Meet the 2022 Tony Nominees: THE MUSIC MAN's Hugh Jackman

The countdown to the Tony Awards continues! On June 12, the brightest stars of the 2021-22 season will shine even brighter as they gather at the iconic Radio City Music Hall to celebrate Broadway's biggest night. Leading up to the 75th Annual Tony Awards, BroadwayWorld is getting up close and personal with the nominees. Today we're studying up on Hugh Jackman!

Quick Facts About Hugh Jackman

His Nomination: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

The Show: The Music Man

Other Broadway Credits: The River, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, A Steady Rain, The Boy from Oz

Hugh on The Music Man: "I am having the time of my life. Right now I just feel like Yul Brynner- I could be here for 21 years!"

watch as Hugh tells us more about what this nomination means to him!

On Broadway, Jackman most recently starred as The Man in the highly acclaimed play The River. In 2011, he made a splash on the Great White Way in his one-man show, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway. Jackman's continued dedication to the Broadway community was fêted at the 2012 Tony Awards, where he received a Special Tony Award recognizing his accomplishments as a performer and humanitarian. In 2009, Broadway audiences could see Jackman in the Keith Huff-penned A Steady Rain, starring alongside Daniel Craig. For his portrayal of the 1970s singer/songwriter Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, Jackman received the 2004 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical as well as Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Theatre World Awards.  His additional theater credits include Carousel at Carnegie Hall; Oklahoma! at the National Theatre in London, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination; Sunset Boulevard, for which he garnered Australia's prestigious Australian Variety Artists' 'Mo' Award; and Beauty and the Beast, for which he received a 'Mo' Award nomination. Mr. Jackman's career began in Australia in the independent films Paperback Hero and Erskinville Kings. His performance in the latter earned him an Australian Film Critics Circle Best Actor Award and the Australian Film Institute Best Actor nomination. In 1999, he was named Australian Star of the Year at the Australian Movie Convention. Mr. Jackman was most recently seen in the role of former Senator Gary Hart, in the Jason Reitman-directed film The Front Runner. He has also completed production for the feature film Bad Education, co-starring Allison Janney and Ray Romano. Mr. Jackman will begin a worldwide arena tour, The Man. The Music. The Show. in May 2019.