Name: Hugh Jackman
DOB: October 12, 1968
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia

Random Facts:
- Youngest of 5 kids.
- HIs mother left the family and went back to England when he was 8.
- Majored in journalism at the the University of Technology, Sydney.
- Height: 6' 3"
- Married to : Deborra-Lee Furness (February 1996 - present)
- Has 1 son
- acted on stage before in movies

Filmography:
- If You Could See Me Now (2007) (announced)
- Rebound Guy (2007) (announced) (in negotiations)
- Wolverine (2007) (announced)
- Good (2006) (pre-production)
- The Prestige (2006) (pre-production)
- Flushed Away (2006) (filming)
- X-Men 3 (2006)
- Happy Feet (2006)
- The Fountain (2006)
- Scoop (2006)
- Stories of Lost Souls (2005)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004)
- Making the Grade (2004) (TV)
- Standing Room Only (2004/I)
- X2 (2003)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- Swordfish (2001)
- Someone Like You... (2001)
- X-Men (2000)
- Oklahoma! (1999) (TV)
- Erskineville Kings (1999)
- Paperback Hero (1999)
- Halifax f.p: Afraid of the Dark (1998) (TV)
- "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" (1993) TV Series
- "Correlli" (1995) TV Series

Credits/Links:
wikipedia
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http://www.tiscali.co.uk





Pics:

I've only seen him in X-Men and Oklahoma but he's so cool..lol. And I heard he's a pretty decent singer too..I think Oklahoma was a musical..but I watched it a while back so I can't remember. =P Well here's some pictures I found of him and his wife and I just thought they belonged here:





CEDITS: Jackman's Landing

The handsome and charismatic Australian Hugh Jackman went from completing acting school to a starring role in a series on network television in his homeland in one day. Enrolling in drama school after turning down a role in the enormously popular Australian soap "Neighbours", Jackman landed the role of violent and manipulative inmate Kevin Jones in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) prison drama "Corelli" upon his graduation from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He powerfully played the insidiously attractive prisoner opposite Deborra-Lee Furness, who starred as the title criminal psychologist. As their budding romance heated up the screen, a behind-the-scenes relationship led to the actors' real life marriage. He went on to appear as Detective Eric Ringer on Australian TV's "Halifax f.p." and had many guest starring roles on other series in his native country. His relaxed and natural presence led to a flourishing career as a television host, counting among his credits a job as presenter of the series "In Fashion" (1997) for the Australian pay network Foxtel and hosting 1997's Australian Film Institute Awards presentation.

Incorporating leading man good looks and palpable talent balanced with an unaffected charm, Jackman found his career moving quickly. Within less than a year of completing acting school, he joined the cast of the Melbourne production of the musical "Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast", in the supporting part of macho villain Gaston. The tall and muscular Jackman still had to wear prosthetic pieces to pull off the exaggerated build of the character, but even with this added padding the actor's spot on portrayal, complete with appropriate pomp and swagger, shone through. He next landed the role of hack screenwriter Joe Gillis in Trevor Nunn's Melbourne production of "Sunset Boulevard". Jackman easily made the transition from his previous larger-than-life boaster to the Hollywood-fueled broken man cynicism of Gillis. Nunn was so impressed with the actor's work that he invited him to audition at London's National Theatre, where the director cast him as Curly in the acclaimed West End production of "Oklahoma!". Jackman's strong and energetic performance earned excellent notices, proclaiming him one of the most promising newcomers to musical theater.

While Jackman technically made his film debut in the little seen Australian production "Erskinville Kings" (1999), a drama examining failing relationships, he would reach a much wider audience with his starring role in Antony J. Bowman's amiable comedy "Paperback Hero" (1999). In this film, Jackman portrayed Jack Willis, an Australian outback trucker who in his spare time writes a sappy romance novel that he submits to a Sydney publisher. Not willing to give over his masculine reputation to be known as a romance author, Jack adopts the name of friend Ruby Vale as his pseudonym. When both Ruby and Jack (posing as her manager) are taken on a publicity tour to promote the book, romance ensues. The role seemed perfectly suited for the open and unpretentious actor, and "Paperback Hero", more tender and understated than many previous Australian comedies, would earn Jackman acclaim and expose him to an international art-house audience.

His follow-up venture, though, guaranteed a wider audience. Tapped to replace Dougray Scott as Logan/Wolverine, a mutant superhero with quick-healing powers, unbreakable bones and razor-sharp metal claws, in director Brian Singer's crowdpleasing film version of the popular Marvel comic "X-Men" (2000), Jackman displayed an innate charisma and a facility with a quip that combined into a star-making performance that pleased both general moviegoers and hard-core fans of the cult hit comic book character--indeed, Jackman perfectly brought the comic-book Wolverine, a conflicted and edgy hero, to vivid life. He lent his considerable presence to the role of Ashley Judd's womanizing co-worker in the otherwise pallid "Someone Like You" before tackling the role of a computer hacker forced to participate in a major heist in the overwrought actioner "Swordfish" opposite John Travolta and his "X-Men" co-star Halle Berry (both 2001). While neither film necessarily showed Jackman to his best advantage, he always acquitted himself nicely and continued to build a growing fan-base.

Jackman opted for a slight change of pace with the romantic comedy-drama "Kate & Leopold" (2001) as Meg Ryan's time-traveling beau. Playing a courtly gentlemen well-versed in the old-fashioned politics of romantic love, Jackman delivered a charming leading man performance radically different from his previous roles. The actor once again donned the sideburns and claws of Wolverine for "X2" (2003), the superior sequel to "X-Men" in which Jackman's character stood out against the rest of the terrific ensemble cast as bits and pieces of Wolverine's mysterious origins were at last revealed. Jackman eturned to an early love, musical theater, in the fall of 2003, appearing on Broadway in "The Boy from Oz," the Broadway musical in which he stars as Peter Allen, the flamboyant showman best known for pop songs including "(When My Baby Smiles at Me) I Go to Rio" who died of AIDS in 1992—Jackman would receive the Tony for Best Actor in a Muscial, among other accolades, for his performance, and the actor also hosted the 2004 Tony Awards ceremony.

Next up on screen was another pulpy turn, this time playing Count Dracula's old nemesis Dr. Abraham Van Helsing in the disappointing Universal monster thriller "Van Helsing" (2004), which pitted the good doctor against a union of his old foe, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman. That same year it was announced that Fox was developing a solo spin-off film starring Jackman as Wolverine. Meanwhile, Jackman was nominated for, and won, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his hosting duties at the Tony Awards. He returned to the stage the following year to host the 59th Annual awards ceremony, turning in another Emmy-worthy performance.

Born: on 10/12/68 in Sydney, AustraliaJob Titles: Actor, SingerFamily
Brother: Ian Jackman. older
Brother: Ralph Jackman. older
Father: Chris Jackman. English; separated from Jackman's mother when Jackman was eight; raised children
Mother: British; left family c. 1976 and returned to England; was at one time estranged from her children
Siblings: has four; Jackman is the youngest of five
Sister: Sonya Jackman. older
Son: Oscar Maximillian Jackman. adopted in May 2000 shortly after his birth; of mixed race
Significant Others
Wife: Deborra-Lee Furness. born c. 1960; met while starring together on the TV series "Corelli"; Roman Catholic; at one time roomed with Nicole Kidman in L,A.; married c. 1995
Education
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, journalism, BA, 1990
Actor's Center, Sydney, Australia, 1991
Milestones
1991 Completed one-year intensive acting course 'The Journey' at Actor's Center in Sydney, Australia
1992 Offered a part in the popular Australian soap "Neighbours"; turned it down and instead enrolled in Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) (date approximate)
1994 Starred in the prison drama "Corelli" on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
1997 Hosted the weekly lifestyle series "In Fashion", on Australia's Foxtel network
1998 US television debut, "Hey, Mr Producer" (PBS), a filmed tribute to producer Cameron Mackintosh; performed songs from "Oklahoma!"; production filmed and aired on British TV
1999 Played an Australian outback truck driver who writes a romance novel under an assumed name in the comedy "Paperback Hero"
1999 Starred in the low-budget Australian drama "Erskinville Kings", screened at the American Film Market in February
2000 Portrayed Wolverine (replacing Dougray Scott) in the film version of "X-Men"
2001 Co-starred with John Travolta in "Swordfish"
2001 Had featured role in "Someone Like You", starring Ashley Judd
2001 Offered star-making romantic lead turn opposite Meg Ryan in "Kate & Leopold"
2002 Acted in the short film "Standing Room Only", the directorial debut of his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness
2003 Appeared on broadway in the role of flamboyant performer Peter Allen in "The Boy From Oz"
2003 Reprised role of Wolverine in "X2"
2004 Starred as Dracula's monster-hunting enemy in the thriller "Van Helsing"
Played Curly in the National Theatre Company's London revival of "Oklahoma!", directed by Nunn; production was taped and released in Great Britain on video and DVD
Played Detective Eric Ringer on the Australian TV series "Halifax f.p."
Starred as Joe Gillis in the Melbourne production of "Sunset Boulevard", directed by Trevor Nunn
Was featured as comical villain Gaston in the Australian stage premiere of "Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast"
Will star in Christopher Nolan's adaptation of "The Prestige," a novel about rival magicians working in early-20th-century London (lensed 2006)
Will star opposite Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's newest untitled comedy, to be filmed in London (lensed 2005)

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800354816/bio

A random set of information I found at: http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/hughjackman.html

(The list isn't in my own words and so I'm just quoting it off of a website.)

Hugh is coming to Sydney for "The Boy From OZ"
Anyone going??

wow he has the same birthday as me!
and im from australia too! hehe..

Hugh Jackman, Clawing to the Top
Source: Edward Douglas May 23, 2006

It's amazing how one movie can change the course of an actor's career. Who knows how many of us would have heard of Australian theatre actor Hugh Jackman if he hadn't been hired by Bryan Singer to bring the popular Marvel Comics character Wolverine to life in the first X-Men movie back in 2000?

Now, as he prepares for the release of the third and supposedly final movie in the series, X-Men: The Last Stand, Jackman is busy doing a lot of different types of movies, knowing full well that he'll be wearing the adamantium claws soon enough when he returns for the planned Wolverine prequel.

Superhero Hype! talks to the busy actor about what it's like playing Logan for the third time.

Superhero Hype!: How does Wolverine evolve or change in this movie?
Hugh Jackman: As the movie starts, I think it's fair to say that he's part of the team of some kind. I wouldn't say he's a card-carrying X-Man or that he has a permanent suite at the mansion, but really, in this movie, his journey is about more what role he will take. He has to take on more responsibility, and as you guys know, it goes against his grain. So at the start of the movie he's obviously hurting from the whole thing with Jean, and in this movie, it goes to another level. It's really how far would he go for the woman he loved, even though, in his case, it's unrequited love.

SHH!: If it's really unrequited, why does he turn Jean away when he has a chance to get with her in the laboratory?
Jackman: Because he knows what everyone else knows or senses what everyone else knows; that it's all a little off. Something's wrong here. He loves her. He really loves her though.

SHH!: Do you feel any pressure that the Wolverine character has increasingly become the focus of these films?
Jackman: I wouldn't call it pressure, but I suppose as the movie has gone on, I had a little more say in how the movie and script pans out. I have to share a little more of the responsibility ultimately, and I quite like being in that position as an actor. I'm probably more comfortable being in that position than say someone coming in and doing a great character role. I've always felt more comfortable being in the middle of it from the beginning to the end. I like working every day and being there. In this movie there's a whole subplot with Ian McKellen's character that I wasn't in and there was about three weeks where I didn't shoot and it felt really weird. I would visit on set ocassionally and just sort of pop in and I came back to work and felt like, "Alright, I gotta get my legs back here."

SHH!: What was your reaction when you heard that Bryan Singer wouldn't be returning to direct this movie?
Jackman: I was upset. It was so long before we were shooting the movie, and at that point, I hadn't committed to the movie. I committed to looking at the script. Instinctually, I felt that regardless of who's directing, we have to have a great script. I thought what we came up with – and by the way, Matthew Vaughn needs to be credited because he helped to develop that script and he did a great job--in terms of a starting script was the best. Brett did a great job and smartly, didn't try to recreate the wheel. I don't think people who are not very au fait with film will really be able to tell the difference stylistically. Yet, Brett's a really emotional guy, a real passionate guy. In some ways, Bryan's more cerebral where Brett was a little bit more suited to this script, which was more emotional and by the end, more melodramatic. I think it worked but it should be that big because it's the end of the trilogy.

SHH!: What would you say are Brett's greatest strengths as a director?
Jackman: He's passionate about life. He's happy as a guy, and he loves what he does. His passion comes out on the film. He's not shy. If you look at all his films, he's not shy with emotion, but I don't think it's ever sentimental. I think he's very passionate and that comes easy to him. We shot 30 takes and he picked the best one. He's got good taste ultimately, but he's instinctual and passionate. I would say those are his greatest strengths. And great fun by the way.

SHH!: Were you pleased that you and Halle were able to work together more on this film as Wolverine and Storm became closer?
Jackman: Well, I feel very close to Halle, because this is my fourth movie with her. I really think she's an amazing person and actress and I'm really proud of what she's achieved. Yes, we are closer, but we were already close. When you're friends, you're friends. It was great for me to have more to do with Halle, and I had been asking for that on the first two. It's a good dynamic as well cause they're both strong characters.

SHH!: Have you gone back to the comics in between the three movies to do any continued research on how to evolve your characterization of Wolverine?
Jackman: Oh yes. Of course I'm getting into it at the moment because David Benioff is writing a movie version of Wolverine, which is gonna be a prequel. It's gonna deal with the origins of him so I'm into it a lot. In this movie actually we were lucky to have [Second Unit Director] Simon Crane who did "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and he's amazing. I think a lot of the action pieces are well done and he's phenomenal with what he brought to it. Simon came to me and said, "I've got an idea," and showed me some comic books that had some things we could do stylistically that was a bit different. I always saw Wolverine as a street fighter--like watching old Mike Tyson. Nothing pretty, just going for it. Simon said, "If you look in the comic book he has some really cool moves," so we did put a couple of those things into this. That's something that some fans might recognize.

SHH!: With the younger actors on the set did you ever feel like a mentor to them?
Jackman: Well, my character gives them a hard time, but am I a mentor? I don't think so. I was very happy for that young guy Kelsey Grammer... He's really good. (laughter) I actually became really good friends with Kelsey. The truth of the matter is that he makes me laugh, so there's more footage on the cutting room floor of me laughing, 'cause Kelsey just has a look in his eye that is so wicked. I really loved working with Kelsey. But Ellen Page? I think she's an extraordinary actress. Brilliantly cast. The little boy that plays Leech? Cameron Bright. I didn't actually work with him, but one day, I saw him on set and he's just perfect for that role. He's so brilliant. I saw him in "Birth" and he was great in that. You can't get him out of your head; it's quite haunting. By the way, Brett is brilliant at casting. I thought Ben Foster was terrific as Angel. It's a tough role to pull off and I really believed his dilemma. I would've liked for him to have more to do, but Ellen did a good job. And Vinnie...(laughs). Vinnie is so much fun to have around. He really popped in the film too; he has a few great lines. Dania [Ramirez] was terrific.

SHH!: When you saw the finished film, was there anything about it that surprised you?
Jackman: As we were filming it, we were all very aware that it was pretty heavy. I saw it, and I thought it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. It was a fun moviegoing experience. I think it's satisfying emotionally, as well. There's many scenes and character plots I had seen on the page that I hadn't been on set for filming, but I thought the whole thing with Kitty, Rogue and Bobby worked so well. I loved all the stuff with Patrick Stewart's character and you really got to see the ambiguity of his character early on. His world was a little gray, and he was unsure of some of the things he was doing and some people were questioning him. When I think about it, there were many things that I saw on film where I said, "This is great!" I really enjoyed the complexity and it was great fun. Visually, it's always a shock and a great thrill. It's one of the great joys of doing a film like this. It's a blast. It's one type of filmmaking that you can watch a film as though you haven't been in it, because so many elements aren't there as you're filming.

SHH!: As an actor, how do you feel your career evolved since doing the first "X-Men" film?
Jackman: I now seem to be on the radar of directors that I really admire. That really means a lot to me. I'm thrilled about that. It happened in a weird way. For example with Darren Aronofsky, I don't think I was really in his radar until he saw me in "The Boy From Oz." "The Fountain" is nothing like Peter Allen, but he saw me on stage. Actually that happened quite a bit, so that changed things for me. So I'm very, very happy. After "X-Men" came out I made choices where I realized I still had a lot to learn about film coming from the theatre. I didn't want to be put in situation where I was front and center all the time. "This is my film and if it works I'm going up and if it doesn't I'm out." I thought I really wanted to get some more experience, so I worked with some great directors like Jim Mangold and Tony Goldwyn and Steve Sommers, who's a very assured director as well. It hasn't all been planned this way but the loose plan I've had has worked out.

X-Men: The Last Stand opens everywhere on Friday, May 26. Read Superhero Hype!'s interviews with Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer, and director Brett Ratner.

A sexy and charismatic actor. Unfortunately, I have not been impressed with some of his projects (..what was the one with Kate Beckinsale called?...it was an awful movie).

.i like him in Van Helsing & in X-men..
he's sexy & has good looks!
Van Helsing was not an awful movie..
he & kate beckinsale look great!

That's his wife? She looks a lot older than him...

With that aside, I think he's hot and talented. I love watching him. He's the perfect Wolverine and he was breathtaking in The Prestige. Yum, yum. I need to see Van Hellsing.

I always thought that he'd make a great James Bond...

I love watching him host the Tony's. It seems that it was never boring when he's the one hosting it. I especially liked his performance for The Boy From Oz during that Tony show where he convinced Sarah Jessica Parker from the audience to dance. I love his voice too... I haven't seen the musical but the songs he sang and the way he sand it was sad and piognant and happy at the same time.

Hugh Jackman crowned People's `Sexiest Man Alive'
Nov. 19, 2008, 2:09 PM EST

Entertainment Tonight and Associated Press

People magazine has named Hugh Jackman the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2008.

©People
Hugh Jackman is named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. (©People)

Jackman was an obvious choice, the multi-talented actor, singer, dancer and action star is a scruffy stud with a heart of gold.

Jackman says wife Deborra-Lee Furness teased him after finding out he'd been named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive."

Recalling Furness' reaction, Jackman says: "God bless her, she said, `I could've told them that years ago! And then she said, `Obviously Brad (Pitt) wasn't available this year.' And I said, `That was a joke, right?'"

But Furness says his ripped 6'2" frame is "the Body of Doom -- but I like what's inside": a romantic hubby who sings at home and makes breakfast for the kids.

The magazine's executive editor, Jess Cagle, said Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show that Jackman is a "surprising choice," but he'd been on the editors' minds "for a long time and it seemed like this was the year to do him."

Cagle pointed out that not only is Jackman's career at its peak, with the "X-Men" movies and his upcoming epic with Nicole Kidman "Australia," but he's "built like a tank."

Other hotties who made the list? Current 007 Daniel Craig, "Mad Men" lead Jon Hamm, buff bodied "Lipstick Jungle" star Robert Buckley, "HSM" cutie Zac Efron, "Dirty Sexy Money" rival Blair Underwood, "Gossip Girl's" resident bad boy Ed Westwick, Olympic champ Michael Phelps, "Raising the Bar" legal eagle Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Oscar-winner Javier Bardem, 'Twilight' vamp Robert Pattinson, "Fringe" star Joshua Jackson and soccer superstar David Beckham.

See all 129 smoking hot guys in People's sexy issue -- on stands Friday!

Source: MSN Movies

Congrats to Hugh! I love that exchange between him and his wife, haha.

oh! he's one of my favorite actors, is the cheetah
in X-men, wooww, is married?

that I have bad luck

Hugh Jackman will be hosting the 2009 Academy Awards. I can't wait to see it. He did such a great job with hosting the Tony's, I wonder what he'll come up with the Oscars.

woowww... hugh worked at one of my favorite movies "X-Men"
woowww... is for me a classic of cinema, I love this movie!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009



X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an upcoming superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Wolverine, due for release on May 1, 2009. The film is directed by Gavin Hood and stars Hugh Jackman as the title character. It is a prequel to the X-Men film trilogy, focusing on the mutant Wolverine and his time with Team X, before Wolverine's skeleton was bonded with the indestructible metal adamantium. The film was mostly shot in Australia and New Zealand.

Premise
Set roughly twenty years before X-Men, the film will focus on Wolverine's violent past, and his early encounters with William Stryker (Danny Huston). The Weapon X program and his interactions with other mutants will be explored, including his complex relationship with Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber).