Hugh Jackman
Australian Jackman's handsome face was familiar Down Under before he took on Hollywood as a pompadour-sporting, claw-baring mutant in the X-Men movies. After studying at the Western Australian Academy...
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10/11/1968
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| A veteran of musical theater, Jackman starred in Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard, as well as a celebrated National Theatre revival of Oklahoma! |
| Turned down a role in the popular Australian drama Neighbours to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. |
| Won the career-making role of Wolverine in X-Men (2000) after Dougray Scott was forced to drop out of the project because of a scheduling conflict with Mission: Impossible II (2000). |
| Appeared in the 2002 short film Standing Room Only, his wife Deborra-Lee Furness' directorial debut. |
