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Hugh Michael Jackman was born on October 12,1968,in Sydney in Australia.The youngest of five children, Jackman was 8 years old when his mother left the family and he his siblings were largely raised by ther father.
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He got married with Deborra-Lee Furness on 11 April 1996 at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne.They met on the set of Australian TV show Correlli.
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Jackman is perhaps best knows for the Wolverine in the American film X-MEN. He had the leading role in this film.
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He acted in Swordfish, Kate and Leopold .
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He played in Van Helsing.
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He won a Tony Award for his lead role in Broadway's The Boy from Oz .
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He received an Emmy Award for his turn as host of the 2005 Tony Awards.
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Jackman leant his voice to two animated feature films: Flushed Away and Happy Feet.
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Hugh Jackman was offered the role of James Bond in the 2006 film Casino Royale, but turned it down
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He did some work on the small screen as well, appearing in the short-lived musical dramatic series Viva Laughlin.
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Jackman's highly anticipated work with fellow Australians Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrmann was released. Epic in its scope, Australia tells the story of an English woman (Kidman) who travels to the outback to find her husband, and ends up fighting for the land she inherited after his death. She is helped by a local man, played by Jackman, and the two become an unlikely romantic couple.
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Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards.
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Jackman helped bring one of the most famous musicals of all time to the big screen: He had a role in Les Miserables with Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried and Russell Crowe. In the film, Jackman plays Jean Valjean, a former prisoner who tries to hold on to the new life he has built for himself.
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Jackman received a Golden Globe Award (best actor in a musical or comedy) for his Les Miserables performance. For his acclaimed role in Les Mis, Jackman was nominated for an Academy Award in 2013 in the category of Best Actor, but lost to Daniel Day-Lewis for his role in Lincoln.
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Jackman was diagnosed with had basal-cell carcinoma removed from his nose.
