Hugh Jackman Biography
Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer he also intrested in musical theatre, and television. He was born on 12 October in 1968.
Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters.
He became famous after played role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, and Australia. Jackman is a singer, dancer, and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.
In November 2008, Open Salon named Jackman one of the sexiest men alive.Later that same month, People magazine named Jackman Sexiest Man Alive.
He is a three-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.
Future Films of Hugh Jackman
- Jackman also plans to play Billy Bigelow in a remake of Carousel
- Jackman is being considered, along with Ewan McGregor, to reprise the role of Joe Gillis in a new film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard.
- Jackman is working on creating a new comic book series, Nowhere Man, with U.S. publisher Virgin Comics and writer Marc Guggenheim, with hopes of adapting it to a film as well.
- Jackman stars in an upcoming movie named Unbound Captives, where he will play alongside his past co-star Rachel Weisz and Robert Pattinson.
- Jackman will star in The Greatest American Showman, a contemporary musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum. The female love interest part is being written with Anne Hathaway in mind.
- Director Lee Daniels has confirmed Jackman has joined the cast of his upcoming film Selma, a film about Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches.
- On 27 January 2011, DreamWorks announced that Jackman will star in the film Rise of the Guardians, scheduled to be released on 21 November 2012.
- Jackman has been cast in Movie 43, an upcoming 2012 ensemble comedy.
- Jackman will star as Jean Valjean in the film Les Misérables, an adaptation of the musical.
Awards
- 1997 Variety Club Award for Best Actor in a Musical – Sunset Boulevard
- 1998 Mo Award for Best Actor in a Musical – Sunset Boulevard
- 1999 Australian Movie Convention, Australian Star of the Year
- 2000 Saturn Award for Best Actor – X-Men
- 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Theatre World Award – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Broadway Audience Award – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance of the Year – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 TDF-Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer in Theatre – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Theater Fan's Choice Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical – The Boy from Oz
- 2004 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival – Short Film Award for Best Actor – "Making the Grade"
- 2004 Australian Showbusiness Ambassador of the Year
- 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program – 58th Annual Tony Awards Ceremonies
- 2006 ShoWest Award for Male Star of the Year
- 2006 Mo Award for Australian Performer of the Year
- 2008 WAAPA – Chancellor's Alumni Award for Excellence, UTS Towering Achievement Award
- 2008 Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical – The Boy from Oz
- 2008 Australian Film Institute Award Readers' Choice
- 2008 People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive Award
- 2008 Australian GQ Man of the Year
- 2008 Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor in an Action Adventure X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2009 Jackman had his hand and footprint ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 21 April 2009.
- 2009 Best Performance By A Human Male at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2010 People's Choice Award for Favorite Action Star – X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2011 Scream Award for Best Cameo
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Hugh Jackman attends the opening night of "Richard III" at the BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building on January 18, 2012 in New York City. |
We know Mother's Day was yesterday, but let's just consider this a bonus gift from the most mother-loved man in Hollywood Hugh Jackman! Hugh took time out from singing "Red, Black, Red" on the set of Tom Hooper's Les Miserables adaptation to give a ... |
| As in, the musical movie every Broadway buff has been waiting for for over 20 years, with Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway. |
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| London: `Top Gun` actor Tom Cruise will replace Hugh Jackman of `X-Men` fame as the title character in the new Van Helsing movie. |
| The latest instalment of the X-Men franchise, "The Wolverine", starring Hugh Jackman, will be shot in Australia, it was announced Friday. |
| A trailer for Tom Hooper's upcoming Les Miserables film leaked onto the interwebs today, revealing looks at Hugh Jackman in action in the musical adaptation. But nevermind the handsome, jaunty period stylings of 19th century France in turmoil as ... |
| Actor Hugh Jackman is set to receive an honorary Tony award for his outstanding theatre achievements and fundraising efforts. |
| The "Twilight" heartthrob was joined by a handful of friends including fellow UK celebrities Hugh Jackman and expecting actress Sienna Miller. |
| Australian actor Hugh Jackman signs autograph for fans during an event to promote the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in Paris. |
| PTI Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman is set to receive an honorary Tony Award for his outstanding theatre achievements and fund-raising efforts. |
| Thus the Easter Bunny, voiced by Hugh Jackman, is a tough-talking rabbit and the Tooth Fairy is, in the words of her voice-over artist Isla Fisher, “a type A personality who's very turned on by teeth”. |
| Geoffrey Rush, Hugh Jackman, the Wiggles and Malcolm Fraser are among more than 100 prominent Australians who have appealed to the Prime Minister not to sacrifice Australia's aid commitments in order to meet the budget. |
| Hugh Jackman, one of Australia's most-succesful film actors, has been named the New York host of Tropfest, one of our most succesful film festivals. |
| It gathers slightly different versions of mythic childhood characters -- including Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fischer) -- in an Avengers-like league of world protection. |
(Tropfest) NEW YORK - Hugh Jackman is coming to Bryant Park next month as the host of the world's largest small film festival. |
If you fancy joining X-men star Hugh Jackman, the cast from Towie and Bonnie Wright from Harry Potter in this week's Live Below the Line campaign, then head to mySupermarket to buy all your staple foods ready for your ÂŁ1 a day challenge. |
| Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Musical nominees include Hugh Jackman (Back on Broadway), Ricky Martin (Evita), Danny Burstein (Follies), Leslie Odom, Jr. |
Miranda Kerr swears by it, Hugh Jackman said it changed his life and Nicole Kidman does it too. Meditation, popularised when The Beatles practised it in their beardy White Album days, may have become a fad for the stars but it appears to have science ... |
| Even though Jackman's most recent gig and one-man show, Back on Broadway, isn't eligible for a nomination in either the play or musical category, the X-Men star will still be the toast of the 66th annual ceremony as this year's recipient of the Special ... |
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