Hugh Jackman: Incredible - Wolverine is half a century old!
Jung loves him. Old too. Just like the masters of creation. And women anyway. No actor is as impressive as Hugh Jackman has been in capturing the hearts of every potential audience. The word "scandal" seems completely foreign to the sympathetic Australian, as does the term "aging". Otherwise it can not be explained that the "Sexiest Man Alive" of the past on October 12 actually celebrates its 50th birthday.
How it all started
Jackman grew up as a little sister with four siblings, later came from the second marriage of his mother, a half-sister added. At first, everything pointed to a career in sports or journalism, as he showed in rugby, cricket or swimming talent. However, he began his studies at the University of Technology in the field of communication science, specializing in journalism. In 1991 he graduated.
More than a Plan B, should it not work with his true passion, this career path has never been. While still a student, he took acting classes and eventually joined the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Double happiness and a lot of music
His first role offer gave him the love of his life. In the series "Correlli" he impersonated a prisoner who falls madly in love with the prison psychologist. Apparently he did not have to play the butterflies in his stomach, because the actress Deborra-Lee Furness (62) said he was still a couple while filming. Since 1996 and until today the two are happily married and are the parents of two adopted children. The so-called predicate "Faithful Soul" that is so rare in Hollywood can definitely be exhibited to Mr. Jackman.
After "Correlli" it was musically first. Jackman mimed the male part in the musical performance to "The Beauty and the Beast" and got several awards for it. Since then he has repeatedly pointed out his roots in this profession, for example in the films "Les Misérables" (2012) or most recently in "Greatest Showman" (2017).
The canvas beginning
On the big screen Jackman is best known for a role: as Mutant Wolverine in the "X-Men" series. It was the first part of it that made him from the year 2000 to one of the most sought-after performers of the dream factory. For the past 18 years, today's birthday girl has been diligent accordingly.
In addition to nine films alone from the "X-Men" universe, including most recently the outstanding strip "Logan", Jackman worked with, inter alia, Christopher Nolan ("The Prestige"), Neill Blomkamp ("Chappie"), Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain ") or Denis Villeneuve (" Prisoners ") together. At this time, Jackman has been collecting plenty of awards - among them the "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2008 - only at the Oscars he has not made a nomination ("Les Misérables"). So there he is, the one little flaw of the Australian. Well, there's his movie "Van Helsing" ...
Not everything is positive
Has Jackman really never made negative headlines? In fact, tragic but there were very well. Thus, the actor revealed in 2013, to be suffering from skin cancer. After surgical removal, only one year later he had to remove harmful tissue again. Since then, he has not only stopped his followers on Instagram to never give up sunscreen.
