Hugh Jackman
- Born: 12 Oct, 1968
The handsome and charismatic Australian Hugh Jackman went from completing acting school to a starring role in a series on network television in his homeland in one day. Enrolling in drama school after turning down a role in the enormously popular Australian soap "Neighbours", Jackman landed the role of violent and manipulative inmate Kevin Jones in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) prison drama "Corelli" upon his graduation from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He powerfully played the insidiously attractive prisoner opposite Deborra-Lee Furness, who starred as the title criminal psychologist. As their budding romance heated up the screen, a behind-the-scenes relationship led to the actors' real life marriage. He went on to appear as Detect...
FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Chris Jackman: English; separated from Jackman's mother when Jackman was eight; raised children
- mother : British; left family c. 1976 and returned to England; was at one time estranged from her children
- siblings : has four; Jackman is the youngest of five
- sister Sonya Jackman: older
- brother Ian Jackman: older
- brother Ralph Jackman: older
- son Oscar Maximillian Jackman: adopted in May 2000 shortly after his birth; of mixed race
- wife Deborra-Lee Furness: born c. 1960; met while starring together on the TV series "Corelli"; Roman Catholic; at one time roomed with Nicole Kidman in L,A.; married c. 1995
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