Birth Place: Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Hugh Jackman is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award and Tony Award-winning performer who has made an impression on audiences of all ages with his multi-hyphenate career persona – as successful on stage as he is on film. From his award-winning turn on Broadway as the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen, to his metal claw-wielding Wolverine in the blockbuster X-Men franchise, Mr. Jackman has proven to be one of the most versatile actors of our time. His most recent Broadway appearance is in the blockbuster hit - The Music Man, opposite Sutton Foster.
The Australian native made his first major U.S. film appearance as Wolverine in the first installment of the X-Men series, a role he reprised in the enormously successful X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. He then starred as the title character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the popular series which grossed $85 million domestically in its first weekend of release. Audiences once again saw Jackman in the popular role in the next chapter, The Wolverine, which grossed over $400 million worldwide. In 2014, Mr. Jackman and the X-Men team reunited for X-Men: Days of Future Past.
He garnered his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables in 2012. Mr. Jackman’s standout performance as Jean Valjean also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy/Musical, as well as Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® nominations (Best Ensemble and Best Male Actor in a Leading Role), and a BAFTA Award nomination.
Most recently, he was nominated for a Grammy for his role as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman. Sales for the film soundtrack have broken records around the world, reaching multi-platinum status in many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States.
In 2009, Mr. Jackman hosted the 81st Annual Academy Awards, which earned him an Emmy Award nomination. He also served as host of the Tony Awards three years in a row, from 2003 to 2005, earning an Emmy for the 2004 ceremony, and an Emmy nomination for his appearance at the 2005 ceremony. Mr. Jackman starred in Logan, the then final iteration of his Wolverine character, alongside Patrick Stewart, and additional film credits include Prisoners, Shawn Levy’s Real Steel, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, Woody Allen’s Scoop, Deception, Someone Like You, Swordfish, Van Helsing, and Kate & Leopold, for which he received a 2002 Golden Globe nomination.
In addition, he has lent his voice to the animated features Happy Feet, Flushed Away, and Rise of the Guardians. On Broadway, Jackman recently starred as The Man in the highly acclaimed play, The River. In 2011, he made a splash on the Great White Way in his one-man show, Hugh Jackman – Back on Broadway. Jackman’s continued dedication to the Broadway community was fêted at the 2012 Tony Awards, where he received a Special Tony Award, recognizing his accomplishments as a performer and humanitarian. In 2009, Broadway audiences could see Jackman in the Keith Huff-penned A Steady Rain, starring alongside Daniel Craig. For his portrayal of the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, Jackman received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards. His additional theater credits include Carousel at Carnegie Hall; Oklahoma! at the National Theater in London, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination; Sunset Boulevard, for which he garnered Australia’s prestigious Australian Variety Artists’ ‘Mo’ Award; and Beauty and the Beast, for which he received a ‘Mo’ Award nomination.
Mr. Jackman’s career began in Australia in the independent films, Paperback Hero and Erskinville Kings. His performance in the latter earned him an Australian Film Critics’ Circle Best Actor Award and The Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination. In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention. Mr. Jackman was most recently seen in the role of former Senator Gary Hart, in the Jason Reitman directed film The Front Runner. He has also appeared in the feature film Bad Education, co-starring Allison Janney and Ray Romano. Mr. Jackman began a worldwide arena tour, The Man. The Music. The Show. in May 2019.
On the big screen, he most recently appeared in The Son.
From: Photo Flash: See the Official Photos from Hugh Jackman's THE MAN. THE MUSIC. THE SHOW.
From: Photo Flash: See the Official Photos from Hugh Jackman's THE MAN. THE MUSIC. THE SHOW.
From: Photo Flash: See the Official Photos from Hugh Jackman's THE MAN. THE MUSIC. THE SHOW.
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
From: Photo Flash: Inside Hugh Jackman's ONE NIGHT ONLY Birthday Benefit Concert!
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From: Photo Coverage: Meet the Company of HUGH JACKMAN: BACK ON BROADWAY!
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Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
Hugh Jackman, The Music Man
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Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz
Hugh Jackman, Oklahoma!
Cabarabia Productions, Clifford Bell, Producer and Director will present a fundraiser with 32 performers benefiting Project Angel Food entitled, The 26th Anniversary of Our Name Is Barbra, A Musical Celebration of Barbra Streisand's Birthday on Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at Catalina Jazz Club.
Tony Award-winning Broadway, film and TV legend Betty Buckley, and Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor and singer Darren Criss will headline Town Hall performances as part of a revived and expanded Broadway music series produced by the Grammy and Emmy Award-winning artist John McDaniel and presented by Post Office Cafe & Cabaret and Tin Pan Alley.
Last night at the Entertainment Community Fund, (formerly The Actors Fund) gala, they announced the $160 million ESSENTIAL Campaign: a bold and comprehensive effort that will combine all of the organization’s fundraising, allowing the Fund to serve more people in more places.
Entertainment Community Fund is launching the $160 million ESSENTIAL Campaign, combining all of the organization’s fundraising, allowing the Fund to serve more people in more places. Learn more!
On the heels of a record-setting Garden of Laughs fundraiser, the annual Garden of Dreams Talent Show will return to Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:00PM.
Summer’s just around the corner and the temperature is already rising… from the heat between Broadway’s favorite triple-threat lovebirds Nicolas Dromard & Desiree Davar! Broadway stars and real-life couple Nicolas & Desiree make their Oscar’s debut with ‘Nic & Desi: Broadway to Hollywood’.
Join Grammy winner Paul Jacobs as he returns to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Learn how to purchase tickets.
See Bucks County Playhouse's spring lineup, and learn how to purchase tickets!
Oscar's will present Nic & Desi in Broadway to Hollywood on Saturday May 11th at 7 pm. Learn more about the husband/wife team and see how to purchase tickets.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose returns to host THE 77TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS for the third time. We have all of the details here!
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 27, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
The second and final performance of Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age took place on March 25. Special guests at the performance included Hugh Jackman, Darren Criss, Julianna Margulies, and more. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!
Goodman Theatre has revealed the initial cast for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
Join Grammy Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs as he returns to the Toledo Symphony for a concert under Maestro Alain Trudel.
Though shaken by a recent battle with cancer, the husband-and-wife duo are prepared to put on a show March 23rd where you can park your worries at the door and just enjoy some classic standards and song and dance. (They’ll be getting on their tap shoes, and songs from Singin’ in the Rain will make an appearance.)
Internationally-acclaimed cellist Trey Lee is collaborating with the English Chamber Orchestra for his new album SEASONS INTERRUPTED. Learn how to purchase the album.
Nicolas Dromard and Desiree Davar will perform their show Song, Dance & Showmance at Hunt & Fish Club NYC. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.
Direct from the West End, Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Group have announced that MARY POPPINS will embark on a 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour.
The Green Room 42 will present Nic & Desi in “Bubbles and Taps” on Saturday March 23rd at 1 pm. Learn how to purchase tickets.
BLACK BOX is Queenslander Paul Hodge’s new musical based on the extraordinary true story of David Warren, the Australian inventor who created the black box flight recorder that is now on every plane around the globe, and it will have its world premiere at QPAC’s Cremorne Theatre this May.
Hugh Jackman has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Hugh Jackman has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Hugh Jackman's first West End show was Oklahoma! which opened in 1998
Hugh Jackman has been nominated for the following awards: Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater (Drama League Awards) for The Music Man, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Music Man, Special Tony Award (Tony Awards), Outstanding Actor in a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Boy from Oz, Best Leading Actor in a Musical (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Boy From Oz, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Boy From Oz, Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Boy From Oz, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Boy from Oz, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Boy From Oz, Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Boy From Oz, and Best Actor in a Musical (Olivier Awards) for Oklahoma!.
Hugh Jackman has won several awards for his work in Broadway shows. These include the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theater from the Drama League Awards for The Music Man, a Special Tony Award, Outstanding Actor in a Musical from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for The Boy from Oz, Best Leading Actor in a Musical from the BroadwayWorld Awards for The Boy From Oz, Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Awards for The Boy From Oz, Performance from the Theatre World Awards for The Boy From Oz, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical from the Tony Awards for The Boy from Oz, Outstanding Actor - Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for The Boy From Oz, and another Outstanding Actor - Musical from the Drama Desk Awards for The Boy From Oz.
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