Australian actor Hugh Jackman is known for his leading man roles on stage and screen. Jackman gained stardom for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics superhero Wolverine from the X-Men film series in 10 films starting with X-Men (2000) to most recently, Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The role earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character".
On film, he won the Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the musical epic film Les Misérables (2012). He also portrayed Gabriel Van Helsing in the action film Van Helsing (2004), P. T. Barnum in the musical drama The Greatest Showman (2017), and Gary Hart in the political drama The Front Runner (2018). He took starring roles in the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the crime comedy Scoop (2006), the thriller The Prestige (2006), the romantic drama The Fountain (2006), the romance adventure Australia (2008), the action film Real Steel (2011), the psychological drama Prisoners (2013), the science-fiction film Reminiscence (2021), and the drama The Son (2022).
Jackman started his career on stage in Australia in Beauty and the Beast (1995), and Sunset Boulevard (1996). He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his breakthrough role as Curly McLain in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revival Oklahoma! (1998) on the West End. He made his Broadway debut playing Peter Allen in the musical The Boy from Oz (2004) for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He returned to the Broadway stage playing Prof. Harold Hill in the revival of the Meredith Willson musical The Music Man (2021–2023).
He played a corrupt superintendent in the HBO television movie Bad Education (2019). Jackman hosted Saturday Night Live in 2001, the Tony Awards four times: 57th Tony Awards in 2003, 58th Tony Awards in 2004, 59th Tony Awards in 2005, and 68th Tony Awards in 2014, and the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. He has also voiced roles for Big Mouth in 2021, Human Resources from 2022 to 2023, The Simpsons in 2022, and Rick and Morty in 2023.
Acting credits Film
+ List of Hugh Jackman film credits Year Title Role Notes 1999 Erskineville Kings Wace Paperback Hero Jack Willis 2000 X-MenJames "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine 2001 Someone like You Eddie Swordfish Stanley Jobson Kate & Leopold Leopold Alexis Elijah Walker Thomas Gareth Mountbatten 2003 X2 James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine 2004 Van Helsing Gabriel Van Helsing Van Helsing: The London AssignmentVoice role 2005 Stories of Lost Souls RogerSegment: "Standing Room Only" 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine Scoop Peter Lyman The Prestige Robert Angier and Gerald Root Flushed Away Roddy St. James Voice role Happy Feet Memphis The Fountain Tomás, Tommy and Tom Creo 2008 Deception Wyatt Bose Also producer Australia The Drover The Burning Season Narrator Documentary film; Voice role 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine Also producer 2011 X-Men: First Class Uncredited cameo Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Arthur Real Steel Charlie Kenton 2012 Butter Rise of the Guardians The Easter Bunny Voice role Les Misérables Jean Valjean 2013 Movie 43 Davis Prisoners Keller Dover The Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb King Arthur / Himself Uncredited cameo 2015 Chappie Vincent Moore Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Himself Voice cameo Pan Blackbeard 2016 Eddie the Eagle Bronson Peary X-Men: Apocalypse James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine Uncredited cameo 2017 Logan Also appears as Logan's clone, X-24 The Greatest Showman P. T. Barnum 2018Deadpool 2James "Logan" Howlett / WolverineArchival footage from X-Men Origins: Wolverine The Front Runner Gary Hart 2019 Missing Link Sir Lionel Frost Voice role Bad Education Frank Tassone 2021 Free Guy Masked Player in Alley Voice cameo Reminiscence Nicolas "Nick" Bannister 2022 The Son Peter Miller 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine 2025 Song Sung Blue Mike Sardina 2026 The Sheep Detectives George Hardy The Death of Robin Hood Robin Hood Also producer Bill Skarsgard, Murray Bartlett, Noah Jupe Join 'The Death of Robin Hood' Mighty Mary Narrator Documentary film; voice role; also executive producer
Television + List of Hugh Jackman television credits Year Title Role Notes1994 Law of the LandCharles "Chicka" McCrayEpisode: "Win, Lose and Draw" 1995 CorrelliKevin Jones10 episodes Blue HeelersBrady JacksonEpisode: "Just Desserts" 1996 The Man from Snowy RiverDuncan Jones5 episodes1998 Halifax f.p.Eric RingerEpisode: "Afraid of the Dark"; released on DVD as Profile of a Serial Killer1999 Oklahoma!Curly McLainTelevision play Heppel, David. "Curtain Up review, Oklahoma!, 1998". Curtainup.com, July 1998, accessed May 20, 20102001 Saturday Night Live Himself / HostEpisode: "Hugh Jackman/Mick Jagger"2003 57th Tony Awards Television special Simonson, Robert. "Final Ratings for Tonys Down from 2002" playbill.com, 10 June 2003.2004 58th Tony Awards Gans, Andrew and Hernandez, Ernio. playbill.com, 19 September 20052005 59th Tony Awards Jones, Kenneth. " 'Doubt' Is Best Play, 'Spamalot' Best Musical; Butz, Irwin, Clark, Jones, Nichols Win 2005 Tonys" playbill.com, 5 June 20052006 The Chaser's War on EverythingHimselfFootage of him at a press conference being interviewed.2007 Viva LaughlinNicky FontanaEpisode: "Pilot"; also executive producer 2009 81st Academy AwardsHimself / HostTelevision special 2011 Saturday Night LiveDaniel RadcliffeEpisode: "Ben Stiller/Foster the People" 2014 68th Tony Awards Himself / HostTelevision special Gans, Andrew. "Hugh Jackman Will Host 68th Annual Tony Awards" Playbill, 11 February 2014 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Prince Humperdinck Episode: "Chapter One: As You Wish" 2021 Big Mouth Himself (voice) Episode: "No Nut November" 2022–2023 Human Resources Dante the Addiction Angel (voice) Recurring role 2022 The Simpsons Janitor (voice) Episode: "Poorhouse Rock" 2023 Koala Man Big Greg (voice) Recurring role, 8 episodes Rick and Morty Himself (voice) Episode: "How Poopy Got His Poop Back" Faraway Downs The Drover/Jack Clancy Recurring role; alternate cut of Australia 2024 MegafaunaNarrator2 episodes Marvel Studios: Assembled Himself Episode: "The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine"
Stage performances Year Title Role Notes1994The Season at SarsaparillaUnknownAustralia Thark 1995–1996Beauty and the Beast Gaston Princess Theatre, Australia 1996–1997Sunset Boulevard Joe Gillis Regent Theatre, Australia 1998Oklahoma!Curly McLain Olivier Theatre, West End 1999 Lyceum Theatre, West End 2002Carousel Billy Bigelow Carnegie Hall, Concert 2003–2004The Boy from OzPeter Allen Imperial Theatre, Broadway 2006 Australia arena tour 2009A Steady Rain Denny Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway 2011On the Twentieth Century Oscar Jaffee Roundabout Theatre Company reading Hugh Jackman Tells Kristin Chenoweth: 'You Gotta' Do On the Twentieth CenturyHugh Jackman: in PerformanceHimself Curran Theatre, San Francisco Hugh Jackman: in Concert Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway 2014The River The Man Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway 2015Broadway to Oz Himself Australia tour 2019The Man. The Music. The Show. World arena tour 2021–2023The Music Man Professor Harold Hill Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway 2025 Sexual Misconduct of the Middle ClassesJonMinetta Lane Theatre, Off-Broadway Hall, Margaret Hugh Jackman-Sonia Friedman Theatrical Partnership Sets Off-Broadway Debut Playbill, March 27, 2025 2026 Russo, Gillian Hugh Jackman, Ella Beatty to return in ‘Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes’ off Broadway NewYorkTheatreGuide, February 27, 2026 New Born Performer Culwell-Block, Logan Get a 1st Look at Sepideh Moafi, Marianna Gailus, Hugh Jackman in New Born Off-Broadway Playbill, May 13, 2026
Music Music video + List of Hugh Jackman music video credits Year Title Artist Role Notes 2024 "Chk Chk Boom" Stray Kids Wolverine Cameo
Albums Credits adapted from AllMusic:https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hugh-jackman-mn0000113253 (NOTE: Only albums where Jackman is credited as a primary artist and vocalist are included on this list.)
Musical albums + List of Hugh Jackman musical album credits Title YearBeauty and the Beast 1995Oklahoma! 1999The Boy from Oz 2003Broadway's Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure, Vol. 5Broadway: The American Musical 2004Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005 2005Broadway Today: Broadway, 1993-2005The 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Broadway 2006Broadway Gold Decca 2007
Soundtrack albums +List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positionsCertificationsAUSCANFRAGERIRLJAPNZKORUKUSHappy Feet: Music from the Motion Picture Released: 31 October 2006 Label: Warner Sunset Records, Atlantic Records 4 — — — — — — — — —Les Misérables: Highlights from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Released: 21 December 2012 Label: Republic Records 2 3 81 18 1 11 1 1 1 1 ARIA: Gold RIAJ: Gold RIAA: Gold RMNZ: GoldFly: Songs Inspired by the Film "Eddie the Eagle" Released: 1 April 2016 — — — — — — — — — —The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Released: 8 December 2017 Label: Atlantic Records Format: CD, Digital download 1 3 — 5 1 1 1 17 1 1 ARIA: Platinum BPI: 8× Platinum MC: Platinum IFPI DEN: Platinum RIAA: 2× Platinum RIAJ: Gold RMNZ: Platinum
Charted and certified songs +List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications AlbumAUSIREhttp://www.irma.ie/#chartTab1 (NOTE: Respective dates need to be searched.)FRANZUK
US "The Greatest Show"2017 42 34 110 — 20 88ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum RIAA: PlatinumThe Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "A Million Dreams" — 45 199 — 22 — BPI: Platinum RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum"A Million Dreams (Reprise)" — — — — — — BPI: Gold RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Gold"Come Alive" — 70 — — 55 — BPI: Gold RIAA: Gold "The Other Side" — 54 — — 48 — BPI: Platinum RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Platinum "From Now On" — 65 — — 71 — BPI: Platinum RIAA: Gold RMNZ: Platinum "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Video games + List of Hugh Jackman video game credits Title Year Voice role NotesX2: Wolverine's Revenge 2003 Logan / Wolverine Likeness only; Logan / Wolverine voiced by Mark Hamill Van Helsing 2004 Gabriel Van Helsing X-Men: The Official Game 2006Logan / Wolverine X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009
See also
List of awards and nominations received by Hugh Jackman
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