Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor and producer (Film producer) who is involved in film, musical theatre and television. He has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters. He is well known from his role as Wolverine (Wolverine (comics)) in the X-Men (X-Men (film series)) series, plus Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing (Van Helsing (film)), The Prestige (The Prestige (film)), and Australia (Australia (2008 film)). Jackman is a singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.

In November 2008, Open Salon named Hugh Jackman one of the sexiest men alive. Later that same month, People (People magazine) magazine named Jackman "Sexiest Man Alive."

A three-time host of the Tony Awards, Jackman hosted the 81st Academy Awards on February 22, 2009.

Jackman has been invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If he accepts, he will be inducted in September 2009.