Hugh Jackman Biography « TrailerIntro – Movie, Game, TV Series, Trailers, Videos, Reviews, Blog

Actor. Born October 12, 1968 in Sydney, Australia. The youngest of five children, Jackman was eight when his mother left the family. The boy attended the exclusive Knox Grammar School and graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney. He got his first taste of professional acting on the stage, appearing in several Melbourne musicals. He soon entered the international scene, earning critical praise for his portrayals of Curly in Oklahoma! in London and Billy Bigelo in Carousel in New York City.

To mainstream audiences, Jackman is perhaps best known for the role of Wolverine in the American film X-Men (2000). Other films include Swordfish, Kate and Leopold and Van Helsing. Despite his growing big-screen career, Jackman remains true to his stage roots. In 2004, he won a Tony Award for his lead role in Broadway’s The Boy from Oz. The following year, he won an Emmy Award for his turn as host of the 2005 Tony Awards.

Back on the big screen, Jackman returned as one of his most famous characters, Wolverine, for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). The action film proved to be a big success, earning more than $234 million at the box office. Working with director Woody Allen, Jackman starred in the mystery Scoop (2006) with Scarlett Johansson. He next appeared with co-star Christian Bale in the historical drama The Prestige (2006), a film about two rival magicians in Victorian-era England.

Also in 2006, Jackman leant his voice to two animated feature films: Flushed Away and Happy Feet. He did some work on the small screen as well, appearing in the short-lived musical dramatic series Viva Laughlin in 2007. His 2008 thriller, Deception, failed to make much of an impression on the movie-going public, earning only $4.6 million at the box office.

Later that year, Jackman’s highly anticipated work with fellow Australians Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrmann was released. Epic in its scope, Australia (2008) tells the story of an English woman (Kidman) who travels to the outback to find her husband, and ends up fighting for the land she inherited after his death. She is helped by a local man (played by Jackman), and the two become an unlikely romantic couple. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office disappointment.

Despite these setbacks, Jackman remains one of the most popular actors working today. He was named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in December of 2008, joining the ranks of such past recipients as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon.

Jackman has also been selected to serve as the host of the Academy Awards to be held in February of 2009. His next film project, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, is slated to be released the following summer.

Married since 1996, Jackman and his wife, actress Deborra-Lee Furness, live in Melbourne, Australia, with their two adopted children, Oscar Maximilian and Ava Eliot. They met while making the Australian television show Correlli.

Filmography

Drive (2011)

The Greatest Showman on Earth (2011)

Ghostopolis (2010)

Unbound Captives (2010)

Oh My God (2009)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

The Burning Season (2009)

3 Days in Europe (2009)

Australia (2008)

Deception (2008)

Carousel(2008)