Biography
Hugh Jackman was innate in 12 October, 1968, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the youngest of 5 youngsters of English-born Anglican parents. His mother left a personal & went back to Engl& while he was eight years old, and he remained behind by owning his father, an accountant. Jackman attended Knox Grammar School, an elite completely-boys school within Wahroonga, New South Wales and graduated from a University of Technology, Sydney with a BA within Communications, having majored in journalism. Around 1994, he graduated from either WAAPA in Perth.

When you took Hugh Jackman's stage musical comedy career within Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, he hosted both Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

Jackman married actress Deborra-Lee Furness in February of 1996. It met on the placed of his 1st TV acting job inside Corelli, an Australian television program. Jackman played an angry captive world health organization fell taken by having with his counsellor, played by Furness. He & his married woman adopted Oscar Maximilian Jackman, world health organizatiin was natural on May 15, 2000. It adopted another tyke, Ava Eliot Jackman, world health organizatiin was natural on July 10, 2005.

Jackman played Gaston in the Melbourne production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in the equivalent city's production of Sunset Boulevard. He number one became known outside of Australia after he played a leading role of Curly in the Royal National Theatre's acclaimed stage production of Oklahoma! in the West End of London in England, demonstrating his talent as a singer as well as an actor. In 6 June, 2002, Hugh Jackman sang the role of Billy Bigalow within Carousel in a favorite concert performance at Carnegie Hall in Manhatten, New York City.

He was the endure-microscopic addition to the X-Men cast. Dougray Scott was originally cast as Wolverine, however Scott was attached au fait the placed of Mission: Impossible 2 for two extra months of shooting. Hugh stands the foot taller than Wolverine, world health organization is reported by Marvel Comics to be V' Triad". 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 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. The televised hosting of the Tony Awards earned Jackman an Emmy Award win for Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program in 2005.

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

Jackman was rumoured as a possible successor to Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond, but it has since been confirmed that he has rejected the role.

Selected filmography
Correlli (1995) (TV Series) Paperback Hero (1999) Oklahoma! (1999) (TV) X-Men (2000) 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 (2006) Flushed Away (2006, voice) The Prestige