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Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968 in Pymble, New South Wales)
is an Australian film, television and stage actor. On stage,
Jackman played Gaston in the Melbourne production of Beauty and
the Beast, and Joe Gillis in the same city's production of Sunset
Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he
starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa
Cabaret. He also hosted both Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and
Sydney's Carols in the Domain. In 2006, he was cast to replace
Russell Crowe in Baz Luhrmann's Australia, starring opposite
Nicole Kidman. The production was filmed in the north-east coastal
town of Bowen, Queensland. In 2000, he was cast as Wolverine in
Bryan Singer's X-Men, replacing Dougray Scott. Jackman starred as
Leopold in the 2001 romantic comedy film Kate & Leopold, for
which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -
Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2004 he played the title role
of vampire hunter Gabriel Van Helsing in Van Helsing. Jackman is
also preparing a number of movies which he will both produce and
star in, including Wolverine (2009) , and a remake of Carousel in
which he will play Billy Bigelow ... more |
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