Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman is one of Hollywood's hottest properties. He has become an international superstar thanks to his role as Wolverine in the X-Men Series, and is loved by fans worldwide thanks to his extremely varied career as an actor and producer in film, television and musical theatre. Born in Sydney, Australia in 1968, Hugh studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He went on to star in several musical theatre productions before gaining international recognition on London's West End in a critically acclaimed production of Oklahoma! for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor. Hugh Jackman's Hollywood break came in 2000 when he was cast as Wolverine in the box office hits X-Men. In 2004 he won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance in The Boy From Oz. But returning to the silver screen Hugh starred both in 2006 animated hit Happy Feet and alongside Nicole Kidman in Australia. This is the amazing story of a true showbiz star.