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Hugh Jackman

Age: 41
Height: 6' 2 1/2"

Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Born: Oct. 12th, 1968

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Hugh Jackman's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Academy Awards 2009	Himself - Host
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (AU)	Duncan Jones

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Sydney of English parentage, and the youngest of five children, Jackman has a communications degree with a journalism major from the University of Technology Sydney. After graduating, he pursued drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, immediately after which he was offered a starring role in the ABC-TV prison drama "Correlli" (1995), opposite his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness. Several TV guest roles followed, as an actor and variety compere. An accomplished singer, Jackman has starred as Gaston in the Australian production of "Beauty and the Beast." He appeared as Joe Gillis in the Australian production of "Sunset Boulevard." In 1998, he was cast as Curly in the Royal National Theatre's production of Trevor Nunn's Oklahoma. Jackman has made two feature films, the second of which, Erskineville Kings (1999), garnered him an Australian Film Institute nomination for Best Actor in 1999. Recently, he won the part of Logan/Wolverine in the Bryan Singer- directed comic-book movie X-Men (2000). In his spare time, Jackman plays piano, golf, and guitar, and likes to windsurf.

TRIVIA:

Was school captain during his final year of high school, a school also attended by Australian actors 'Adam Garcia' (qv), 'Andrew Johnston (VII)' (qv), 'Reg Livermore' (qv), and 'Hugo Weaving' (qv); writer 'Stuart Beattie (I)' (qv); and radio host 'John Laws (I)' (qv).
Often his wife and, sometimes, members of his family stay with him while he is shooting on location.
Expressed great fondness for the comic book character Superman. Ironically, Superman is owned by DC Comics, the rival company of Marvel Comics, which owns X-Men and Wolverine.
He had never seen an episode of _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) until he agreed to host the show. The producers sent him tapes of episodes so he could understand the format of the show. He later said that his favorite was the one hosted by 'Conan O'Brien' (qv).
He was one of the presenters at the 2002 Academy Awards, but says he'll think twice about attending again. He says, "I slept for about an hour and I'd have liked a little bit of sushi to come down. There'll be a lot of drunken parties back home and people betting and that's usually what I'm at, so getting up there in a suit and talking for a little bit is kind of bizarre."
People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2008.
He was nominated for a 1999 'Laurence Olivier' (qv) Theatre Award for the 1998 season for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in "Oklahoma.".
His parents separated when he was 8. His mother then moved to England, leaving his father to raise him and his four siblings by himself in Australia.