Debut
First television role in Correlli
Appeared in the prison drama Correlli, which The Telegraph calls his first television break.
Source 01 · The Telegraph · Hugh Jackman: X appeal · opens in a new tab The Telegraph gives the year only.The year he turned 27, he made his first television appearance in the prison drama Correlli. The year he turned 30, he played Curly in Trevor Nunn’s London production of Oklahoma!, which earned an Olivier Award nomination. The year he turned 31, Twentieth Century Fox cast him as Wolverine, and Variety noted he was little known in the U.S.
The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 32, he played Wolverine in X-Men, which took $57.5 million in its opening weekend in North America. Biography.com says the role first earned him widespread attention.
The year he turned 33, he starred in Swordfish and Kate & Leopold. The year he turned 34, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Kate & Leopold. The year he turned 35, he returned as Wolverine in X2 and played Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz on Broadway.
The year he turned 36, he won a Tony Award for The Boy from Oz and starred in Van Helsing. The year he turned 37, he won an Emmy for hosting the Tony Awards. The year he turned 38, he appeared in The Prestige and Scoop. The year he turned 40, People named him Sexiest Man Alive, and the Academy confirmed him as host of the Oscars. The year he turned 41, he hosted the 81st Academy Awards and starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
The year he turned 43, he began a one-man concert show at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York. The year he turned 45, he won a Golden Globe and received an Oscar nomination for Les Misérables, and starred in The Wolverine. The year he turned 46, he launched a performing arts foundation at the academy where he trained in Perth. The year he turned 47, he announced an arena tour of Australia.
The year he turned 49, he appeared in Logan. The year he turned 50, he was nominated for a Golden Globe for The Greatest Showman and announced a world tour. The year he turned 51, he received a Guinness World Records certificate for his Marvel career and was named a Companion of the Order of Australia. The year he turned 52, he was nominated for an Emmy for Bad Education.
The year he turned 53, he was cast in The Son. The year he turned 54, he was nominated for a Tony Award for The Music Man, and it was announced that he would return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3. The year he turned 55, he and Deborra-Lee Furness announced their separation. The year he turned 56, Deadpool & Wolverine opened to $205 million in North America.
The year he turned 57, he was announced as a star of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes at the Minetta Lane Theatre. The year he turned 58, a return engagement of the play was announced, and he was cast in New Born.
Hugh Jackman (born Oct 12, 1968) made his television debut in 1995, the year he turned 27, and became known on Jul 14, 2000, the year he turned 32, when X-Men opened in North America. He won a Tony Award in 2004, the year he turned 36.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.