Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.Hugh Jackman is also a singer, dancer and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.In November 2008, People magazine named Jackman "Sexiest Man Alive." A three-time host of the Tony Awards, Jackman hosted the 81st Academy Awards on