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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman
Born 12 Oct 1968, in Sydney, Australia

Wise words: "Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8 year olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me."



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Hugh Jackman - news / articles


  • Hugh Jackman given dance lesson by Psy - 17 October 2012
    -Hugh Jackman was given an expert dance lesson on the set of his latest X-Men movie The Wolverine earlier this week (begs15Oct12) when Korean pop star Psy stopped by to show him the Gangnam Style routine.-The singer has already taught Britney Spears and Ellen DeGener


  • Tom Cruise to replace Hugh Jackman as Van Helsing - 1 May 2012
    -Tom Cruise is set to replace Hugh Jackman as the titular character in a new Van Helsing film.-Jackman took on the role of vigilante monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing in the hit 2004 horror film but it appears Cruise will be now taking over in a "re-imagining" of the


  • Hugh Jackman to receive honorary Tony Award - 30 April 2012
    -Actor Hugh Jackman is set to receive an honorary Tony Award for his outstanding theatre achievements and fundraising efforts.-Even though Jackman's most recent gig and one-man show, Back on Broadway, isn't eligible for a nomination in either the play or musical categ

Hugh Jackman - what members say


  • Oklahoma - The Stage Production
  • Oklahoma - The Stage Production review by A customer from Greater London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Oklahoma 20 October 2004
    ...ame to this version without any preconceived ideas and was immediately smitten. Hugh Jackman was excellent as Curly, what a talented individual. Trevor Nunn's direction was...   Read customer review
  • X-Men
  • X-Men review by JediSi from Kent
    Rated - 4.0 stars Mutants are not the ones mankind should fear. 26 November 2007
    ... shots and convincing performances, particularly Stewart and McKellen, but also Hugh Jackman and Anna Paquin as the outcast mutants Wolverine and Rogue. The movie's onl...   Read customer review
  • X-Men 2
  • X-Men 2 review by from London
    Rated - 2.0 stars Not much of an evolution 23 September 2004
    ...'s finale. Magneto(Ian McKellan) is incarcerated in his plastic cell, Wolverine(Hugh Jackman) is taking some time off to investigate his past, and the mutants are generally...   Read customer review

Hugh Jackman - filmography


  • Les Miserables (2012)
    Starring: Colm Wilkinson,  Sacha Baron Cohen,  George Blagden
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 790 members
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  • Rise Of The Guardians on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Isla Fisher,  Dakota Goyo,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: Peter A. Ramsey
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    DreamWorks computer-animated family adventure film based on the book series by William Joyce. When the nightmare king Pitch (voiced by Jude Law) launches his evil plan to engulf the whole world in darkness, the Guardians - Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher), the Easter Bunny (..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 1,921 member
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  • Les Miserables - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Colm Wilkinson,  Sacha Baron Cohen,  George Blagden
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever.
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 71 members
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  • Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
    Starring: Bingbing Li,  Gianna Jun,  Vivian Wu
    Director: Wayne Wang
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 36 members
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  • Real Steel - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Kevin Durand,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dakota Goyo
    Director: Shawn Levy
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Hugh Jackman stars in this robot sci-fi action film. It is the near future, and robots have replaced humans in dangerous sports such as boxing. With the sport taken over by robots, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) loses his chance to become a boxing champion, and instead sets himself up as a small-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 10,793 members
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  • Oh My God (2009)
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Seal,  Ringo Starr
    Director: Peter Rodger
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In every corner of the world, there's one question that can never be definitively answered, yet stirs up equal parts passion, curiosity, self-reflection and often wild imagination: "What is God?" Filmmaker Peter Rodger explores this profound, age-old query in the provocative non-fiction feature "..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7 members
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  • X-Men Origins - Wolverine on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Liev Schreiber,  Aaron Jeffery,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: Gavin Hood
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," the first chapter in the X-Men saga, unites Wolverine with several other legends of the X-Men universe, in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them. The film also introduces a team of mutants, including several whose ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 46,228 members
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  • Australia - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Hugh Jackman,  David Wenham
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Baz Luhrmann directs this sweeping historical epic set in northern Australia. Nicole Kidman stars as Lady Sarah Ashley, an English aristocrat who inherits a vast cattle ranch in the unforgiving Australian outback. When her land comes under threat from a takeover plot by English cattle barons, Sarah ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,088 members
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  • Australia on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  Hugh Jackman,  David Wenham
    Director: Baz Luhrmann
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Baz Luhrmann directs this sweeping historical epic set in northern Australia. Nicole Kidman stars as Lady Sarah Ashley, an English aristocrat who inherits a vast cattle ranch in the unforgiving Australian outback. When her land comes under threat from a takeover plot by English cattle barons, Sarah ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 56,284 members
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  • Deception on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Hugh Jackman,  Michelle Williams
    Director: Marcel Langenegger
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An accountant is introduced to a mysterious sex club known as The List by his lawyer friend. But in this new world, he soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 28,496 members
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  • The Prestige - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Rupert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) are London-based magicians of the highest order, both blessed with spectacular powers of deception and both cursed with unrelenting envy for one another's skills. When Alfred performs an awe-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 7,723 members
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  • Happy Feet - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Brittany Murphy,  Elijah Wood,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Animated comedy featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy. Emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one simple goal in life: to find their soulmates through their own unique heart song. Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,579 members
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  • The Fountain - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas,  Ethan Suplee,  Mark Margolis
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Darren Aronofsky directs this elegaic time-travelling odyssey, in which Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz star in a series of storylines about a man's struggle to save the woman he loves. In one storyline, 16th-century Spanish conquistador Tomas Creo (Jackman) sets out to find the fabled Tree of Life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,602 members
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  • Scoop (2006)
    Starring: Woody Allen,  Scarlett Johansson,  Charles Dance
    Director: Woody Allen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An American journalism student (Scarlett Johansson) visiting London gets a hot tip on a notorious serial murder case after a ghostly encounter inside the disappearing cabinet of a neurotic vaudevillian (writer/director/co-star Woody Allen). But when she falls for the dashing aristocrat (Hugh ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 454 members
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  • Happy Feet on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Brittany Murphy,  Elijah Wood,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: George Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Animated comedy featuring the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Brittany Murphy. Emperor penguins have lived for centuries with one simple goal in life: to find their soulmates through their own unique heart song. Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 40,359 members
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  • The Prestige on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Piper Perabo,  Scarlett Johansson,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Rupert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Bale) are London-based magicians of the highest order, both blessed with spectacular powers of deception and both cursed with unrelenting envy for one another's skills. When Alfred performs an awe-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 100,782 members
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  • The Fountain on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ethan Suplee,  Cliff Curtis,  Sean Gullette
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the legendary entity believed to grant immortality. As modern-day ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 21,772 members
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  • Van Helsing on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Kate Beckinsale,  Richard Roxburgh
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mega-budget action adventure starring Hugh Jackman as the eponymous Gabriel Van Helsing, monster hunter extraordinaire. Van Helsing is sent on a mission by the Vatican to Transylvania to hunt down the evil Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), accompanied only by the faithful friar Carl (David Wenham). ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 54,274 members
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  • X-Men 2 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Brian Cox,  Hugh Jackman,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bryan Singer returns to direct this big screen sequel. Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), Wolverine (Hugh Jackson), and the Academy for Gifted Youngsters, aka the X-Men, find themselves in the firing line after a failed assassination attempt on the President points the finger at the school...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 58,563 members
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  • X-Men 2 - Blu-ray (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Patrick Stewart,  Ian McKellen
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,986 members
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  • Kate & Leopold on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Hugh Jackman,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Romantic comedy starring Hugh Jackman as a 19th century nobleman who finds love in 21st century New York. Mysteriously transported from 1876 to the dawn of the second millennium, Leopold, Duke of Albany (Jackman), meets market researcher Kate (Meg Ryan) and agrees to serve as a spokesperson for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 9,239 members
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  • Kate & Leopold - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Hugh Jackman,  Liev Schreiber
    Director: James Mangold
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Romantic comedy starring Hugh Jackman as a 19th century nobleman who finds love in 21st century New York. Mysteriously transported from 1876 to the dawn of the second millennium, Leopold, Duke of Albany (Jackman), meets market researcher Kate (Meg Ryan) and agrees to serve as a spokesperson for the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 104 members
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  • Swordfish on DVD (2001)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Hugh Jackman,  Halle Berry
    Director: Dominic Sena
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In present day California, computer hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is visited by the mysterious Ginger (Halle Berry), who asks him to help out with a complex plan organized by rogue government agent Gabriel Shear (John Travolta). Jobson has already been convicted once, and a second offence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 25,388 members
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  • Animal Attraction on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ashley Judd,  Peter Friedman,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: Tony Goldwyn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd) is a talent scout for a TV talk show in New York City. Stung by a relationship with new producer Ray Alden (Greg Kinnear) - who leads her on but has a change of heart just as they are about to move in together - she gets an apartment with the womanising Eddie Alden (Hugh ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,659 members
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  • Swordfish - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Hugh Jackman,  Halle Berry
    Director: Dominic Sena
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In present day California, computer hacker Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) is visited by the mysterious Ginger (Halle Berry), who asks him to help out with a complex plan organized by rogue government agent Gabriel Shear (John Travolta). Jobson has already been convicted once, and a second offence ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 3,659 members
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  • X-Men - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Anna Paquin,  Hugh Jackman,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Includes the following films based on Marvel superheroes: X-MEN, X-MEN 2, X-MEN - THE LAST STAND, ELEKTRA, DAREDEVIL, and FANTASTIC FOUR. In X-MEN, the titular characters are a team of mutant peacekeepers led by Professor Xavier assigned the task of protecting the human race against the sinister ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 2,834 members
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  • X-Men on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Anna Paquin,  Hugh Jackman,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Bryan Singer directs and co-writes this big screen adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic strip. Mutants Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Ian McKellen) are former friends, but look set to become mortal enemies when fascistic US senator Robert Frank Kelly calls for the registration ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 49,757 members
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  • Profile of a Serial Killer (1998)
    Starring: Rebecca Gibney,  Shane Feeney-Connor,  Hugh Jackman
    Director: Steve Jodrell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When several people are brutally murdered at a service station, Jane Halifax lends her forensic psychiatric skills to the police investigation that immediately follows. As the case progresses, she establishes a strange rapport with Ray Harvey, a mechanic that is the principal witness to the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 15 members
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  • Paperback Hero on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Andrew S. Gilbert,  Hugh Jackman,  Angie Milliken
    Director: Anthony J. Bowman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian truck driver Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman) has found huge success as a romantic novelist, but in order to avoid embarrassment he has assumed the name of his best friend Ruby Vale (Claudia Karvan) as a pen-name. When a big-city publisher arrives to sign 'Ruby' up in a megabucks deal, Jack ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,257 members
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  • Snowy River - The McGregor Saga (1993)
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Guy Pearce
    Director: Pino Amenta,  Tim Burstall
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    SNOWY RIVER, the Australian TV series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "Man from Snowy River," takes place in the late 19th century in a small mountain town outside of Melbourne. The program follows the dramatic story of Matt McGregor and his family as it plays out in the course of this charming, ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 18 members
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Hugh Jackman facts

5 most recent films

Movie 43 - 2.0 stars
The Wolverine - 3.5 stars
Movie 43 - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Les Miserables - 4.0 stars
Rise Of The Guardians - 3D Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Les Miserables - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Les Miserables - 4.0 stars
Rise Of The Guardians - 4.0 stars
The Prestige - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rise Of The Guardians - 3D Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Movie 43 - Blu-ray - 2.0 stars
Profile of a Serial Killer - 2.5 stars
Snowy River - The McGregor Saga - 2.5 stars
Snow Flower And The Secret Fan - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Halle Berry - 17 times - show films
Ian McKellen - 13 times - show films
Famke Janssen - 12 times - show films
Patrick Stewart - 12 times - show films
James Marsden - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bryan Singer - 12 times - show films
James Mangold - 5 times - show films
Brett Ratner - 4 times - show films
Dominic Sena - 4 times - show films
George Miller - 4 times - show films