Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed his breakthrough role as Logan / Wolverine in the "X-Men" film series (2000–2017), a role that earned him the "Guinness World Record" for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character", of 17 years, until his record was surpassed by Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier (Doctor X). Stewart has portrayed the character for 21 years and 296 days as of 5 May 2022.

Jackman portrayed Wolverine in nine X-men movies, films based on the Marvel Comics character.

The films tell the story of a group of mutants, whose superhuman powers make them distrusted by normal humans, but who fight to protect humans from villains. The role was originally written for Russell Crowe who instead suggested Jackman for the part. Jackman says that his wife advised him against taking on the role, as she found it "ridiculous".

Jackman had to get used to wearing Wolverine's claws. He said, "Every day in my living room, I'd just walk around with those claws. I've got scars on one leg, punctures straight through the cheek, on my forehead. I'm a bit clumsy. I'm lucky I didn't tell them that when I auditioned."

Jackman was also required to add a great deal of muscle for the role.

In 2015, Jackman announced that the 2017 sequel "Logan", was the final time that he would play the role.

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