Hugh Jackman was born on October 12, 1968 in Sydney, Australia. His parents were of English descent and had come to Australia in 1967 as part of the Ten Pound Poms immigration (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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The actor received a phone call which was devised by Australian actor Denise Roberts offering him a role in 'Correlli'. Jackman accepted the role where he met his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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He made his debut in Hollywood as the Marvel superhero Wolverine in the first film of the franchise X-Men in 2000, a role he reprised in the coming years for 17 long years! (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Jackman received international recognition for his character, Wolverine, and is cited as the best actor to portray the anti-hero by numerous media outlets (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Apart from his most iconic role (Wolverine), he is also known for his performances in films like 'Kate & Leopold', 'Van Helsing', 'The Prestige', 'The Fountain', 'Australia', 'Les Miserables', Real Steel' and 'Prisoners' (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Do you know: He married actor Deborra-Lee Furness on April 11, 1996 and personally designed an engagement ring for his future wife which had a Sanskrit inscription on it! (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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The actor made his final appearance as Wolverine in the last edition of the X-Men universe, Logan, thus ending his 17 year long collaboration with the character (Photo Credits: Facebook)
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Jackman has won numerous awards and honours, and will be next seen in films like 'The Greatest Showman' and 'The Front Runner'. We wish one of the most loved actors of Hollywood a happy birthday as he turns one year older (Photo Credits: Facebook)
