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Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is a Australian-American actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019. Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away, Happy Feet (both 2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway, he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Hugh Jackman

Pancratius
for Pancratius in I, MARCUS: The Rome Strikes Back
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The film begins in a rebel war led by gladiators against the tyrannical rule of Rome. The streets of Rome become a battlefield. Marcus leads a raid on the Coliseum. Gladiators now fight side by side for their freedom. Groups of people side with the gladiators and fight against the Roman legions. Commodus and his son Judas lead them. Lysandra's dual identity is revealed, leading to a heartbreaking confrontation with her father, Nero. In a dramatic twist, Lysandra stands with her father and is nearly killed in a fight with Lucia. Nero's forces clash with gladiators in an epic and brutal battle. Marcus faces Nero in a climactic duel that symbolizes the struggle between tyranny and freedom. Nero dies, the Gladiators and their people leave Rome to build a new home called Bohemia. With others who do not want to put up with the cruel rule, they try to figure out how to live better and fight against the Roman Empire. Brutus Magnus became the first leader of Bohemia and a people's council was formed, which consisted of 13 men, in addition to 8 gladiators, Commodus, Judas, Atticus, Samson, Helios. Lucius Tiberius took over the government in Rome. One day Judah's father is brought back dead and he vows revenge. A series of battles ensue where Atticus dies. There is a huge war at the end. The Bohemians are up against a thousand times the odds, but they won't be alone as they will be joined by the Gauls, a Viking nation fighting against Rome under the leadership of Vercingetorix.