Born in Sydney of English parentage, and the youngest of five children, Jackman has a communications degree with a journalism major from the University of Technology Sydney. After graduating, he pursued drama at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, immediately after which he was offered a starring role in the ABC-TV prison drama
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2012Les Misérables
(writer: "The Death of Gavroche", "The Wedding", "Valjean's Confession" / performer: "Work Song", "In My Life", "Do You Hear The People Sing?", "On Parole", "Valjean's Soliloquy", "Confession", "At the End of the Day", "The Sewers", "The Runaway Cart", "Fantine's Arrest", "Who Am I?", "Bring Him Home", "Come to Me", "The Confrontation", "Epilogue", "Waltz of Treachery", "Suddenly", "The Robbery/Javert's Intervention", "Attack on the Rue Plumet", "One Day More!", "The Night Of Anguish", "Fantine's Death", "The Bargain", "The Thénardier Waltz Of Treachery", "Look Down", "Every Day/A Heart Full Of Love Reprise", "Night of Anguish", "Valjean's Confession")
2005The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Performance in a Variety/Co-Presenter: Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Drama Series
Finally something my family can be proud of.
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Trivia:
Upon meeting Olivia Newton-John (John Travolta introduced the two while he and Jackman were filming
Swordfish), he confessed to her that under his desk in elementary school, there was a poster with Newton-John on it, and he would kiss the poster every day.
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