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Hugh Jackman (born 12 October, 1968) is an
Australian actor who portrayed Wolverine
(comics)|Wolverine in X-Men (movie)|X-Men (2000),
X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men 3 (movie)|X-Men
3 (2006). His other works include Swordfish
(movie)|Swordfish (2001), Kate and Leopold (2001),
Someone Like You (2001), and Van Helsing
(movie)|Van Helsing (2004).

==Biography==
Jackman was born in Sydney, Australia, the
youngest of five children of England|English-born
parents.  His mother left the family and went back
to England when he was eight years old, and he
remained behind with his father, an accountant.
Jackman graduated from the University of
Technology, Sydney|Sydney University of Technology
with a Bachelor of Arts|BA in Communications,
having majored in journalism. In 1994, he
graduated from Western Australian Academy of
Performing Arts|WAAPA.

Jackman married actress Deborra-Lee Furness in
February of 1996.  They met on the set of his
first TV acting job in Corelli
(television)|Corelli, an Australian television
program. Jackman played an angry prisoner who fell
in love with his counsellor, played by Furness. He
and his wife adopted Oscar Maximilian Jackman, who
was born on May 15, 2000. They adopted a second
child, Ava Eliot Jackman, who was born on July 10,
2005. 

Jackman played Gaston in the Melbourne production
of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in the
same city's production of Sunset Boulevard
(musical)|Sunset Boulevard. He first became known
outside of Australia when he played the leading
role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre's
acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma! in London,
demonstrating his talent as a singer as well as an
actor.

He was a last-minute addition to the X-Men cast.
Dougray Scott was originally cast as Wolverine,
but Scott was tied up on the set of Mission:
Impossible 2 for two additional months of
shooting.   Hugh stands a foot taller than
Wolverine, who is reported by Marvel Comics to be
5' 3".  Despite this, Jackman's performance was
highly praised and the film's success immediately
made him a star. Jackman is currently in plans to
star in a spinoff film for Wolverine.

In 2004, Jackman won a Tony Award for his Broadway
theatre|Broadway portrayal of Australian
songwriter and performer Peter Allen in The Boy
from Oz. Jackman hosted the Tony Awards in 2004
and 2005, garnering very positive reviews.

2005 saw him cast in the lead role of The
Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky. Jackman
starred alongside Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn.

He has also been rumoured as a possible successor
to Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond,
although for the time being Brosnan has remained
in the role.

==Selected filmography==
*Correlli (1995) (TV Series)
*Paperback Hero (1999)
*Oklahoma! (1999) (TV)
*X-Men (movie)|X-Men (2000)
*swordfish_(movie)|Swordfish (2001)
*Kate and Leopold (2001)
*Someone Like You (2001)
*Standing Room Only (2002)
*X2: X-Men United (2003)
*Van Helsing (2004)
*The Fountain (2005)
*Happy Feet (2006, voice)
*X-Men 3 (movie)|X-Men 3 (2006)
*Flushed Away (2006, voice)

==External links==

* http://www.loganandmarie.com  Official stills of
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
* imdb name|id=0413168|name=Hugh Jackman