• Name: Hugh Jackman
  
• Birth Name: Hugh Michael Jackman
  
• Height: 6' 3"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Australian
  
• Birth Date: October 12, 1968
  
• Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: University of Technology in Sydney (majored in Communications; graduated; B.A.)
  
•   : Actor's Center, Sydney, Australia
  
•   : Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Australia
  
• Husband/Wife: Deborra-Lee Furness (Australian; actress; born in 1960; married in February 1996)
  
• Father: Chris Jackman (British; separated in1976)
  
• Sister: Sonya Jackman (older)
  
• Brother: Ian and Ralph Jackman (both are older)
  
• Son: Oscar Maximilian Jackman (adopted; born on May 15, 2000)
  
• Claim to fame: as Wolverine in X-Men in 2000
  

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• “Now I meet people with full-color Wolverine tattoos on their backs. Thank God I did okay, because I think if I hadn't, they'd spit on me in the street.”
• Talking about an X-MEN Kissing scene: “I had to lay down there and think of England as one by one they bring out the girls. It was a very tough morning... After each girl had finished, the crew would hold up scorecards.”

• Tony Awards: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Award, The Boy from Oz (2004)
• TDF-Astaire Awards: Best Male Dancer in Theater (2004)
• Saturn Award: Best Actor, X-MEN (2001)
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Actor - Male, ERSKINEVILLE KINGS (2000)
• Australian Movie Convention: Australian Star of the Year (1999)
• Variety Club, Mo and Green Room Award: best male actor in a musical, SUNSET BOULEVRAD

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