Hugh Jackman

Academy Award-nominated actor Hugh Jackman is celebrated as both an action film icon, namely Wolverine in the X-Men franchise, and as a song and dance man known for lead roles on Broadway (The Boy from Oz) and on the big screen (Les Misérables, The Greatest Showman). Born Hugh Michael Jackman in Sydney in 1968, he only began to consider acting as a profession after taking his first drama class during his final year at the University of Technology Sydney, solely to fulfill credit requirements. He finished his B.A. in communications, then studied acting for a year at the Actor...