# My New Favorite Performer: Hugh Jackman
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 18, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385 "2011-11-18T20:58:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/1 "2011-11-18T20:58:36Z")
Man! Who _knew_???
And what a genuinely nice guy! Let’s hope he doesn’t go batshit like that other actor guy from Australia. What’s his name again? 😉
Thanks
Q
PS: What a great cameo in “X Men First Class”! : “Go fuck yourselves”.:D:D:D
I thought I was gonna pee on myself!
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### Author:  [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/2 "2011-11-18T21:15:51Z")
I was surprised, having really only seen him as Wolverine, to find out he is actually really incredibly hot. The Wolverine look doesn’t do much for me (SIDEBURNS! RUN!) but I saw a picture of him with his shirt open and a half-smile in his eyes and I was shocked.
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/3 "2011-11-18T21:52:04Z")
Huge Assman
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/4 "2011-11-18T21:54:00Z")
> [@Laggard](#):
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> Huge Assman
Seriously. I think he’s a great actor, stage or (small or big) screen, but my first reaction the first time I heard or read his name was “Is this a crank call joke?”
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/5 "2011-11-18T21:55:23Z")
> [@Laggard](#):
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> Huge Assman
I didn’t know that much about him, admittedly, **Laggard** , and thought he was just some two-bit actor, but when I saw clips of his Broadway show, and talk show appearances, I changed my mind.
Maybe you know something we don’t?
Thanks
Q
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/6 "2011-11-18T21:57:20Z")
> [@jayjay](#):
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> Seriously. I think he’s a great actor, stage or (small or big) screen, but my first reaction the first time I heard or read his name was “Is this a crank call joke?”
OMG!!! I just now made the connection, **jay**!:D:D:D
Q
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/7 "2011-11-18T21:58:13Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#):
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> I didn’t know that much about him, admittedly, **Laggard** , and thought he was just some two-bit actor, but when I saw clips of his Broadway show, and talk show appearances, I changed my mind.
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> Maybe you know something we don’t?
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> Thanks
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> Q
I think he just means the same thing I posted. He is a good actor (and singer), but his name makes you think someone’s making a crank call at first glance.
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/8 "2011-11-18T22:29:09Z")
I saw him on “Anderson” this afternoon, **jay** , and watched and listened to him and decided he’s an extremely likeable guy. Seems to be a dedicated family man as well. Wish I had his physique and his smile.
If I might let out my femme side for a moment (I think all us guys have one, so shut up:)), he’s a handsome guy, and I don’t hold his appeal to the ladies against him one bit.
Kinda like Redford. In addition to being good looking, he’s **gotta** have intelligence and talent. A sense of humor is a plus as well.
Just my “Humble O.”😉
Thanks,
Quasi
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### Author:  [@hdc\_bst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hdc_bst)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/9 "2011-11-18T22:39:36Z")
Yeah, seems like a great guy and talented too. I got a kick out of his recent NPR interview. I think he mentioned auditioning for Wolverine between Oklahoma performances so he was in complete Curley regalia.
For a more nuanced analysis of his talent, consider [SNL](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCprvkVv8Vo).
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### Author:  [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/10 "2011-11-18T23:16:28Z")
Apologies for the “shut up” upthread. I take a lot of criticism for my feminine side (is it called “nurture”? I don’t know), but I know I do have one, and I don’t apologize for it in real life.
But I do know that there are some of you may may not feel as strongly as I do about that, so to those of you, I am apologizing. That was rude of me.
Quasimodem
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### Author:  [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/11 "2011-11-18T23:31:01Z")
Sorry. My eleven year old side hears Huge Assman.
I’ve never seen him in anything but have read that he is a talented actor.
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### Author:  [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/12 "2011-11-19T00:09:47Z")
Speaking of the feminine side, there’s a cute Australian romantic comedy Hugh Jackman’s in, if you can find it or catch it on cable. It’s called “Paperback Hero” and its about a long-distance outback truck driver who occupies his spare time writing romance novels. When one of his books breaks big, madcap mayhem ensues because he’s been using his (tomboy, female) best friend’s name as a pseudonym. Not even his editors know he’s a he.
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### Author:  [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-performer-hugh-jackman/603385/13 "2011-11-19T00:19:51Z")
He’s incredibly freakin hot. And for some weird reason I dig the Wolverine sideburns.