot of [[Mike Tyson]] fights, especially his early fights. There's something about his style, the animal rage, that seemed right for Wolverine. I kept saying to the writers, 'Don't give me long, choreographed fights for the sake of it. Don't make the fights pretty."{{sfnp|''Biography Today''|2010|p=91}} Jackman also had to get used to wearing Wolverine's claws. He said, "Every day in my living room, I'd just walk around with those claws, to get used to them. I've got scars on one leg, punctures straight through the cheek, on my forehead. I'm a bit clumsy. I'm lucky I didn't tell them that when I auditioned."<ref name="Biography Today"/>

[[File:Hugh Jackman.jpg|thumb|upright|Jackman signing autographs for ''The Boy from Oz'' outside Broadway in 2003]]
At {{height|ft=6|in=2}}, Jackman stands {{cvt|11|in|cm}} taller than Wolverine, who is said in the original comic book to be {{height|ft=5|in=3}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koimoi.com/hollywood-news/logan-hugh-jackmans-height-was-a-big-roadblock-in-becoming-wolverine-literally-walked-out-of-office-with-my-knees-bent/|website=koimoi.com|title='Logan' Hugh Jackman's Height Was a Big Roadblock in Becoming Wolverine: 'Literally Walked Out Of Office with My Knees Bent!'|date=22 August 2021|access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref><ref>[http://www.marvel.com/universe/Wolverine_(James_Howlett) Marvel Universe: Wolverine (James Howlett)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217065511/http://marvel.com/universe/Wolverine_(James_Howlett) |date=17 December 2008 }} ''Marvel.com''</ref> 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 is, and his co-stars wore platform soles. Jackman was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role, and in preparing for the fourth film in the series, he bench-pressed over 136&nbsp;kg (300&nbsp;lb).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fleming |first=Michael |date=December 2008 |title=''Playboy'' Interview: Hugh Jackman |journal=Playboy |page= 62}}</ref>

Jackman reprised his role in 2003's ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'', 2006's ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', and the 2009 prequel ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', where [[Troye Sivan]] played the younger version of [[James Howlett]]. He also [[cameo appearance|cameoed]] as Wolverine in 2011's ''[[X-Men: First Class]]''. He returned for the role of Wolverine again in 2013's ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'', a stand-alone sequel taking place after the events of ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', and reprised the character in the 2014 sequel ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]'' and briefly in the 2016 follow-up ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Derschowitz|first=Jessica|title=Hugh Jackman teases Wolverine appearance in new X-Men: Apocalypse trailer|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/25/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hugh-jackman-wolverine|access-date=25 April 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=25 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428081739/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/25/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hugh-jackman-wolverine|archive-date=28 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Jackman announced that the 2017 sequel to ''The Wolverine'', ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'', was the final time that he would play the role.<ref>{{cite news|title=Why Hugh Jackman Is Walking Away From Wolverine|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Hugh-Jackman-Walking-Away-From-Wolverine-71336.html|access-date=8 May 2015|work=Cinema Blend|date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508161349/http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Hugh-Jackman-Walking-Away-From-Wolverine-71336.html|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It earned him the [[Guinness World Record]] of "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero", although this record has since been surpassed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/2/hugh-jackman-surprised-with-record-title-to-mark-16-year-wolverine-career-561491|title=Hugh Jackman surprised with record title to mark 17-year Wolverine career|date=19 February 2019|work=[[Guinness World Records]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Longest career as a live action Marvel character|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/556291-longest-career-as-a-live-action-marvel-superhero|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>

Jackman starred as Leopold in the 2001 romantic comedy film ''[[Kate & Leopold]]'', a role for which he received a Best Actor [[Golden Globe]] nomination.<ref name="bravo"/> Jackman plays a [[Victorian era|Victorian]] English [[duke]] who accidentally time-travels to 21st-century Manhattan, where he meets Kate ([[Meg Ryan]]), a cynical advertising executive. In 2001, Jackman also starred in the action/drama ''[[Swordfish (film)|Swordfish]]'' with [[John Travolta]] and [[Halle Berry]]. This was the second time Jackman worked with Berry, and the two have worked together thrice more in the ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'' movies. He hosted an episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in 2001.

In 2002, Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigelow in the musical ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' in a special concert performance at [[Carnegie Hall]] with the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]]. In 2004, Jackman won the [[Tony Award]] and the [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for his 2003–2004 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] portrayal of Australian songwriter and performer [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]] in the hit musical ''[[The Boy from Oz]]'', which he also performed in Australia in 2006.<ref name="bravo"/> In addition, Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2003, 2004, and 2005, garnering positive reviews. His hosting of the 2004 Tony Awards earned him an [[Emmy|Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program.

After 2003's ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'', Jackman played the title role of monster killer [[Gabriel Van Helsing]] in the 2004 film ''[[Van Helsing (film)|Van Helsing]]''.<ref name="bravo"/> Jackman and the film were noted in Bruce A. McClelland's book ''Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead''.

===2005–2007: Hollywood success===
[[File:Hugh Jackman navy.jpg|thumb|upright|Jackman in [[New York Harbor]] in 2006|left]]
Jackman was asked to consider taking on the role of [[James Bond]] before [[Daniel Craig]] was chosen to play the character, but turned it down due to other commitments. Speaking to the British Press Association in 2011, Jackman said: "I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing in my life and I didn't want to be doing two such iconic characters at once."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/jackman-would-consider-bond-role-28670279.html|title=Jackman 'would consider' Bond role|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph|via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref>

Alongside [[Christian Bale]], [[Michael Caine]], and [[Scarlett Johansson]], Jackman starred in ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), a mystery thriller from [[Christopher Nolan]]. Jackman portrayed Robert Angier, an [[aristocratic]] magician who builds up a rivalry with contemporary Alfred Borden (Bale) in an attempt to one-up each other in the art of deception. After reading the script, Jackman expressed interest in starring in the film, and Nolan believed that the actor had the qualities of the character.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carle|first1=Chris|title=Casting The Prestige|url=https://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/10/12/casting-the-prestige|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=28 March 2017|date=12 October 2006}}</ref> Jackman based his portrayal of Angier on 1950s-era American magician [[Channing Pollock (magician)|Channing Pollock]].<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Cindy |title=Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman square off as rival magicians in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige |work=Sci Fi Weekly |date=18 October 2006 |url=https://www.syfy.com/sfw/interviews/sfw13910.html |access-date=9 July 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061029122644/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw13910.html |archive-date=29 October 2006}}</ref> ''The Prestige'' was acclaimed and a box-office success.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Prestige|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prestige|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212074511/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/prestige/|archive-date=12 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Prestige (2006)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prestige.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621000309/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prestige.htm|archive-date=21 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman portrayed three different characters in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s science-fiction film ''[[The Fountain (film)|The Fountain]]'': Tommy Creo, a [[neuroscientist]], who is torn between his wife, Izzi ([[Rachel Weisz]]), who is dying of a [[brain tumor]], and his work at trying to cure her; Captain Tomas Creo, a Spanish [[conquistador]] in 1532 [[Seville]]; and a future astronaut, Tom, travelling to a golden nebula in an eco-spacecraft seeking to be reunited with Izzi. Jackman said ''The Fountain'' was his most difficult film thus far due to the physical and emotional demands of the part.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Jackman also starred in [[Woody Allen]]'s 2006 film ''[[Scoop (2006 film)|Scoop]]'' opposite [[Scarlett Johansson]]. That year he also reprised the role of Wolverine in ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''. He rounded out 2006 with two animated films: ''[[Happy Feet]]'', directed by [[George Miller (producer)|George Miller]], in which he voiced the part of Memphis, an [[emperor penguin]] (singing "Heartbreak Hotel"); and ''[[Flushed Away]]'', where Jackman supplied the voice of a rat named Roddy who ends up being flushed down a family's toilet into the London sewer system (Jackman's fourth film co-starring with [[Ian McKellen]]).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

In 2007, Jackman produced and guest-starred in the television [[Musical film|musical]]-[[comedy drama|dramedy]] series ''[[Viva Laughlin]]'', which was cancelled by [[CBS]] after two episodes.<ref>{{cite news| title=Back from the dud| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/we-took-a-gamble--furness/2007/10/24/1192941127545.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]| date=2007-10-25| access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref> In 2007, Jackman became the [[patron]] of the [[Actors Centre Australia]] where he studied, and remains so.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

===2008–2011: Return to Broadway===
[[File:HughJackmanByPaulCush2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Hugh Jackman at the Sydney premiere for ''[[Real Steel]]'' in September 2011]]
In 2008, director [[Baz Luhrmann]] cast Jackman to replace [[Russell Crowe]] as the male lead in his much-publicised [[epic film]], ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'', which co-starred [[Nicole Kidman]]. The movie was released in late November 2008 in Australia and the U.S. Jackman played a tough, independent cattle [[Drover (Australian)|drover]], who reluctantly helps an English noblewoman in her quest to save both her philandering husband's Australian [[cattle station]] and the [[mixed race]] Aboriginal child she finds there. Of the movie, Jackman said, "This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures... I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my [[curriculum vitae|CV]]."<ref>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Paul|title=Big Down Under|url=http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/big-down-under-27895383.html|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Evening Herald]]|date=11 December 2008}}</ref> That year, ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' Magazine named Jackman its 2008 "[[Sexiest man alive|Sexiest Man Alive]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/tbd/hugh-jackman-the-sexiest-man-alive/|title=Hugh Jackman: The Sexiest Man Alive|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>

Jackman co-starred with [[Daniel Craig]] on Broadway at the [[Schoenfeld Theatre]] in a limited engagement of the play ''[[A Steady Rain]]'', which ran from 10 September 2009, to 6 December 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=A Steady Rain, with Craig and Jackman, to Play Broadway's Schoenfeld |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130947-A-Steady-Rain-with-Craig-and-Jackman-to-Play-Broadways-Schoenfeld |access-date=9 November 2013 |newspaper=[[Playbill]] |date=9 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045144/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130947-A-Steady-Rain-with-Craig-and-Jackman-to-Play-Broadways-Schoenfeld |archive-date=9 November 2013 }}</ref>

Jackman had a one-man show at the [[Curran Theatre]] in San Francisco from 3–15 May 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hurwitt |first=Robert |title=Hugh Jackman exclusive at Curran Theatre in May |url=https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/2011-03-21/entertainment/29149678_1_hugh-jackman-thrill-sets |work=[[SFGate]]|access-date=16 May 2011 |date=21 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327100435/http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-03-21/entertainment/29149678_1_hugh-jackman-thrill-sets |archive-date=27 March 2011 }}</ref> The production was a mixture of his favourite Broadway and Hollywood musical numbers, backed by a 17-piece orchestra, from shows including ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' and ''[[The Boy from Oz]]''. The show had a run-time of approximately 100&nbsp;minutes, and also included slide shows of Jackman's youth, family, and work, as well as some one-on-one interaction with the audience. Jackman was backed by fellow musical theatre veterans [[Merle Dandridge]] and [[Angel Reda]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Linda|last=Ayres-Fredrick|url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=15133|title=Hot Hugh Jackman in Vegas Mode|newspaper=SF Bay Times|date=12 May 2011|access-date=14 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112043028/http://www.sfbaytimes.com/?sec=article&article_id=15133|archive-date=12 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_18000355 |title=Review: Hugh Jackman in San Francisco |work=[[Contra Costa Times]] |access-date=20 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109053104/http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_18000355 |archive-date=9 November 2013 }}</ref> He later returned to Broadway in a new show, ''[[Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway]]'' at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]], which began performances on 25 October 2011 and concluded on 1 January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Photo Flash: ''Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway'' – Production Shots!|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-HUGH-JACKMAN-BACK-ON-BROADWAY--Production-Shots-20111102|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=9 November 2013|date=2 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109044521/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-HUGH-JACKMAN-BACK-ON-BROADWAY--Production-Shots-20111102|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2012–2018: Awards success, retiring Wolverine and film musicals===
[[File:Hugh Jackman at Comic Con 2015.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Jackman at the 2015 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
In a November 2012 release, Jackman voiced the role of E.Aster Bunnymund (the [[Easter Bunny]]) in the animated film ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]'',<ref>{{cite press release|title=DreamWorks Animation Names All-Star Cast Featuring Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law for Rise of the Guardians on November 21, 2012|url=http://ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=545929|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[DreamWorks Animation]]|date=27 January 2011|agency=PRNewswire|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130114100934/http%3A//ir.dreamworksanimation.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID%3D545929|archive-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> while his image was licensed to represent the ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' character Saracen Rue in the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] novel ''[[Tanith Low in... The Maleficent Seven]]'', published December 2012.<ref>''[[Tanith Low in... The Maleficent Seven]]: [[Skulduggery Pleasant|From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' – [[Derek Landy]] (writer) [[Tom Percival]] (illustrator) ''[[HarperCollins]]''. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.</ref> Jackman starred as [[Jean Valjean]] in [[Tom Hooper]]'s ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'', an adaptation of the [[Les Misérables (musical)|musical]]. The film opened on 25 December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Kenneth |title=Hugh Jackman Is Russell Crowe's Quarry in Les Miserables Film |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154412-Hugh-Jackman-Is-Russell-Crowes-Quarry-in-Les-Miserables-Film |access-date=9 November 2013 |newspaper=Playbill |date=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023061010/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/154412-Hugh-Jackman-Is-Russell-Crowes-Quarry-in-Les-Miserables-Film |archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kit|first=Borys|title=Hugh Jackman in Talks to Star in 'Les Miserables' Adaptation|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugh-jackman-talks-star-les-202114|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111044405/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hugh-jackman-talks-star-les-202114|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title=If Hugh Jackman Plays Jean Valjean, Will Paul Bettany Play Javert In 'Les Miserables'?|url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/06/if-hugh-jackman-plays-jean-valjean-will-paul-bettany-play-javert-in-les-miserables/|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104122800/http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/if-hugh-jackman-plays-jean-valjean-will-paul-bettany-play-javert-in-les-miserables/|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the role, he lost 15&nbsp;pounds and later had to regain 30&nbsp;pounds to mirror his character's newfound success.<ref>{{cite news|last=Galloway|first=Stephen|title=Inside the Fight to Bring 'Les Mis' to the Screen|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/les-miserables-anne-hathaway-russell-398099?page=2|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=13 January 2013|page=2|date=5 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129004242/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/les-miserables-anne-hathaway-russell-398099?page=2|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] in January 2013 for this performance and received his first [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/01/13/golden-globes-running-story/1830919/|title=Golden Globes: Jackman takes comedy/musical actor prize|date=13 January 2013|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=14 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114065333/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/01/13/golden-globes-running-story/1830919/|archive-date=14 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman appeared alongside [[Kate Winslet]] in ''[[Movie 43]]'', an ensemble comedy, in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Movie 43 is Upcoming Movie of Emma Stone, Release Date, Cast, Wallpapers |url=http://www.viewsbuzz.com/movie-43-is-upcoming-movie-of-emma-stone-release-date-cast-wallpapers |access-date=2 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503073147/http://www.viewsbuzz.com/movie-43-is-upcoming-movie-of-emma-stone-release-date-cast-wallpapers/ |archive-date=3 May 2011 }}</ref> Jackman (along with actress [[Kristen Wiig]]) was featured on "You've Got the Look", a song by [[comedy hip hop]] group [[The Lonely Island]] on their third album, ''[[The Wack Album]]'', released in June 2013. Jackman returned to Broadway in the new play, ''The River'', which ran at the [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] from October 2014 to February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Its-Official-Hugh-Jackman-Laura-Donnelly-Cush-Jumbo-Set-for-Jez-Butterworths-THE-RIVER-at-Circle-in-the-Square-This-Fall-20140508|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|title=It's Official! Hugh Jackman, Laura Donnelly, Cush Jumbo Set for Jez Butterworth's ''The River'' at Circle in the Square This Fall|access-date=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510174450/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Its-Official-Hugh-Jackman-Laura-Donnelly-Cush-Jumbo-Set-for-Jez-Butterworths-THE-RIVER-at-Circle-in-the-Square-This-Fall-20140508|archive-date=10 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:The Greatest Showman Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Hugh Jackman (38435519630).jpg|thumb|upright|Jackman at the Japanese premiere of his 2017 film, ''[[The Greatest Showman]]'']]
In November and December 2015, Jackman made a national tour of Australia with his show ''[[Broadway to Oz]]''. He performed a range of songs from Broadway musicals, from ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' to a [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]] tribute (including classics such as "[[I Still Call Australia Home]]"), with his 150-piece orchestra, choir, and backup dancers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailyreview.com.au/hugh-jackman-returns-to-oz-in-a-new-arena-spectacular/28973 |title=Hugh Jackman returns to Oz in a new arena spectacular |first=Ben |last=Neutze |date=24 August 2015 |work=Daily Review |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404063911/http://dailyreview.com.au/hugh-jackman-returns-to-oz-in-a-new-arena-spectacular/28973 |archive-date=4 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The show began at Melbourne's [[Rod Laver Arena]] and proceeded to [[Sydney Entertainment Centre|Qantas Credit Union Arena]], [[Brisbane Entertainment Centre]], the [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]], and the [[Perth Arena]].

Jackman then portrayed the villain [[Blackbeard]] in the film ''[[Pan (2015 film)|Pan]]'', which revolved around the backstories of [[J. M. Barrie]]'s characters [[Peter Pan]] and [[Captain Hook]]. The movie received generally negative reviews and was a failure at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/01/24/hugh-jackman-peter-pan-blackbeard/|work=EW.com|title=Hugh Jackman signs on for Joe Wright's Peter Pan movie|access-date=24 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127012753/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/01/24/hugh-jackman-peter-pan-blackbeard/|archive-date=27 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Jackman played fictional ski coach, Bronson Peary, in ''[[Eddie the Eagle (film)|Eddie the Eagle]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/EDDIE-THE-EAGLE-Biopic-Featuring-Hugh-Jackman-to-Hit-Theaters-Next-Spring-20150313|title=''Eddie the Eagle'' Biopic, Featuring Hugh Jackman, to Hit Theaters Next Spring|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=14 March 2015|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828013757/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/EDDIE-THE-EAGLE-Biopic-Featuring-Hugh-Jackman-to-Hit-Theaters-Next-Spring-20150313|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> which portrayed how [[Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards]] became the first competitor to represent [[British Olympic Association|Great Britain]] in [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[ski jumping]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/eddie-the-eagle-fox-taron-egerton-hugh-jackman-1201392499/ |title=''Eddie the Eagle'' Has Landed at Fox; Biopic Stars Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |date=13 March 2015 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204070452/http://deadline.com/2015/03/eddie-the-eagle-fox-taron-egerton-hugh-jackman-1201392499/ |archive-date=4 February 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman had an uncredited cameo as Wolverine in the 2016 film ''[[X-Men: Apocalypse]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movienewsguide.com/bryan-singer-wolverine-x-men-apocalypse/220874 |title=Bryan Singer Killed By Wolverine in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Cameo |last=Banswal |first=Deepansha |date=12 June 2016 |publisher=Movie News Guide |access-date=13 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621045537/http://www.movienewsguide.com/bryan-singer-wolverine-x-men-apocalypse/220874 |archive-date=21 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, he reprised the character for what was intended to be the final time in the third Wolverine film, ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/wolverine/wolverine-solo-movie-logan/ |title=The next Wolverine solo movie is titled Logan |first=John |last=Nugent |work=Empire |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011091556/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/wolverine/wolverine-solo-movie-logan/ |archive-date=11 October 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Jackman's performance and the film were critically acclaimed and it is regarded as one of the [[List of films considered the best|greatest superhero films of all-time]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-superhero-movies-of-all-time/|title=71 Best Superhero Movies of All Time|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> For his 17-year spanning long performance as Wolverine, Jackman topped ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''<nowiki/>'s Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-superheroes-performances-ever-981207/item/judge-dredd-karl-urban-981326|title=Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) – 50 Greatest Superhero Movie Performances of All Time|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 2017|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> That year, he also starred as [[P. T. Barnum]] in the musical ''[[The Greatest Showman]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weinstein|first=Joshua L.|title=Michael Gracey to Direct Hugh Jackman in Fox's 'Greatest Showman on Earth'|url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/michael-gracey-direct-hugh-jackman-foxs-pt-barnum-movie-30194|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=TheWrap|date=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307171240/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/michael-gracey-direct-hugh-jackman-foxs-pt-barnum-movie-30194/|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nomination for the film, his third Golden Globe nomination, and also received a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album|Best Soundtrack Album]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chow|first1=Andrew R.|title=2018 Golden Globes: List of Nominees|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/movies/golden-globe-nominees-list.html|access-date=11 December 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211172408/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/11/movies/golden-globe-nominees-list.html|archive-date=11 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018, he starred as American senator [[Gary Hart]] in [[Jason Reitman]]'s political drama film ''[[The Front Runner (film)|The Front Runner]]'', which chronicled the rise of Hart as a Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports surfaced of his extramarital affair. In 2019, he voiced the character Sir Lionel Frost in the animated film ''[[Missing Link (2019 film)|Missing Link]]''.

===2019–present: Concert tour, ''The Music Man'' and reprising Wolverine ===
In 2019, Jackman went on his first world tour called [[The Man. The Music. The Show.]] to perform songs from the album, ''[[The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'', and Broadway/Hollywood musical numbers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman to tour with songs from The Greatest Showman|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46386039|work=[[BBC Online]]|date=29 November 2018}}</ref> Comprising 88 shows, the tour visits North America, Europe, and Oceania. It began in May 2019, in Glasgow, Scotland and concluded in October 2019, in San Antonio, United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/broadway/8487133/hugh-jackman-tour-dates|title=Hugh Jackman Announces Arena World Tour|date=29 November 2018|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In the [[2019 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2019 Queen's Birthday Honours]], Jackman was appointed a [[Order of Australia|Companion of the Order of Australia]] for "eminent service to the performing arts as an acclaimed actor and performer, and to the global community, particularly as an advocate for poverty eradication."<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour|ausawardid=2003935|recipient=Mr Hugh Michael Jackman|award=Companion of the Order of Australia|postnominal=AC|date=10 June 2019|access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-10/australian-greats-react-to-queens-birthday-honours/11193522|title=Jackman, Buttrose and Rudd top Queen's Birthday Honours List|first=Lily|last=Mayers|date=10 June 2019|website=[[ABC News (Australia)]]}}</ref>

[[File:Hugh Jackman - The Man. The Music. The Show. Tour (19).jpg|thumb|upright|Jackman performing during [[TMTMTS]] tour]]
Jackman starred in the comedy drama ''[[Bad Education (2019 film)|Bad Education]]'' (2019), opposite [[Allison Janney]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theislandnow.com/great_neck/hugh-jackman-will-play-frank-tassone-in-film-written-by-roslyn-alum/|title=Hugh Jackman will play Frank Tassone in film written by Roslyn alum – Great Neck News|last=West|first=Teri|date=3 October 2018|website=The Island Now|access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref> Jackman and [[Laura Dern]] starred in [[Florian Zeller]]'s film ''[[The Son (2022 film)|The Son]]'', adapted from Zeller's own play [[The Son (Zeller play)|of the same name]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/hugh-jackman-laura-dern-the-son-florian-zeller-1234951082/|title=Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern to Star in ''The Son'', from ''The Father'' Director Florian Zeller and Co-Writer Christopher Hampton|author=Leo Barraclough|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=14 April 2021|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/hugh-jackman-laura-dern-the-son-father-florian-zeller-follow-up-1234734035/|title=Hugh Jackman & Laura Dern To Star In Florian Zeller's 'The Son', See-Saw To Produce Follow-Up To Oscar-Nominee 'The Father'|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=14 April 2021|access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>

He returned to Broadway in a revival of ''[[The Music Man]]'', playing Harold Hill, which began previews in December 2021 and played from February 2022 to January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Brent|date=9 October 2020|title=Hugh Jackman ''Music Man'' Revival Pushes Back Opening to 2022|url=https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/hugh-jackman-music-man-broadway-1234798795|access-date=21 June 2021|website=Variety}}</ref> For his performance, Jackman received his second nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.<ref>{{cite web |last=Culwell-Block |first=Logan |title=2022 Tony Award Nominations: ''A Strange Loop'', ''MJ'', ''Paradise Square'' Lead the Pack |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/2022-tony-award-nominations-a-strange-loop-mj-paradise-square-lead-the-pack |website=Playbill |access-date=May 9, 2022 |date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> The revival received mixed reviews but was a success at the box office.<ref>Evans, Greg. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221107142026/https://deadline.com/2022/11/music-man-broadway-run-extended-hugh-jackman-1235165402/ "''The Music Man'' Extends Broadway Run By Two Weeks"], ''Deadline Hollywood'', November 7, 2022</ref>

Jackman reprised his role as Wolverine, in ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'', starring [[Ryan Reynolds]], set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Good |first1=Owen S. |last2=Goslin |first2=Austen |date=2022-09-27 |title=Deadpool 3 will bring back Hugh Jackman's Wolverine |url=https://www.polygon.com/23220314/deadpool-3-mcu-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-wolverine |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Polygon}}</ref> It was released on July 26, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=July 23, 2024 |title=''Deadpool & Wolverine'' Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rely on Smirks and Sentiment in Overstuffed Team-Up |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/deadpool-and-wolverine-review-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-marvel-1235955797/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725023212/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/deadpool-and-wolverine-review-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-marvel-1235955797/ |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

About training to reprise his Wolverine role, Jackman said "I was thrilled. My body was a little sore at the beginning, but I was thrilled that my body was still responding. And I realized how good it is for your brain. But the hardest bit – the food. I have to eat a lot. For me, for my body type, I'm naturally skinny. To get the size on, that's the hardest bit. That's the bit that does my head in."<ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/05/hugh-jackman-not-easy-being-wolverine-at-55-1235945619/ "Hugh Jackman: It's Not Easy Being Wolverine at 55"] by Bruce Haring, ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'', 30 March 2024</ref>

==Other ventures==

=== Production company ===
In 2005, Jackman joined with longtime assistant John Palermo to form a production company, [[Seed Productions]], whose first project was ''[[Viva Laughlin]]'' in 2007. Jackman's wife [[Deborra-Lee Furness]] is also involved in the company, and Palermo had three rings made with a "unity" inscription for himself, Furness, and Jackman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10478.html |title=Hugh Jackman Interview, The Fountain |first=Sheila |last=Roberts |work=Moviesonline.ca |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709172723/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10478.html |archive-date=9 July 2010 }}</ref> Jackman said, "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."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17540 |title=Movie News |work=Comingsoon.net |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518061442/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=17540 |archive-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Philanthropy ===
Jackman is a longtime proponent of [[microcredit]] – the extension of very small loans to prospective entrepreneurs in impoverished countries. He is a vocal supporter of [[Muhammad Yunus]], microcredit pioneer and the 2006 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/hugh-jackmans-books-that-made-a-difference|title=Books That Made a Difference to Hugh Jackman|author=Hugh Jackman|date=November 2007|work=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]] |access-date=21 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111024058/http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/books/obc_omag_200711_books |archive-date=11 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 14 April 2009, Jackman posted on his Twitter page that he would donate $100,000 to one individual's favourite non-profit organisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1519899038 |title=Charity Tweet |work=Twitter |date=14 April 2009 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620091647/http://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/1519899038 |archive-date=20 June 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 21 April 2009, he revealed his decision to donate $50,000 to [[Charity: water|Charity:Water]] and $50,000 to [[Operation of Hope]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Twitter on the Radio: Hugh Jackman Reveals $100K Charity Donation|url=http://mashable.com/2009/04/24/twitter-on-the-radio-hugh-jackman-reveals-100k-charity-donation/|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Mashable]]|date=24 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050328/http://mashable.com/2009/04/24/twitter-on-the-radio-hugh-jackman-reveals-100k-charity-donation/|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.operationofhope.org/ |title=Operation of Hope |date=13 June 2009 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820152847/http://www.operationofhope.org/ |archive-date=20 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman is a global advisor of the [[Global Poverty Project]], for which he narrated a documentary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Global Poverty Project Narrated by Hugh Jackman|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/video/84-global-poverty-project-narrated-by-hugh-jackman|work=Look to the Stars|access-date=9 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109045754/http://www.looktothestars.org/video/84-global-poverty-project-narrated-by-hugh-jackman|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jackman hosted a preview of the Global Poverty Project Presentation in New York with [[Donna Karan]], Lisa Fox, and his wife [[Deborra-Lee Furness]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.life.com/image/94457143 |title=Hugh Evans, Lisa Fox, Deborra-Lee Furness – The Global Poverty Project Presents "1.4&nbsp;Billion Reasons" |magazine=Life |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218172537/http://www.life.com/image/94457143 |archive-date=18 December 2009}}</ref> Jackman supports The Art of Elysium<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theartofelysium.org|title=Home|publisher=The Art of Elysium|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505010316/http://theartofelysium.org/|archive-date=5 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and the MPTV Fund Foundation,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mptvfund.org/cm/about-us/Home.html |title=MPTV Fund Foundation |work=Mptvfund.org |access-date=6 September 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and he and Furness are patrons of the Bone Marrow Institute in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bmdi.org.au |title=Bone Marrow Donor Institute |work=Bmdi.org.au |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217180614/http://www.bmdi.org.au/ |archive-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2009, during the 21st annual Gypsy of the Year competition, it was announced that Jackman and fellow actor [[Daniel Craig]] had raised $1,549,953 for [[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS]] from six weeks of curtain appeals at their hit Broadway drama, ''A Steady Rain''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwaycares.org |title=Broadway Cares |date=9 February 2010 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212225846/http://broadwaycares.org/ |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Jackman continued his support of Broadway Cares in 2011, raising nearly $1 million during his run of ''Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/hugh-jackman-raises-nearl_n_1134917.html|title=Hugh Jackman Raises Nearly $1 Million For Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS|date=12 July 2011|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403022259/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/hugh-jackman-raises-nearl_n_1134917.html|archive-date=3 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman also narrated the 2008 documentary about global warming, ''[[The Burning Season (2008 film)|The Burning Season]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theburningseasonmovie.com |title=The Burning Season |work=Theburningseasonmovie.com |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918170553/http://www.theburningseasonmovie.com/ |archive-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is also a [[World Vision]] ambassador and participated in the climate week NYC<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brockington|first=Ariana|date=23 September 2021|title=Camila Cabello, Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio and More Call on Entertainment Execs to Demand Congress Pass Climate Change Legislation|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/camila-cabello-lady-gaga-leonardo-dicaprio-congress-climate-change-legislation-1235019605/|access-date=24 September 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ceremony on 21 September 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shanahan|first=Dennis|title=Hugh Jackman steals lead role on climate|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/hugh-jackman-steals-lead-role-on-climate/story-e6frg6so-1225778117307|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=22 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328112128/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/hugh-jackman-steals-lead-role-on-climate/story-e6frg6so-1225778117307|archive-date=28 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/press-center/world-vision-news-2009-archive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906034537/http://www.worldvision.org/about-us/press-center/world-vision-news-2009-archive |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2013 |title=World Vision ambassador Hugh Jackman speaks on climate change |work=Worldvision.org |date=16 September 2009 |access-date=6 September 2010 }}</ref>

Jackman launched the Laughing Man Coffee company in 2011. He founded two cafés in [[Lower Manhattan]], and also sold the coffee online, before it also became a brand for [[Keurig]]. Jackman founded the company after a trip to Ethiopia in 2009 for World Vision, where he met a fair trade coffee farmer named Dukale. All profits from Laughing Man Coffee go to the Laughing Man Foundation, which supports educational programs, community development, and social entrepreneurs around the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.laughingmancafe.com/our-story/|publisher=Laughing Man Coffee|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hugh-jackman-changing-lives-one-cup-of-coffee-at-a-time/|title=Hugh Jackman: Changing lives, one cup of coffee at a time|date=10 April 2016|access-date=22 February 2019|work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jackman married [[Deborra-Lee Furness]] on 11 April 1996, at St. John's in [[Toorak, Victoria]], a suburb of Melbourne.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.trumpetevents.com/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness | title = The Wedding of the Year 1996 | publisher = Trumpet Events | access-date = 21 December 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121231033306/http://www.trumpetevents.com/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness | archive-date = 31 December 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref> They met on the set of Australian TV show ''[[Correlli]]''.<ref name=enoughrope>{{cite web | url = http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1076056.htm | title = Deborra-Lee Furness |work=[[Enough Rope with Andrew Denton]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date = 29 March 2004 | access-date = 6 September 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100830031154/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1076056.htm | archive-date = 30 August 2010 | url-status=dead}}</ref> Jackman personally designed an engagement ring for Furness, and their wedding rings bore the [[Sanskrit]] inscription {{lang|sa|Om paramar mainamar}}, translated as "We dedicate our union to a greater source".<ref name=enoughrope /> Furness had two miscarriages,<ref name=enoughrope /> after which she and Jackman adopted two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/2010/05/16/hugh-jackman-his-birthday-boy|title=Hugh Jackman & His Birthday Boy|date=16 May 2010|work=CelebrityBabyScoop.com|first=Jenny|last=Schafer|access-date=6 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118015019/http://celebritybabyscoop.com/2010/05/16/hugh-jackman-his-birthday-boy|archive-date=18 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1087514,00.html|title=Hugh Jackman & His Wife Adopt a Daughter|date=27 July 2005|work=People|access-date=6 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308181229/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1087514,00.html|archive-date=8 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://madamenoire.com/260258/15-white-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-raising-black-children/13/|title=15 White Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Raising Black Children|work=MadameNoire|date=20 May 2013|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420191108/http://madamenoire.com/260258/15-white-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-raising-black-children/13/|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Jackman and his family live in New York City. In September 2023, the couple announced that they had separated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=2023-09-15 |title=Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness announce separation |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/15/entertainment/hugh-jackman-wife-separate/index.html |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/hugh-jackman-and-deborra-lee-furness-split-after-27-years-of-marriage-20230916-p5e54x.html |title=Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness split after 27 years of marriage |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=16 September 2023 |access-date=16 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-18 |title=Hugh Jackman announces divorce after 27 years of marriage |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/g44441257/celebrity-break-ups-divorces/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=Cosmopolitan}}</ref> Furness filed for divorce in May 2025, and it was finalised a month later.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Juneau |first1=Jen |title=Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness Officially Finalize Their Divorce |url=https://people.com/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness-officially-finalize-their-divorce-11760120 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |publisher=[[Dotdash Meredith]] |access-date=24 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250624155249/https://people.com/hugh-jackman-deborra-lee-furness-officially-finalize-their-divorce-11760120 |archive-date=24 June 2025 |location=United States |date=24 June 2025 |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman was raised [[Christians|Christian]], attending multiple revivals during his childhood. In a 2015 interview, he identified as Christian<ref>{{cite web |url=http://parade.com/426939/dotsonrader/the-hugh-you-never-knew/2/ |title=The Hugh You Never Knew: From Lost Boy to Blackbeard |first=Dotson |last=Rader |date=1 October 2015 |work=Parade |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415071637/http://parade.com/426939/dotsonrader/the-hugh-you-never-knew/2/ |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> but says his version of faith differs from his father's: "He takes his religion very seriously and would prefer I go to church," "We've had discussions about our separate beliefs. I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/movies/hugh-jackman-matt-damon-and-ben-affleck-team-up-for-biblical-movie-apostle-paul/|title=Hugh Jackman, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Team Up for Biblical Movie Apostle Paul |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |last=Zaslow |first=Alexandra |date=1 April 2015|accessdate=2 July 2021}}</ref> He meditates daily and incorporates teachings from the spiritually eclectic [[School of Economic Science|School of Practical Philosophy]].<ref name=Scobie />

In November 2013, Jackman announced he had [[basal-cell carcinoma]] removed from his nose.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hugh Jackman Treated for Skin Cancer |first=Melody |last=Chu |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=21 November 2013 |url=https://people.com/celebrity/hugh-jackman-treated-for-skin-cancer/ |access-date=20 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122190539/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20758900,00.html |archive-date=22 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> He had a second carcinoma removed from his nose in May 2014, telling ''[[Associated Press]]'' that he expects to have future recurrences.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/x-men-hugh-jackman-wolverine-skin-cancer |title=Hugh Jackman Backtracks on Wolverine; Expects More Skin Cancer Treatment |last=Gilman |first=Greg |work=[[TheWrap]] |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=16 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517195356/http://www.thewrap.com/x-men-hugh-jackman-wolverine-skin-cancer/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> This resulted in Jackman attending the various worldwide premieres of ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'' with a bandage on his nose and urging his Instagram followers to wear [[sunscreen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1258386/hugh-jackman-has-new-skin-cancer-scare|title=Hugh Jackman Has New Skin Cancer Scare|work=[[Sky News]]|date=10 May 2014|access-date=16 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517153001/http://news.sky.com/story/1258386/hugh-jackman-has-new-skin-cancer-scare|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2023, Jackman shared in a social media update that his biopsy results had all returned negative. He had tests taken as a precaution after his doctor observed symptoms that, according to the doctor, "could be or could not be" basal-cell carcinomas. Jackman has undergone multiple procedures to remove skin cancer. He has continued to stress the significance of wearing high-SPF sunscreen regardless of the season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65197877 |title=Hugh Jackman: Wolverine star gets skin cancer all clear |work=BBC}}</ref>

On 18 March 2015, Jackman revealed that he had to cancel stage performances in Turkey because he had a left [[vocal cords|vocal cord]] [[Bleeding|haemorrhage]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.news24.com/channel24/Gossip/News/Hugh-Jackman-forced-to-cancel-stand-up-shows-due-to-a-vocal-haemorrhage-20150319 |title=Hugh Jackman suffers a vocal haemorrhage |date=19 March 2015 |work=Channel24 |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105183122/http://m.news24.com/channel24/Gossip/News/Hugh-Jackman-forced-to-cancel-stand-up-shows-due-to-a-vocal-haemorrhage-20150319 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.divine.ca/en/entertainment/celebrity-news-gossip/c_50_i_bs2bs903549/hugh-jackman-has-vocal-hemorrhage-1.html |title=Hugh Jackman has vocal hemorrhage |date=19 March 2015 |work=divine.ca |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101503/http://www.divine.ca/en/entertainment/celebrity-news-gossip/c_50_i_bs2bs903549/hugh-jackman-has-vocal-hemorrhage-1.html |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

A portrait of Jackman and Furness by [[Paul Newton (artist)|Paul Newton]] was a finalist in the 2022 [[Archibald Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archibald Prize Archibald 2022 work: Portrait of Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness by Paul Newton |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/2022/30444/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales}}</ref>

===Other interests===
In high school, Jackman played [[rugby union]] and [[cricket]], took part in [[high jump]]ing and was on the swimming team.<ref name="bravo"/> He enjoys basketball and [[kayaking]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jackman in training for ''Boy from Oz''|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jackman-in-training-for-boy-from-oz/2006/02/13/1139679526894.html|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=13 February 2006|agency=Australian Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921041923/http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jackman-in-training-for-boy-from-oz/2006/02/13/1139679526894.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> He has expressed an interest in football, committing his support to [[Norwich City F.C.]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.skysports.com/socceram/media/video/0,21631,,00.html |title=Sky Sports Interview |work=Skysports.com |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102824/http://www.skysports.com/socceram/media/video/0,21631,,00.html |archive-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, Jackman supports the [[Philadelphia Union]] of [[Major League Soccer]], attending a match at [[PPL Park]] in June 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last=Klein|first=Michael|title=Inqlings: Idle time for traffic reporter|url=http://articles.philly.com/2010-06-29/news/24963149_1_traffic-reporter-john-brown-film|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Philly.com]]|date=29 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112205611/http://articles.philly.com/2010-06-29/news/24963149_1_traffic-reporter-john-brown-film|archive-date=12 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jackman supports the [[Port Adelaide Football Club]] in the [[Australian Football League]] and once gave the team a pep talk prior to a [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown clash]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Beveridge|first=Riley|title=Your AFL club's most famous supporters, from Barack Obama to Cam Newton|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|work=Fox Sports|date=29 January 2016|access-date=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629180327/http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/your-afl-clubs-most-famous-supporters-from-barack-obama-to-cam-newton/news-story/03eb54659866d587cf9c2cc4b9f3d8c5|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also a long-time fan and supporter of the [[Manly Warringah Sea Eagles]], a [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manlyseaeagles.com.au/news.asp?newsid=2155&Mth=7&Yr=2007 |title=Manly Sea Eagles |work=ManlySeaEagles.com.au |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706110238/http://www.manlyseaeagles.com.au/news.asp?newsid=2155&Mth=7&Yr=2007 |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref> He sang the [[Advance Australia Fair|Australian national anthem]] at the [[1999 NRL Grand Final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Hugh_Jackman/biography/ |title=Hugh Jackman Biography |work=Monsters and Critics |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918082138/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Hugh_Jackman/biography/ |archive-date=18 September 2009 }}</ref>

Jackman also [[List of WWE Raw guest stars|guest starred]] on 19 September 2011 edition of [[WWE Raw|WWE Monday Night Raw]], assisting [[Zack Ryder]] in a win over [[WWE United States Championship|WWE United States Champion]] [[Dolph Ziggler]] by punching the champion in the jaw whilst the referee was not looking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-09-19/results|title=WWE Raw SuperShow results: Miz & Truth fired|work=WWE.com|access-date=20 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110355/http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-09-19/results|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman Comes Out Swinging for 'Monday Night RAW'|url=https://www.tmz.com/2011/09/20/hugh-jackman-punches-guy-in-the-face-wwe-zack-ryder-dolph-ziggler-monday-night-raw-real-steel/|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[TMZ]]|date=20 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050104/http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/20/hugh-jackman-punches-guy-in-the-face-wwe-zack-ryder-dolph-ziggler-monday-night-raw-real-steel/|archive-date=9 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman plays the guitar, piano and violin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starswelove.com/scriptsphp/news.php?newsid=3524 |title=Hugh Jackman takes up piano lessons |work=Stars We Love.com |access-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809120719/http://www.starswelove.com/scriptsphp/news.php?newsid=3524 |archive-date=9 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://us.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2013092714781/hugh-jackman-top-ten-facts/ |title=Top ten facts about Prisoners star Hugh Jackman |date=27 September 2013 |work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323112733/http://us.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2013092714781/hugh-jackman-top-ten-facts/ |archive-date=23 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also does yoga<ref>{{cite web|title=Hugh Jackman: Actor|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20134364,00.html|work=People|access-date=9 November 2013|date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022133146/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20134364,00.html|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been a member of the [[School of Economic Science|School of Practical Philosophy]] since 1992.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.jackmanslanding.com/news/news-articles/interviewmag.html |first=David |last=Furnish |title=Hugh Jackman: From an X-man to a Song and Dance Man, Hugh Jackman is redefining the words "Leading Man" |date=May 2004 |journal=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |via=Jackman's Landing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714155022/http://www.jackmanslanding.com/news/news-articles/interviewmag.html |archive-date=14 July 2010 }}</ref>

Jackman has been a practitioner of [[Transcendental Meditation]] since the age of twenty. He said "Nothing has ever opened my eyes like Transcendental Meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what's a pretty chaotic life!". He now helps the [[David Lynch Foundation]] to "bring meditation to everyone from [[Posttraumatic stress disorder|PTSD]] sufferers to inner-city kids".<ref>{{cite news|title='Meditation Has Changed My Life', Says Hugh Jackman|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/01/hugh-jackman-workout_n_3527552.html|access-date=9 November 2013|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|date=1 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019203442/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/01/hugh-jackman-workout_n_3527552.html|archive-date=19 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-david-lynch-hugh-jackman-668785|title=How David Lynch, Hugh Jackman Are Bringing Back Transcendental Meditation|first=Seth|last=Abramovitch|date=10 January 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218050401/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-david-lynch-hugh-jackman-668785|archive-date=18 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jackman has been the face of several high-profile brands. He is a global ambassador for [[Montblanc (company)|Montblanc]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2016/04/10/hugh-jackman-becomes-a-true-global-ambassador-for-montblanc-after-signing-north-america-agreement/ |title=Hugh Jackman Becomes a Global Ambassador For Montblanc After Signing North America Agreement |first=Anthony |last=DeMarco |work=Forbes |access-date=1 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921111817/http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonydemarco/2016/04/10/hugh-jackman-becomes-a-true-global-ambassador-for-montblanc-after-signing-north-america-agreement/ |archive-date=21 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the brand ambassador of [[R. M. Williams (company)|R. M. Williams]] since March 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hugh Jackman Named Ambassador for R.M Williams Boots|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/hugh-jackman-named-ambassador-for-r-m-williams-boots-1203073602/|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]}}</ref>

==Acting credits and accolades==
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Jackman is prominent on both screen and stage and has received numerous accolades for his work. These include an [[Emmy Award]], a [[Grammy Award]], two [[Tony Awards]] (one honorary) and a [[Golden Globe Award]], in addition to nominations for an [[Academy Award]] and a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Film Award]].

In [[59th Golden Globe Awards|2001]], Jackman's performance in the romantic fantasy film ''[[Kate & Leopold]]'' earned him a nomination for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actor]]. His portrayal of [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]] in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[The Boy from Oz]]'' won him the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]] at the [[58th Tony Awards]] in 2004. His hosting of the ceremony won him the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]] the [[57th Primetime Emmy Awards|year after]].

Jackman's portrayal of [[Jean Valjean]] in the [[Les Misérables (2012 film)|2012 film adaptation of ''Les Misérables'']] won him the Golden Globe and earned him nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]], [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA]], [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor|Critics' Choice]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|SAG Award for Best Actor]], as well as nominations for the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Critics' Choice]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast]]. He received his third Golden Globe nomination for portraying [[P.T. Barnum]] in the musical biopic ''[[The Greatest Showman]]'' (2017). [[The Greatest Showman (soundtrack)|The soundtrack of the film]] won him the [[Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media]] in [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2019]]. Jackman received his fourth Golden Globe nomination, this time for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actor in a Drama]], for his role in the 2022 film ''[[The Son (2022 film)|The Son]]''.

Jackman received the [[Special Tony Award]] in [[66th Tony Awards|2012]] and was nominated again for the [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical]] in [[75th Tony Awards|2022]] for his role in ''[[The Music Man]]''. Additionally, he has also received nominations for the [[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|AACTA Award for Best Actor]] for his roles in ''[[Erskineville Kings]]'' (1999) and ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), as well as a nomination for the [[AACTA International Award for Best Actor]] for his role in ''Les Misérables''.

Among his achievements, Jackman is [[List of Australian Academy Award winners and nominees#Best Actor|one of five Australians nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor]]. He is also [[List of EGOT winners#Four nominations|one of few artists to receive nominations for all four major American entertainment awards (EGOT)]]. Additionally{{emdash}}having won a competitive Emmy, Grammy and Tony{{emdash}}Jackman is just an Oscar away from achieving both the [[Triple Crown of Acting]] and [[List of EGOT winners#Without an Oscar|EGOT]].

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