Born in Sydney, Australia on 12th October 1968 of English parentage, and the youngest of 5 children, Hugh 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 Corell. An accomplished singer, Jackman has starred as Gaston in the Australian production of Beauty and the Beast. He appeared as Joe Gillis in the Australian production of Sunset Boulevard. He won the part of Logan/Wolverine in the Bryan Singer- directed comic book movie X-Men, and then in the sequel X-Men 2. His cult status continued with the title role of 2003 horror fantasy movie, Van Helsing. Hugh is currently reprising his role as Wolverine in X Men Origins: Wolverine.