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- Swordfish (2000) Role: Stanley Jobson. Director: Dominic Sena. Writer(s): Skip Woods. Distributor: Warner Bros. The scene that proves it: “Kill me and you’ll never see a dollar.”
- X2: X-Men United (2003) Role: Logan / Wolverine. Director: Bryan Singer. Writer(s): Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris, David Hayter, Zak Penn (based on “X-Men” created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
- Kate & Leopold (2001) Role: His Grace Leopold Alexis Elijah Walker Thomas Gareth Mountbatten, 3rd Duke of Albany. Director: James Mangold. Writer(s): James Mangold, Steven Rogers.
- Australia (2008) Role: The Drover. Director: Baz Luhrmann. Writer(s): Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan. Distributor: 20 Century Fox (now 20 Century Studios)
- 10 "Night at The Museum: Secrets of The Tomb" Showed Off Jackman's Comedic Side
- 9 Jackman Is A Beloved Character with Bad Intentions in "Bad Education"
- 8 "The Fountain" Is An Underrated Hugh Jackman Performance
- 6 "Real Steel" Had Jackman Looking For Redemption
- 5 The Wolverine Finally Gave Us The Pinnacle Wolverine in Film
- 4 Les Misérables Is Arguably His Best Performance to Date
- 3 Jackman Leads "Prisoners" with A Powerful, Gut-Wrenching Performance
- 2 Jackman Brought His A-Game For His Passion Project "The Greatest Showman"
- 1 Jackman Anchors "Logan" with A Brilliant Send-Off Performance
The third and final entry of the Night at the Museum series, Secrets of the Tomb, features a surprise cameofrom Jackman. After Sir Lancelot runs off into the real world, he stumbles across a theater version of Camelot featuring Jackman and Alice Eve in the lead roles. He disrupts the performance and causes Jackman to become increasingly angry. The ...
Bad Educationmarked Jackman's first movie for HBO, which acquired the film for $17.5 million and debuted it on HBO Max. Jackman plays school superintendent Frank Tassone in the film, which recounts the true story of the largest public school embezzlement in American history. The film costarred Allison Janney, Ray Romano, and Geraldine Viswanathan. ...
An underrated movie, The Fountain was directed by Darren Aronofsky and follows a story across three time periodsin the past, present and future. Jackman plays a conquistador, a medical scientist, and a future traveler encased in a glass biosphere, each of whom has an obsession with immortality. Critics were divided by the film; however, in the year...
In Real Steel, Jackman plays a former boxer who struggles to reconnect with his son, Max, after his ex-girlfriend dies. They bond over robots, who have taken over the sport of boxing, and build a contender named Atom to compete for the world title. It's an interesting take on the story of Rocky, but with robots replacing boxers. While the boxing ro...
The second film in the Wolverine trilogy, The Wolverine, depicts Logan in Japan struggling with his immortality while battling deadly samurai. The film was considered a massive step up from Wolverine's first solo film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and was based on the famous 1982 limited series Wolverineby Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. RELATED: 10...
Jackman earned his first Academy Award nomination for his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables in 2012. In 19th century France, as he attempts to hide and raise the young Cosette in the background of the June Rebellion of 1832, Valjean is chased by the ruthless Inspector Javert. The film won three Academy Awardsin addition to Jackman's nomination...
In one of Jackman's more emotional roles, he plays Keller Dover in Prisoners. After his young daughter and her friend disappear on Thanksgiving Day, Dover takes matters into his own hands and finds himself at odds with the lead detective on the case, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. RELATED: 5 Performances That Should Have Won An Oscar Jackman's performa...
Another musical for Jackman, The Greatest Showman took the world by storm when it was released in 2017. It follows P.T. Barnum as he builds what later becomes the Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film made $435 million worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing musicals of all time. Although the movie wasn't a hit with critics, Jackman and the cas...
Arguably the best X-Men movie so far, and one of the best superhero movies of all time, Logan was Jackman's swan song, who's played the character of Wolverine for seventeen years. Logan is in hiding protecting an aging and less-stable Charles Xavierwhen a young mutant shows up looking for help. Logan goes on one final adventure to protect Laura and...
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- The Prestige (2006) Directed by Christopher Nolan. The Prestige. PG-13. Release Date. October 20, 2006. Director. Christopher Nolan. Cast. Michael Caine , Christian Bale , Hugh Jackman , Scarlett Johansson , Piper Perabo.
- Prisoners (2013) Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Prisoners. R. Release Date. September 20, 2013. Director. Denis Villeneuve. Cast. Hugh Jackman , Jake Gyllenhaal , Viola Davis , Maria Bello , Terrence Howard , Melissa Leo , Paul Dano.
- Logan (2017) Directed by James Mangold. Logan. R. Release Date. March 3, 2017. Director. James Mangold. Cast. Hugh Jackman , Patrick Stewart , Dafne Keen , Elizabeth Rodriguez , Daniel Bernhardt , Richard E. Grant , Doris Morgado , Boyd Holbrook.
- Les Misérables (2012) Directed by Tom Hooper. PG-13. Release Date. December 25, 2012. Director. Tom Hooper. Cast. Helena Bonham Carter , Anne Hathaway , Hugh Jackman , Sacha Baron Cohen , Russell Crowe , Amanda Seyfried.
2 days ago · Prisoners (2013)81%. #8. Critics Consensus: Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing. Synopsis: Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing.
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- X2 (2003) While it's hard to not slot in the first X-Men as the one that started it all, 2003’s X2 delivered the Wolverine action that fans had been waiting a lifetime to see.
- The Fountain (2006) Darren Aronofsky’s riveting drama crosses between three timelines, with one set in the distant past of conquistadors, one set in the modern day of medical research, and one set in a galactic space opera in the distant future.
- The Prestige (2006) Given Jackman’s storied history on stage, he’s the ideal person to cast in a film about the very nature of theatricality. Christopher Nolan’s dazzling magician movie pits Jackman head-to-head with Christian Bale as a pair of rival illusionists that attempt to outdo each other with each subsequent show and trick.
- Les Miserables (2012) Les Miserables is one of the most decorated musicals of all time, and any adaptation for the big screen was going to face steep expectations.
Aug 30, 2024 · Jackman's performance as Dover propels Prisoners into a tier of its own. Since the movie is inherently character-driven, having the protagonist played with such nuance allows the script and ...
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Sep 25, 2023 · 14 Real Steel - 73%. DreamWorks Studios. One of Jackman's more unique films in both his filmography and the sports drama genre as a whole, Real Steel takes the genre and infuses sci-fi elements ...
