•Full name: Hugh Michael Jackman
•Nicknames: Hughey (family nickname), Worm (because he was so tall and skinny as a teen), Bear (at WAAPA), Jack Human
•Date of birth: Saturday October 12 1968
•Place of birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
•Height: 6' 2½" (189 cm)
•Hair: Short, fairly brown
•Marital status: Married to actress/director Deborra-Lee Furness since April 1996
•Children: Two adopted children; son Oscar Maximilian Jackman (born 2000) and daugther Ava Eliot Jackman (born 2005).

•Family: Hugh is of English heritage. Father Chris Jackman, an accountant and mother Grace Watson, a psychologist. Hugh's parents have divorced, and his relationship to his mother, who moved back to England after the divorce without him, is strained. Six siblings; Older brothers Ian and Ralph, older sisters Sonya and Zoe (from Chris and Grace's marriage). Hugh also has a much younger half-sister, related to him from his mother's side. Isn't well acquainted with her.
•Education: Knox Grammar School, an elite all-boys school in Wahroonga, NSW; graduated from the University of Technology in Sydney with a degree in Communications; graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 1994.
•Claim to Fame: Hugh's performance as mutant Wolverine in Bryan Singer's X-Men (2000).
•Hobbies: Playing the piano, going outdoors, golf, windsurfing.

•Favorite drink: Gin & Tonic
•Favorite food: Sushi
•Favorite play: Shakespeare's Henry V
•Favorite movies (as a child): the Friday the 13th series
•Favorite words: 'Panache'. His favorite curseword is 'bullshit'.

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