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And the actor was awarded three major theatre awards, becoming the owner of the so-called Broadway Triple Crown. Nowadays, Hugh is the only actor who has got all major awards during one season.

His future wife Deborra-Lee Furness played a psychologist. Hugh played the role of prisoner Jones, her most troubled patient. Hugh starred in several TV series for next four years. In he was offered a major part in the film Paperback Hero.

The movie was a success, but the turning point for the actor was when he got the role of Wolverine in the Hollywood film X-Men at the last moment.

Russell Crowe refused from acting in the film. He suggested Jackman as his replacement. The film was released in and got tremendous success. The role of Wolverine brought Hugh Jackman world-wide popularity. The actor is regularly invited by famous Hollywood directors after X-Men. The actor appeared in the role of an attractive and romantic nobleman Leopold.

Jackman was nominated for a Golden Globe for this work. From this point, Jackman chooses himself in what movie he would like to play. Moreover, this choice is not always determined by the fee. In , Hugh Jackman starred in the sequel film X-Men 2, which made him the star, and in he appeared in a bright cameo in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

The actor got a lot of roles in That year the actor starred in the role of a vampire hunter in the fantastic movie by Stephen Sommers Van Helsing. Despite the fact that the film has many historical mistakes, it brought huge box office earnings. Kate Beckinsale , Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham and others helped Jackman to create a unique historical atmosphere in the movie. In , Hugh appeared in the comedy film Scoop of legendary Woody Allen.

He played a promising young politician, an aristocrat, who was taken for a homicidal maniac by mistake. Hide Show Actor 64 credits.

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Show all 14 episodes. Show all 13 episodes. Show all 55 episodes. Show all 16 episodes. I'm lucky I didn't tell them that when I auditioned. Jackman, at Template:Height [34] [35] stands 30 cm taller than Wolverine, who is said in the original comic book to be Template:Convert. Jackman was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role, and in preparing for the fourth film in the series, he bench-pressed over kg lb.

This was the second time Jackman worked with Berry, and the two have worked together thrice more in the X-Men movies. He hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in Jackman in New York Harbor in Jackman was asked to consider taking on the role as James Bond before Daniel Craig was chosen to play the character, but turned it down due to other commitments.

Speaking to the British Press Association in , Jackman said: 'I was about to shoot X-Men 2 and Wolverine had become this thing in my life and I didn't want to be doing two such iconic characters at once. Jackman portrayed Robert Angier, an aristocratic magician who builds up a rivalry with contemporary Alfred Borden Bale in attempt to one-up each other in the art of deception. After reading the script, Jackman expressed interest in starring in the film, and Nolan believed that the actor had the qualities of the character.

Jackman portrayed three different characters in Darren Aronofsky 's science-fiction film The Fountain : Tommy Creo, a neuroscientist , who is torn between his wife, Izzi Rachel Weisz , who is dying of a brain tumor , and his work at trying to cure her; Captain Tomas Creo, a Spanish conquistador in Seville ; and a future astronaut, Tom, travelling to a golden nebula in an eco-spacecraft seeking to be reunited with Izzi. Jackman said The Fountain was his most difficult film thus far due to the physical and emotional demands of the part.

He rounded out with two animated films: Happy Feet , directed by George Miller , in which he voiced the part of Memphis, an emperor penguin ; and Flushed Away , where Jackman supplied the voice of a rat named Roddy who ends up being flushed down a family's toilet into the London sewer system.

In , Jackman produced and guest-starred in the television musical - dramedy series Viva Laughlin , which was cancelled by CBS after two episodes. In , director Baz Luhrmann cast Jackman to replace Russell Crowe as the male lead in his much-publicized epic film , Australia , which co-starred Nicole Kidman. The movie was released in late November in Australia and the U. Jackman played a tough, independent cattle drover , who reluctantly helps an English noblewoman in her quest to save both her philandering husband's Australian cattle station and the mixed race Aboriginal child she finds there.

Of the movie, Jackman said, "This is pretty much one of those roles that had me pinching myself all the way through the shoot. I got to shoot a big-budget, shamelessly old-fashioned romantic epic set against one of the most turbulent times in my native country's history, while, at the same time, celebrating that country's natural beauty, its people, its cultures I'll die a happy man knowing I've got this film on my CV.

Jackman has reprised his role as the Wolverine in X-Men spin-off films. The show had a run-time of approximately minutes, and also included slide shows of Jackman's youth, family, and work, as well as some one-on-one interaction with the audience. Jackman was backed by fellow musical theatre veterans Merle Dandridge and Angel Reda.

In a November release, Jackman voiced the role of E. The film opened on 25 December Jackman at the Japanese premiere of his film, The Greatest Showman. Jackman then portrayed the villain Blackbeard in the film Pan , which revolved around the backstories of J. Barrie 's characters Peter Pan and Captain Hook. The movie received generally negative reviews and was a failure at the box office.

Jackman had an uncredited cameo as Wolverine in the film X-Men: Apocalypse. Barnum in the musical The Greatest Showman. In , he starred as American senator, Gary Hart , in Jason Reitman 's political drama film, The Front Runner , which chronicled the rise of Hart, a Democratic presidential candidate in , and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports surfaced of his extramarital affair.

In , Jackman went on his first world tour called The Man. The Music. The Show. He will return to Broadway in a revival of The Music Man , playing Harold Hill, which is set to begin previews in September and open in October In , Jackman joined with longtime assistant John Palermo to form a production company, Seed Productions , whose first project was Viva Laughlin in Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness is also involved in the company, and Palermo had three rings made with a "unity" inscription for himself, Furness, and Jackman.

It really works. We all have different strengths. I love it. It's very exciting. John's in Toorak, Victoria , a suburb of Melbourne. Jackman has described himself as a Christian and a "religious person".

In November , Jackman announced he had basal-cell carcinoma removed from his nose. On 18 March , Jackman revealed that he had to cancel stage performances in Turkey because he had a left vocal cord hemorrhage. As a philanthropist, Jackman is a longtime proponent of microcredit — the extension of very small loans to prospective entrepreneurs in impoverished countries.

He is a vocal supporter of Muhammad Yunus , microcredit pioneer and the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Jackman is a global advisor of the Global Poverty Project , for which he narrated a documentary; [] and he and the project's founder Hugh Evans visited the UN for the cause in There he falls in love with Anna Valerious but is unfortunately infected by the werewolf curse.

Although Van Helsing manages to kill Dracula, he also kills Anna, who sacrifices her life to save him from the curse. The film is the final installment of a trilogy based on Night at the Museum. The story focuses on Larry Daley, a night guard at American Museum of Natural History, where all the artifacts come to life at night and describes his travel to London in the company of Teddy Roosevelt, Sacagewea, Jedediah, Octavius, Dexter, Attila the Hun in order to save the tablet of Ahkmenrah from losing its magic.

The film revolves around a few people in a small town who compete to win an annual butter carving contest. An accountant is introduced to an underground sex club known as the The List, by his lawyer friend.

But he soon becomes a prime suspect after a woman gets disappeared and a multi-million dollar heist takes place. After her relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Jane, a production assistant for a talk show, writes a column on the relationship habits of men.

Little did she realize that it would gain her national popularity. After a year old orphan named Pan, is captured and taken to a magical city named Neverland as a slave, he starts making new friends and also discovers his true destiny. An unsuccessful screenwriter, pitches in shockingly outrageous story ideas to a studio executive in this anthology comprising fourteen interlinked short films. It is directed by twelve different directors and stars famous Hollywood names. Barnum, son of a tailor, is ambitious and visionary.

After the trading company he works for shuts down, he opens a museum of oddities and later puts on a musical show with unique individuals. He succeeds; however, when he seeks approval from high audience, he puts everything — his circus, family and money — at stake for opera singer Jenny. Now the young Jack Frost must become the final Guardian to save the children. The life of Roddy, a rat, is just perfect with luxuries all around him. So, when another rat Sid sends him into the sewers of London, it is too much for him to handle.

As he struggles to get back to his comfortable life, he meets a scavenger rat Rita. Rita is pursued by Toad who is after her for a gem and also wants to wipe out all rats from the sewer. Male emperor penguins need to sing to attract a female for mating. However, Mumble is quite a disappointment in this field. Instead, he tap dances very well which appeals to Gloria, the object of his affection.

But the elders despise it and consider this anomaly to be the cause of the recent fish shortage. Exiled, Mumble sets out to discover the root cause of the problem.

Home H Hugh Jackman Movies. This ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. The Prestige Role: Robert Angier. Director: Christopher Nolan. Prisoners Role: Keller Dover. Director: Denis Villeneuve. Genres: Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller. Logan X-Men: Days of Future Past Role: Jean Valjean. X: First Class Me and Earl and the Dying Girl X-Men