Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman AC
Jackman at the premiere of Logan at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival
Born	Hugh Michael Jackman 12 October 1968 (age 50) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citizenship	Australia United Kingdom
Alma mater	Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts University of Technology Sydney
Occupation	Actor singer producer
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Deborra-Lee Furness (m. 1996)
Children	2
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Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968)^[1] is an Australian actor, singer, and producer. He is best known for playing Wolverine in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2018, a role for which he holds the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero". Jackman is also recognised for his lead roles in films such as the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action film Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the fantasy drama The Fountain (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the film version of Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), and the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), for which he received a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album. For playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

In Broadway theatre, Jackman won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in The Boy from Oz. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to performing arts and to the global community.

Wolverine (character)

Wolverine
Textless cover of The New Avengers #5 (March 2005). Art by David Finch.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Cameo appearance: The Incredible Hulk #180 (October 1974) Full appearance: The Incredible Hulk #181 (November 1974)
Created by	Roy Thomas Len Wein John Romita Sr.
In-story information
Alter ego	James Howlett
Species	Human mutant
Place of origin	Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
Team affiliations	X-Men Avengers Avengers Unity Squad Alpha Flight New Avengers New Fantastic Four Savage Avengers Weapon X X-Force
Notable aliases	Logan, Jeremiah Logan, Patch, Weapon X (Ten), Death, Mutate #9601, Emilio Garra, Weapon Chi, Experiment X, Agent Ten, Peter Richards, Mai' keth, Black Dragon, Captain Canada, Captain Terror, John Logan, Jim Logan
Abilities	Superhuman senses, and animal-like attributes Extended longevity via regenerative healing factor Adamantium-infused skeleton Retractable Adamantium claws Retractable bone claws Skilled hand-to-hand combatant and master martial artist

Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett;^[1] colloquial: Logan, Weapon X) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, mostly in association with the X-Men. He is a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, powerful regenerative ability known as a healing factor, and three retractable claws in each hand. Wolverine has been depicted variously as a member of the X-Men, Alpha Flight, and the Avengers.

The character appeared in the last panel of The Incredible Hulk #180 before having a larger role in #181 (cover-dated Nov. 1974). He was created by Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas,^[2] writer Len Wein,^[3] and Marvel art director John Romita Sr. Romita designed the character, although it was first drawn for publication by Herb Trimpe. Wolverine then joined a revamped version of the superhero team the X-Men, where eventually writer Chris Claremont and artist-writer John Byrne would play significant roles in the character's development. Artist Frank Miller collaborated with Claremont and helped revise the character with a four-part eponymous limited series from September to December 1982, which debuted Wolverine's catchphrase, "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice."