Hugh JackmanFilmography

Born:: October 12, 1968 in Sydney, Australia
Occupation:: Actor, Producer
Biography:: A star in his native Australia thanks to his work on television and in musical theatre, actor Hugh Jackman became known to American audiences through his role as Logan/Wolverine in Bryan Singer's lavish adaptation of the popular Marvel comic X-Men (2000). Born of English parentage in Sydney on...Read More

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Drive

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman

Synopsis: Director Neil Marshall (Doomsday) brings James Sallis' high-octane novel Drive to the big-screen blacktop with this Universal Pictures production starring Hugh Jackman as a stuntman on the run from contract killers. The noir action thriller was adapted by Hossein Amini (Killshot), with producing Read More

1/1/11
Unbound Captives

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Robert Pattinson

Synopsis: Madeleine Stowe makes her directorial debut with this long-gestating period production starring Rachel Weisz as a woman whose two children are kidnapped and husband killed in a skirmish with a Comanche tribe in the 1850s. Hugh Jackman plays a frontiersman who saves her and Twilight's Robert Read More

1/1/10
Ghostopolis

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman

Synopsis: Hugh Jackman produces and stars in this Buena Vista adaptation of Doug TenNapel's comic-book surrounding a ghost hunter's search for a young boy stuck in a ghostly netherworld. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/10
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Ryan Reynolds

Synopsis: The gruff, adamantium-clawed Marvel superhero Wolverine strikes out on his own in this X-Men spin-off starring series regular Hugh Jackman. The story gets under way as the boy who will become Wolverine makes a shocking discovery about his family bloodline, and gains a brother in the process. Flash Read More

5/1/09
The Burning Season

2009
3 Days in Europe

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Garner

Synopsis: Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Garner star as a couple thrust into a madcap adventure while on a Valentine's Day vacation. Based on the Oni Press graphic novel, the Warner Bros. picture marks one of the first co-productions made with Garner's Vandalia Films. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Australia

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson

Synopsis: Set against the scenic backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Hugh Jackman as the rough-and-tumble cattle driver who helps protect her property from greedy English cattle Read More

11/26/08
Deception

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman, Andrew Ginsburg, Maggie Q

Synopsis: A disconnected accountant finds his mundane life injected with a new sense of urgency after striking up a friendship with a charismatic attorney in director Marcel Langenegger's sexually charged action thriller. Jonathan (Ewan McGregor) is an accountant who has lost his passion in life. When his Read More

4/25/08
Carousel

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman

Synopsis: When ill-tempered carnival barker Billy Bigelow (Hugh Jackman) is killed during a botched bank-robbery, his spiritual guides give him one day to return to Earth and straighten the path of a rebellious teenager in this remake of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Read More

2008
The Amateur

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman

Synopsis: When a CIA cryptographer discovers that terrorists were to blame for the tragic plane crash which claimed the life of his fiancée, he convinces his bosses to train him for a dangerous revenge mission in this action-packed spy film adapted from the novel by Robert Littell and starring Hugh Jackman. Read More

2008
Viva Laughlin [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Lloyd Owen, Mädchen Amick, Eric Winter, D.B. Woodside, P. J. Byrne

Synopsis: Heaviliy promoted by CBS before its "preview" unveiling on October 18, 2007--and its subsequent "official" debut on October 21--Viva Laughlin was based on the British series Viva Blackpool. The nominal hero was Ripley Holden (Lloyd Owen), a minor-league casino owner who hoped to hit it big with a Read More

2007
The Fountain

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie

Synopsis: Requiem for a Dream director Darren Aronofsky switches gears from drug-induced urban malaise to abstract science fiction with this time-tripping symbolic tale of a man's thousand-year quest to save the woman he loves. Moving between representational stories and images, this meditation on life and Read More

11/22/06
Happy Feet

Actors: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin

Synopsis: In the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some fancy footwork Read More

11/17/06
Flushed Away

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy

Synopsis: A previously pampered society mouse must fight his way back to the comforts of Kensington after he is sent spiraling into an underground world filled with scavenger rats and villainous toads in a fun-filled family adventure produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Features and featuring the Read More

11/3/06
The Prestige

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Rebecca Hall

Synopsis: Obsession, jealousy, and deceit define the tense relationship shared between two turn-of-the-century magicians in Memento and Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan's dizzying tale of sleight of hand. Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are London-based magicians of Read More

10/20/06
Scoop

Actors: Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Ian McShane, Charles Dance

Synopsis: Both laughs and thrills are on the masthead in this comedy drama about a would-be reporter written and directed by Woody Allen. Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson) is an American journalism student who travels to England to visit friends. While in London, she attends a magic show where magician Read More

7/28/06
X-Men: The Last Stand

Crew: Producer

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin

Synopsis: The explosive X-Men motion picture trilogy officially draws to a close with this release that finds Rush Hour director Brett Ratner stepping in for Bryan Singer to tell the tale of a newly discovered mutant "cure," and the polarizing effect it has on mutant/man relations. With the pressure on Read More

5/24/06
Van Helsing

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley, Elena Anaya, Will Kemp, Kevin J. O'Connor, Alun Armstrong

Synopsis: The greatest monster hunter of them all has his work cut out for him as he tracks down three deadly foes in this action-adventure saga. Gabriel Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is a man who has dedicated his life to battling evil forces who exist outside the bounds of nature; Van Helsing's work has not Read More

5/7/04
Van Helsing: The London Assignment

Actors: Hugh Jackman

Synopsis: Van Helsing: The London Assignment offers a glimpse into the title character's life before he became a renowned monster hunter, and chronicles the sequence of events leading to his acceptance of the position. With the city being terrorized by nightly crime sprees, the Knights of the Holy Order Read More

2004
58th Annual Tony Awards

2004
X2: X-Men United

Actors: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry

Synopsis: When a failed assassination attempt occurs on the President's (Cotter Smith) life by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), it's Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his School for Gifted Youngsters who are targeted for the crime. While Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Storm (Halle Berry Read More

5/2/03
Kate and Leopold

Actors: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin Meyer

Synopsis: Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius Read More

12/21/01
Swordfish

Actors: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones

Synopsis: Director Dominic Sena follows up his stylish action film Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) with this high-tech thriller. John Travolta stars as Gabriel Shear, a charismatic spy who plots to steal a multi-billion-dollar fortune in illegal government funds. In order to make his scheme work, however, Gabriel Read More

6/8/01
Someone Like You

Actors: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin

Synopsis: Based on Laura Zigman's 1998 novel Animal Husbandry, this romantic comedy centers on Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd), a talk-show producer who finds herself suddenly abandoned by her boyfriend (Greg Kinnear). After this untimely breakup, Jane begins to develop a thesis that male behavior is directly Read More

3/30/01
Saturday Night Live: Hugh Jackman

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Mick Jagger

Synopsis: This 2001 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Hugh Jackman and features musical guest Mick Jagger. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

2001
X-Men

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, James Marsden

Synopsis: One of the most popular superhero teams in comic book history finally comes to the screen in this big-budget adaptation of the long-running Marvel Comics series. Psychic Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) leads a school of skilled mutants called X-Men, a peacekeeping force to safeguard the world Read More

7/14/00
Paperback Hero

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken, Andrew S. Gilbert, Jeanie Drynan

Synopsis: Unrequited love and mistaken identity are the lynchpins of this romantic comedy from Australia. Ruby Vale (Claudia Karvan) is a pretty but no-nonsense young woman who lives in a small village in the Aussie outback, where she runs the only diner in town. She's engaged to marry Hamish (Andrew S. Gilbert Read More

1999
Erskineville Kings

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Anik Chooney, Aaron Blabey, Andrew Wholley, Joel Edgerton

Synopsis: Australian director Alan White creates this bleak but gorgeously photographed urban drama about life in Sydney's seedy inner suburbs. Hoping to escape his dad's drunken and abusive behavior, Barky runs away from home to cut cane in the north of the country. Two years later, he returns to his Read More

1999
Oklahoma!

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle, Maureen Lipman

Synopsis: Before hitting it big stateside in 2000's X-Men, Hugh Jackman impressed London audiences with his performance as Curly in director Trevor Nunn's wildly successful revival of Oklahoma!, a live performance of which was captured for this television and video broadcast. Shot at the Royal National Read More

1999
Profile of a Serial Killer

Actors: Rebecca Gibney

Synopsis: Steve Jordell's thriller Profile of a Serial Killer stars Rebecca Gibney as a forensic psychologist who must stop a serial killer with the help of a police detective played by Hugh Jackman. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
Halifax F.P. [TV Series]

Actors: Rebecca Gibney, Shane Feeney-Connor, Hugh Jackman, Susan Lyons, Catherine Wilkin

Synopsis: Rebecca Gibney starred as forensic psychiatrist Jane Halifax in this off-and-on Australian drama series. Because of her frequent delvings into the "dark side" of humanity, Jane was unable to place full trust in anyone, least of all the police officials for whom she worked. Thus, whenever involved Read More

1997
Correlli [TV Series]

Actors: Deborrah-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman

1995