Hugh Jackman

The Hollywood star today has a multimillion-dollar army of fans, the most important awards in the field of cinema and theater, and films with Hugh Jackman are very popular. World fame brought the actor the role of mutant Wolverine from the film universe "X-Men."

Hugh Michael Jackman was born in Sydney, under the zodiac constellation Libra, in 1968. His English parents came to Australia as part of a programme to develop the Green Continent. Paternal ancestors are Greeks by nationality.

The head of the family Christopher Jackman worked as an accountant, mother Grace Watson was engaged in household and children. Hugh has sisters Sonia and zoe and brothers Ian and Ralph.

After the birth of her youngest son, Grace developed postpartum depression, and the boy lived with his godmothers for a year and a half. But even after his return home, the problems did not go away. Grace couldn't get used to a foreign country.

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One day, returning from school, Jackman got into an empty house - his mother went to London. A few years later, the woman took her daughters, and the sons remained in the care of her father. The actor only established a relationship with his mother in 2011.

At school, Hugh Jackman became interested in basketball and even became the captain of the team. Afterwards, the boy chose the University of Technology in Sydney, where he studied at the Faculty of Journalism. During this period, he grasped at any work, as his parents could not support his son financially. Hugh worked at a gas station and restaurant, entertained children in the mall as a clown.

Jackman was offered to choose additional courses for the final study at the university. He settled on the dramatic art, so carried away that he decided to continue his education in the theater university. After graduating as a journalist, Jackman enrolled in the Australian Academy of Fine Arts.

The Australian actor has a strong family. Hugh Jackman's personal life was set to a head in 1996 when he met Deborra-Lee Furness on the set of Corelli. Despite the fact that the wife is 13 years older than her husband, the couple are considered one of the strongest in the Hollywood Hills.

By the way, because of the age difference Deborra at first did not respond to the signs of attention Hugh and gave up only when my mother advised not to worry about such a small occasion. And Jackman's father asked if his son's choice was related to the feeling of lack of maternal care.

Furness, winner of the Australian Film Critics Award, is a producer for Seed Productions, founded by the couple with John Palermo, producer of X-Men: The Beginning. Wolverine." The debut project of the studio was the TV series "Viva Laughlin", which was released in 2007.

On the part of children the couple had a plan - to get two own, and then to adopt more. Only the second point was realized. The son of Oscar Maximilian is not white, ava's daughter Eliot is half German, half Mexican.

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Furness and Jackman were present at the birth of the boy and deliberately took a child with a skin color that many adoptive parents scares away. In addition, the actor's wife helps families and single women from African countries to get bank loans and start a business.

In 2017, there were rumors that the star couple is on the verge of divorce. It's because of Hugh's constant travels, while Deborra stays in Australia. The representative of the actor had to make an official rebuttal.

Three years later, the paparazzi found another reason for Ferness's jealousy, attributing her to a faithful affair with Brooke Shields. The very attentive saw that the man stopped wearing the wedding ring.

However, Jackman still feels the second half of the feeling, as on the first day and considers his marriage exemplary. The couple split for a maximum of 36 hours. Distance for them is not a hindrance: if the head of the family is removed somewhere, the rest necessarily come to him.

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In his spare time, Hugh Jackman plays golf, windsurfing and meditation. The actor does not smoke and even to scenes of tobacco use in the films is negative.

In 2013, the media spread information that the movie star almost dies of skin cancer. It soon became clear that Hugh was ill with a mild form of basal cell carcenoma, which fortunately metastases only 10% of cases. So the state of health of the celebrity does not cause fears.

The actor, who has undergone more than one operation and does not deny that there may be tumors, on the page "Instagram" publishes photos in bandages and calls for the use of sunscreen. In the interview, Jackman admitted that in his youth, although he lived on the continent, where all year round summer, did not know what could turn out excessive insulation.

As a philanthropist Hugh supports organizations fighting global warming and poverty, the Australian Bone Marrow Institute and the creative community the Art of Elysium. Proceeds from his network of coffee shops go to the Laughing Man Foundation, which funds educational programs.

Hugh Jackman's creative biography would be incomplete without mention of his theatrical work. Here the artist has achieved no less success than in cinema. After graduating from a theatrical high school in Australia, Hugh, who knew how to sing and dance perfectly, noted in the musicals "Beauty and the Beast" and "Sunset Boulevard". Both received several awards and warm reviews from critics.

In the late 1990s, the actor received an invitation from the National Royal Theatre in London to play in the musical "Oklahoma!" The production was a huge success, and Jackman was twice nominated for the highest theater award of Great Britain named After Laurence Olivier. Since then, Hugh often plays on Broadway. A bright performance on stage and in a movie gave him the right to be among the best actors in Australia in 1999.

In 2003, Jackman was asked to play in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera", but he refused and preferred the production of "The Boy from Oz" by his countryman Peter Allen. The performance was a year and received record fees. The actor himself won the so-called "Triple Crown of Broadway" (major theater awards). Today, Hugh is the only artist to receive all the major awards in one season.

Hugh Jackman's cinematic biography began in his student years. In 1994, the young actor was offered a role in the action series "Corelli" about a men's prison. The female psychologist was played by the future wife of Deborra-Lee Furness. Hugh portrayed her most troubled patient, the inmate Jones.

Over the next four years, Hugh starred in several TV series. And in 1998, the artist was offered the main role in the film "Hero of her novel." The actor's turning point was 1999, when he was confirmed at the last moment as Wolverine in the Hollywood film X-Men.

In 2001, Jackman was offered a central role in the comedy film "Kate and Leo". For the image of the nobleman Leopold, charming and romantic, the actor is nominated for a Golden Globe. In the same year, Hugh, along with John Travolta and Halle Berry starred in the action film "Swordfish Password". From that moment on, Jackman chooses which film to star in, and this choice is not always determined by the size of the fee.

In 2004, the actor starred as a vampire hunter in Stephen Sommers's fantasy film Van Helsing. Despite the fact that the film revealed a number of factual errors, it brought huge commercial fees. Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham and others helped Jackman to create a unique atmosphere.

Yes, you didn't think so! It's really Svetlana Hodchenkova or Hugh Jackman. The frame was taken during the filming of the film...

Projects with a fantastic or historical plot in Hugh's career a lot. The actor was involved in the action film "Living Steel" about the struggle of people and androids, the thriller "Robot named Chappy", in which the mechanisms with artificial intelligence are in no way inferior to people, in not the most successful film for family viewing "Pen: Journey to Netlandia."

In 2006, Hugh appeared in the comedy film "Sensation" of the legendary Woody Allen. He played a promising young politician, an aristocrat, who was mistaken for a maniac-killer. The truth is revealed by the ambitious heroine Scarlett Johansson. In the same year Jackman starred in the film "Prestige" Christopher Nolan, where brilliantly portrayed the magician-illusionist Enger.

Added popularity to the artist and the film "Australia", released in 2008. Here Jackman was paired with Nicole Kidman. In the film, Hugh's hero helps to survive the English aristocrat during World War II.

In 2012, director Tom Hooper invited Jackman to star in his film Les Miserables. The film has collected many awards and film awards, and Hugh won a Golden Globe. In December of that year, the Australian actor's star appeared on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Forbs magazine ranked him among the most influential men. The top three then included Robert Downey Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Most film critics consider Hugh Jackman's best role in "The Captives." This detective thriller was released in 2013 and is nominated for an Oscar and three times for "Sputnik" and received an award from the National Council of American Film Critics. In addition, the film was included in the list of the 10 best films of 2013. Jackman's partners in the project include antagonist Jake Gyllenhaal and victim Paul Dano.

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Jackman often becomes a hero of commercials. Sports man (height - 188 cm, weight - 80 kg) with a charming smile chose the role of ambassador company Montblanc, manufacturer of luxury accessories. In the language of dance, the actor talked about the advantages of products brand "Lipton", sat behind the wheel of premium cars "Audi" and "Toyota."

On the basis of advertising there was a kind of "reconciliation" Hugh with Ryan Reynolds. Colleagues constantly poked fun at each other both in life and in film projects. Reynolds eventually directed an advertisement for Laughing Man Coffee, whose face and owner is Jackman. In response, he received a video about the brand of gin Aviation, which he represents.

In 2019, Hugh went on a world tour with The Man. The Music. The Show, which sings songs from The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and other songs from Broadway productions.

Next in the filmography of Hugh Jackman appeared another biopic dedicated to the candidate for the U.S. presidential candidate Senator Gary Hart. In the film "How not to become president", the main character cheated on his wife, which eventually led to the failure of the election campaign and led to the leadership of George H.W. Bush. Jackman's screen wife was played by Vera Farmiga.

Dugray Scott refused to work in the marvel, as the filming schedule of "People" coincided with the sequel "Mission Impossible". Director Bryan Singer saw in the image of comic book star friend Russell Crowe. But he worried that the superhero would be associated with the just-released "Gladiator".

He offered a replacement in Jackman's face. The film, released in 2000, was an incredible success. Wolverine's role brought the actor worldwide fame.

The main problem for Hugh was the personality of the character, little-spoken, but in the soul experiencing a storm of emotions. In the process of finding a solution to the problem, the actor realized that the source of inspiration can be his own life experience. Memories of a mother who abandoned the family, awakened in Jackman fear, loneliness and anger, which was required by the plot of the picture.

In addition, in determining the character of Wolverine, the actor was helped by projects of colleagues - "Dirty Harry" Clint Eastwood and "Mad Max" Mel Gibson. He gained relief musculature thanks to the advice of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the star of "Jumanji" and "Force", and the psyche was trained on stanislavsky's system - doused with cold water.

Hugh's wife, by the way, on the first three pages of the script concluded that the story of the mutant - ridiculous, and the husband should not be filmed there. Deborra convinced Deborra of the commercial success of the action movie.

In 2003, Hugh Jackman was involved in the sequel to the film that made him a star - "X-Men - 2", and in 2009 appeared as a cameo "X-Men: The Beginning. Wolverine." In the sixth film about mutants, the company of Hollywood celebrity was Svetlana Khodchenkova. Jackman noted that Russia should be proud of such an actress:

Hugh expressed a willingness to play Wolverine as long as he was interested. Thus, "X-Men: First Class," "X-Men: Apocalypse" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past" were released. Employment in the project did not allow Jackman to star in the next part of the Bond, which he later regretted. Holy place is never empty, then the role got Daniel Craig.

According to other information, Hugh asked to change the script of the story about agent 007, because he found the plot implausible. Hearing the refusal, he chose to reject the invitation.

In 2017, the fantastic action movie "Logan" was filmed, after which the actor said that he was tired of the image of the "clawed result of a genetic experiment", which upset fans. Footage from previous tapes appeared as goodbye in the superhero movie Deadpool 2, and then Reynolds promised to persuade a friend not to abandon the Wolverine story.

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However, Hugh is categorical. And even though the filming in "X-Men" was amusing, sometimes bordering on indecency, as Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy talked about on The Graham Norton Show, there's no further path.

Jackman only worries that the role in the future is not given to Daniel Day-Lewis, who in this image is able to get an Oscar. He himself supported the candidacy of Tom Hardy.

The fact that his film hero set the Guinness Book of Longevity record did not influence the decision of the actor: Wolverine spent 16 years and 228 days on the screen. The same period was given to the mutant Charles Xavier, played by Patrick Stewart. However, the record was subsequently taken by Robert Downey Jr. with his Iron Man.

Apparently, this is something unusual Jackman saw in the biographical musical "The Greatest Showman" about the famous circus entrepreneur Phineas Taylor Barnum. The soundtrack for "This Is Me" is awarded the Golden Globes and is nominated for an Academy Award and a Grammy. The lead actor was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical/comedy, but the award went to James Franco.

Fans saw a greeting from Logan in "The Greatest Showman" - crossed claws framed by the opening credits. Wolverine almost appeared as a cameo in the first Spider-Man. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jackman admitted that the only obstacle to collaborating with Sam Raimi was the disappearance of the costume from the warehouses of the film studio. The costume from the first X-Men is kept at Hugh's house.

Hugh is now awaiting an evaluation of his own work in the film "Bad Parenting", which also includes Allison Janney, Alex Wolfe, Ray Romano. In the center of the plot, based on the director's memories of his own childhood - the character of Jackman, the head of the school campus, spending budget money on personal pleasures. At the same time, the director's colleagues become part of this scheme and cover the machinations of the bosses.

The film was written and produced by Mike Makowski, a former student at the school who was led by $11 million spender Frank Tasson, who portrayed the main character. The film was released on HBO in April 2020.

In the spring of 2019, the premiere of the animated film "The Lost Link" was held, in which the voice of the actor speaks naturalist. In the expedition, the hero stumbles upon an outwardly terrible, but essentially a good monster and believes that it is the missing link between man and monkey. The project has a serious budget for the cartoon of $100 million.

Hugh Jackman's plans include the action-packed "The Good Spy", dedicated to the CIA agent Robert Ames, who died in 1983. The film was directed by Baltasar Kormakur, author of "Two Stems" and "Everest".

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The director of the sci-fi film "Memories" was the author of the script "World of the Wild West" Lisa Joy. The actor stars in the film with Rebecca Ferguson. Hugh transforms into a private detective, extracting from human memory the past. One day the hero falls in love with a client who suddenly disappears. Ee searches lead to an influential family, dealing with murder and drug trafficking.

Fans of the Broadway show, Jackman presented the reanimated "Man of Music," a famous 1950s production that won a Grammy and five Tony Awards. He played a crook who stole money intended for the orchestra for a performance.

In the spring of 2020, Hugh joined a flash mob about how not to contract coronavirus. On social media, the actor showed a video in which he washes his hands. Not all subscribers rated the news positively. Some of them noted that Jackman is irrationally wasting water resources - does not turn off the faucet.

The man decided not to enter into a debate, and replaced the post with a new one, in which the water no longer flows while he washes his hands.

2000 - "X-Men"

2001 - "Swordfish Password"

2003 - "X-Men 2"

2004 - Van Helsing

2006 - "The Fountain"

2008 - "Australia"

2009 - "X-Men: The Beginning. Wolverine"

2011 - "Living Steel"

2013 - "The Captives"

2014 - "Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb"

2016 - "Eddie the Eagle"

2017 - "Logan"

2018 - "How not to become president"

2020 - "The Bad Education"

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Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2021

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.3M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $563.1K - $1.7M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2020

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.6M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $936.6K - $1.5M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2019

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.2M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $900.1K - $1.7M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2018

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.7M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $873K - $1.5M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2017

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.8M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $794.9K - $1.8M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2016

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.2M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $918.5K - $1.3M.

Hugh Jackman Net Worth 2015

Hugh Jackman 's revenue is $1.1M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Hugh Jackman and could vary in the range between $975.5K - $2M.

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