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Hugh Jackman Shares About His Family and Fatherhood

Posted on April 26, 2009

school of practical philosophy, But the School of Practical Philosophy is non confrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is true and will never change

Hugh Jackman, who is best known for his role as the enraged mutant Wolverine in the X-Men franchise, attests that he is happily married to his wife of 13 years, Deborra-Lee Furness. They have two multiracial
children—Oscar, now 8, and Ava, soon to be 4.

“Mixed-race babies have such a hard time being adopted that Deb and I checked off that box specifically when we were filling out our forms,” Jackman says. “Our lawyer brought the form back to us and said, ‘This is not the time to be politically correct. Are you sure this is what you want?’ We were definite about it. Adoption is about taking a baby into your home—and your heart. It’s the best thing we’ve ever done.”

Do they plan to adopt more children? Jackman is the youngest of five himself. “No!” he says, then pauses. “Wow. That’s the first time I’ve ever said that so emphatically and on-the-record. For Deb and me, our family is the most important thing to us, but we travel so much that we fear if we have more kids, it’ll be
too much”.

Jackman was raised by his father, who is a devout, born-again Christian. His mother deserted the family
when he was 8 and moved back to her native England. Hoping his son would also have a born-again experience, his father took Hugh to Billy Graham crusades every time the famed evangelist came to Australia.

“He takes his religion very seriously and would prefer I go to church,” Jackman says of his father. “We’ve had discussions about our separate beliefs. I just find the evangelical church too, well, restrictive. But the School of Practical Philosophy is non confrontational. We believe there are many forms of Scripture. What is true is
true and will never change, whether it’s in the Bible or in Shakespeare. It’s about oneness. Its basic philosophy is that if the Buddha and Krishna and Jesus were all at a dinner table together, they wouldn’t be arguing. There is an essential truth. And we are limitless.”

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