Following the departure of his mother, Hugh was raised in Sydney by his father Christopher alongside siblings Ian and Ralph. His sisters Zoe and Sonia accompanied their mother overseas following her divorce from Christopher.
His parents divorced when he was eight, and Jackman remained in Australia with his father and two brothers, while his mother moved back to England with Jackman's two sisters. As a child, Jackman liked the outdoors, spending much time at the beach and on camping trips and school holidays all over Australia.
The actor, 54, has previously discussed how his mother “abandoned” her family in Australia and returned to the UK when he was just eight years old, leaving her husband, Christopher Jackman, to raise the actor and his siblings alone.
Jackman grew up in Sydney, and he made his acting debut as King Arthur in a production of Camelot when he was just five years old. After graduating in 1991 from the University of Technology, Sydney, with a degree in communications, Jackman began working temporary jobs to pay for classes at the Actors Centre Australia.
The pair decided to adopt Oscar as a newborn after Furness suffered multiple miscarriages. “It was not easy. It was difficult, obviously particularly on Deb,” the “Wolverine” star told People in 2017. “I remember saying to her, 'We were always going to adopt — let's just adopt now.
Jackman now understands that his mother was suffering from undiagnosed postnatal depression at the time of her departure. "The thing I never felt – and I know this might sound strange – I never felt that my mum didn't love me," he explained to the Australian Women's Weekly.
Jackman has long enjoyed a reputation as one of Hollywood's nicest A-listers, to the extent that he has to deny it. “I'm not always nice,” he says. “I've had my moments on set, for sure, when I haven't been nice.
Hugh Jackman sent shockwaves through his fan base after revealing that he underwent two biopsies due to the risk of suffering from basal cell carcinoma, which is a form of skin cancer.
Jackman was born in Sydney, New South Wales, to Grace McNeil (Greenwood) and Christopher John Jackman, an accountant. He is the youngest of five children. His parents, both English, moved to Australia shortly before his birth. He also has Greek (from a great-grandfather) and Scottish (from a grandmother) ancestry.
Hugh Jackman Says He Damaged His Vocal Cords Playing Wolverine By 'Grunting' and 'Yelling' Actor Hugh Jackman, known for his role as the Wolverine, said that he might have permanently damaged his vocal cords by constantly grunting and yelling.
Hugh and Deborra-Lee Jackman are the parents of two children, whom they adopted as young children: Oscar, 23 and Ava, 18. “To be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt. So that was always in our plan,” Hugh Jackman told Katie Couric in 2012.
His life goal as a young man was to be an international freelance journalist. He got a degree in journalism before turning to acting. In the comics, Wolverine stands 5-feet-3-inches, however Jackman stands a whole foot taller than his character, at 6'2 ½. Was a PE teacher before becoming an actor.
Showing actors smoking is an artistic choice in modern movies, but, luckily, Jackman is known to enjoy cigars in his personal life too. Because of this, smoking in movies is no big deal for the Aussie-born actor.
Sporting a bandage on his nose, the Wolverine actor took to social media to urge followers to get checked and follow sun safety advice. The 54-year-old star said he expects test results within the next few days. Jackman had his first skin cancer removed in 2013, and has since had at least six procedures.
Jackman told the BBC the subject matter of the film and returning to acting after not working during Covid lockdowns caused him "anxiety". And then his father died while he was making the movie.
"Deb and I were already best friends, and I realized I've got a crush on my leading lady," he explained. "This is the thing you do not do. It's unprofessional and embarrassing." Jackman eventually admitted his feeling at a dinner party and Furness felt the same way.
Jackman's meals include black bass (2,000 calories), Patagonia salmon (2,100 calories), two chicken burgers (around 1,000 calories each) and two grass-fed sirloins (1,100 calories each).
Bachelor of Arts in Communications, 1991. Australian native Hugh Jackman made his first major US film appearance as Wolverine in the first installment of the X-Men franchise, a role he reprised in the enormously successful X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.
But after years of separation, mother and son reconciled. Speaking to The Sun in 2011, Hugh said: ''As I grew older, I gained an understanding of why mum did leave. We have made our peace, which is important. ''
