Hugh Michael Jackman

BIOGRAPHICAL INFO

• NAME: Hugh Michael Jackman
• BORN: 12 October 1968 in Sydney, NSW, Australia
• HEIGHT: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
• HAIR: Brown
• EYES: Hazel. He is terribly near-sighted and has extremely blurry vision when he isn't wearing contacts.
• Left-handed.

SPOUSE: Actress/director Deborra-Lee Furness, 1996-present.
CHILDREN: The Jackmans have two adopted children:

• Son Oscar Maximillian, born in May 15th, 2000.
• Daughter Ava Eliot, born in July 10th, 2005.

FAMILY: Family emigrated to Australia from England before Hugh was born. Youngest of 5 children. His parents separated when he was 8. His mother then moved to England, leaving his father to raise him and his four siblings by himself in Australia.

• Father, Chris, is a retired accountant in Sydney.
• Mother, Grace, lives in the UK.
• Two brothers, two sisters and one half-sister.

SCHOOLING:

• Hugh attended Knox Grammar School, an elite all-boys school in Wahroonga, NSW.
• He holds a Communications degree with a Journalism major from the University of Technology in Sydney.
• After deciding to pursue acting, he followed a stint at the Actors' Center in Sydney (a year acting program called "The Journey") by graduating from the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS:

• Hugh's experience as a television presenter in Australia includes In Fashion, co-hosted by Melissa Hoyer on Foxtel; emceeing the Fox Studios Australia opening celebration in Sydney; and Hugh Jackman's West End, a Foxtel special on London's theater scene.
• In the States he has served as emcee for the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Awards three times in a row: in 2003, 2004 and 2005, from Radio City Music Hall, NYC.
• Additional Theater credits: Romeo & Juliet (Romeo); Translations (Hugh); Tonight We Improvise (Abette), Barbarians (Maxim Gorky)
• Additional TV Credits: The Law of the Land (Chicka McCray)

Filmography:

Source: Jackman's Landing, IMDb