He got his foot in the door with yet another musical performance he was nominated for Best Actor for the 2012 big-screen adaptation of “Les Miserables.” That’s his only nomination to date, but we know he’s on the academy’s radar. SEE Extra super early Oscar predictions: Will ‘The Fabelmans’ be Spielberg’s first Best Picture in 29 years? It took longer for him to receive his Grammy, but it finally came in 2019 when he claimed Best Compilation Soundtrack as a performer on the recording for “The Greatest Showman.” He actually hosted the Tony Awards ceremony on the night he won that award, and he won Best Variety Performance at the Emmys for that gig the following year. After breaking through in the US as tough guy Wolverine in the “X-Men” movies, he showed that he was also a consummate song-and-dance man by playing Australian songwriter Peter Allen in “The Boy from Oz,” which won him Best Actor in a Musical in 2004. The first award Jackman crossed off his list was the Tony. Do you think our readers’ initial instincts are spot-on or way off? Can he wrap that up in the coming year with his performance in Florian Zeller‘s upcoming “ The Son”? Around 2,000 Gold Derby users are already predicting the 2023 awards, and even sight unseen the early consensus is that Jackman will take Best Actor.

Hugh Jackman needs one more trophy to complete his EGOT grand slam of show business awards: an Oscar.

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