ALL ABOUT HUGH

Hugh Jackman wraps up his Broadway stint in The Music Man, he returns to the screen in The Son (in limited release Nov. 11) as a father juggling his job, his romantic partner, a new baby—and the teenage son who’s come to live with them. Here are some fun facts about the Australian actor, 54, who appeared as Wolverine in the X-Men movie franchise.

Jackman worked as a gym teacher and a birthday-party entertainer before his career took off. “I was Coco the Clown, and I had no magic tricks.”

Who’s that wedding singer?

He performed “Tenterfield

Saddler,” Keith

Urban’s favorite song, at the marriage of the country rocker to actress Nicole Kidman, Jackman’s fellow-Aussie friend and co-star in Australia (2008).

His teen idol was BritishAustralian singing superstar Olivia NewtonJohn. “I had her poster, and I would kiss it every day,” he says.

He had never seen an episode of

Saturday Night Live

until he agreed to host the show in 2001.