from Hugh
Born in Sydney of English parentage, and the youngest of 5 children, Jackman has a Communications degree with a journalism major from the University of Technology Sydney. After graduating, he pursued drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, immediately after which he was offered a starring role in the ABC TV prison drama Corelli, opposite his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness. Several tv guest roles followed, as an actor and variety compere. An accomplished singer, Jackman has starred as Gaston in the Australian production of Beauty and the Beast. He appeared as Joe Gillis in the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard. In 1998 he was cast as Curly in the Royal National Theatre's production of Trevor Nunn's Oklahoma. Jackman has made two feature films, the second of which, Erskineville Kings, garnered him an Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Actor in 1999. Recently he won the part of Logan/Wolverine in the Bryan Singer-directed comic book movie X-Men. In his spare time Hugh plays piano, golf and guitar and likes to windsurf.





X2 (2003) .... Wolverine (Logan)
2001 MTV Movie Awards (2001) (TV) .... Presenter
Kate & Leopold (2001) .... Leopold Alexis Elijah Walker Gareth Thomas Mountbatten
Swordfish (2001) .... Stanley Jobson
Someone Like You... (2001) .... Eddie Alden
... aka Animal Attraction (2001) (UK)
X-Men (2000) .... Logan/Wolverine
Oklahoma! (1999) (TV) .... Curly McLain
Erskineville Kings (1999) .... Wace
Halifax f.p: Afraid of the Dark (1998) (TV) .... Eric Ringer
Hey Mr. Producer (1998) (V) .... Curly (Oklahoma)
... aka Hey Mr. Producer!: The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998) (V) (USA: complete title)
Paperback Hero (1998) .... Jack Willis
"Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" (1993) TV Series .... Duncan Jones (1996)
... aka "Banjo Paterson's The Man From Snowy River" (1993)
"Correlli" (1995) TV Series .... Kevin Jones