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: "In My Life", "Do You Hear The People Sing?", "On Parole", "Valjean's Soliloquy", "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", "Suddenly", "The Robbery/Javert's Intervention", "Attack on the Rue Plumet", "One Day More!", "The Night Of Anguish", "The Bargain", "The Thénardier Waltz Of Treachery", "Look Down", "Every Day/A Heart Full Of Love Reprise", "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
June 6, 2002 - Made his New York stage debut performing the role of Billy Bigelow in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel at Carnegie Hall with Audra McDonald.
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[on his father] He never took ones day off in his life. He had five kids he was bringing up on his own. If any one deserved a day off it was my old man, but he never did. I learned that from him.
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Trivia:
Chosen as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" 5 years in a row, 2000-2004.
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