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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman takes on more than one role with DECEPTION. In addition to starring, Jackman, a partner in Seed Productions, a company he founded with John Palermo and Deborra-lee Furness, serves as one of the film's producers. DECEPTION is Seed's first feature production, with many future projects already in development.

An Australian native, Jackman made his first major U.S. film appearance as Wolverine in the first installment of the X-Men franchise, a role he reprised in X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. He again takes on the role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, due in theaters in 2009.

Jackman will also soon star opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, which opens everywhere December 2008.

Recently, he starred in Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, and Woody Allen's Scoop. In addition, he lent his voice to the animated features Happy Feet and Flushed Away. Other leading roles include Someone Like You, Swordfish, Van Helsing, and Kate and Leopold, for which he received a 2002 Golden Globe nomination.

For his portrayal of the 1970s singer-songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, Jackman received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World awards.

Previous theater credits include Carousel at Carnegie Hall, Oklahoma! at the National Theater in London (Olivier Award nomination), Sunset Boulevard (MO Award - Australia's Tony Award) and Disney's Beauty and the Beast (MO Award nomination).

Jackman's career began in Australia in the independent films Paperback Hero and Erskineville Kings (Australian Film Critics' Circle Best Actor award and The Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination). In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention.


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Hugh Jackman Facts

Birth Name Hugh Michael Jackman
OccupationActor, Musician
BirthdayOctober 12, 1968 (55)
SignLibra
BirthplaceSydney, Australia
Height6' 2½" (1m89)  How tall is Hugh Jackman compared to you?
Social Media RealHughJackman

Selected Filmography

Happy Feet
Rise Of the Guardians
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Les Miserables
Chappie
Logan
Real Steel
Flushed Away
X-Men
Australia
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