Hugh Jackman's Real Name: Hugh Michael Jackman

Quick answer: Hugh Jackman's full name is Hugh Michael Jackman. He was born on October 12, 1968, in Sydney, Australia, and works under Hugh Jackman—the civil form of his birth name.

Real name and early life

Biography.com and Britannica identify Hugh Michael Jackman, born October 12, 1968, in Sydney, Australia (Biography.com; Britannica). Jackman is the family surname; Hugh and Michael are given and middle names. The youngest of five, he was largely raised by his father after his mother left when he was eight. He attended Knox Grammar School, graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney, and launched through Melbourne musicals before London’s Oklahoma! and New York’s Carousel brought international stage notice.

Career highlights

Mainstream fame arrived as Logan / Wolverine in X-Men (2000); he returned through Logan (2017) and again in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Parallel film work includes Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, an Oscar-nominated turn as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (2012), and P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman (2017). On Broadway he won a Tony for The Boy from Oz (2004), hosted the Tonys and the Oscars, and later mounted concert tours revisiting musical hits. He has been married to Deborra-Lee Furness since 1996. Across stage and screen, billing stayed Hugh Jackman; the documented full name is Hugh Michael Jackman.

Beyond tentpoles he has voiced animated leads (Happy Feet, Missing Link), played Gary Hart in The Front Runner, and advocated skin-cancer awareness after basal-cell treatments. People named him Sexiest Man Alive in 2008, and he received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2012 while joking about how many times he had played the same mutant.

Name notes for searchers

Michael is a middle name, not a separate professional surname. Australian and U.S. credits use the same Hugh Jackman billing. Prefer Biography.com and Britannica when middle names are dropped in entertainment stubs.