The original name of Hugh Jackman is Hugh Michael Jackman. He was born on 12 October in the year 1968 in Pymble, New South Wales. He is an Australian television and film actor. Hugh Jackman is the youngest of all the five siblings in his family. He was born to Chris Jackman and Grace Watson. Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman did his schooling from Pymble Public School and then continued his education in Knox Grammar School.
Jackman worked as a clown for children's parties on part time basis in the Shell station located in Wahroonga. He continued his higher education in the University of Technology, Sydney. Hugh Jackman completed his graduation with BA in Communications and had his major subject as journalism. He then attended the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts that was under the Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia. From there he graduated in the year 1994.
Some of the early films where Jackman acted were Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero. His also worked in television series like Correlli, Halifax f.p., The Man from Snowy River, Law of the Land and Blue Heelers. Before 1998 Bledisloe Cup he sang the Australian National Anthem in the Melbourne Cricket Ground before an audience of 100,000 people.
He also acted on stage. HughJackman played the role of Gaston in the play Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. He also starred in Summa Cabaret in 1998. He also remained host for Sydney's Carols and Melbourne's Carols. In the year 2000, he played the role of Wolverine in the hit movie X-Men. He also worked in the film’s sequels. In the year 2001, Hugh Jackman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. This was for his role as Leopold in the movie Kate & Leopold.
In the year 2001, Hugh Jackman starred in Swordfish, besides Halle Berry and John Travolta. |
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Jackman also sang for the character called Billy Bigelow in the film Carousel in a concert which was held at the Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, New York City in the year 2002. He bagged the Tony Award for his Broadway performance of a character called Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. He also hosted the Tony Awards function for three consecutive years, in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He won the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Individual Performer in a Variety, Musical or Comedy program” in the year 2005.
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