Hugh Jackman: 0 Roles Ranked in Order of Virile Hyper-Masculinity

Hugh Jackman is ferociously growling all across America. Even when hes indulging in his musical-theater side, it feels mostly like a Wolverine counterpoint. So when we picked his ten most notable roles by virile masculinity, how did things shake out?

10. Les Miserables: The heroism shown by Jean Valjean is significant, but its done mostly through self-sacrifice and hiding in plain sight. By the time he lies dying of consumption (or whatever), theres none of that Jackman bravado left.

9. The Fountain: Theres not a ton of time for virile masculinity when youre in a lab all day searching desperately for a cure for your wifes cancer. In Darren Aronofskys films other timelines, Jackmans conquistador is pretty virile, but thats kind of undercut by the third timelines space yoga.

8. Swordfish: There arent many ways to flex your virile man-muscles when youre computer-hacking, but Dominic Senas action-thriller sure does his level best to inject as much adrenaline and testosterone into the proceedings as possible. That badass earring!

7. The Prestige: Its tough to turn a battle of magicians into a simultaneous battle of manly manliness, but I suppose thats why you cast Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Still, there are only a small handful of people who get to be the apex of virility in a tuxedo, and almost all of those people have played James Bond.

6. Kate & Leopold: The time-traveling aspect of Kate & Leopold allows Jackman to get away with a bit of costumed frilliness and still maintain some of his hyper-masculinity. Thats how ALL guys dressed back then! Even the machos!

5. Van Helsing: Quality of the film aside, Van Helsing is the perfect example of how Jackman brings this sense of overwhelming masculinity to roles that, say, were played by a particularly frumpy Anthony Hopkins in Bram Stokers Dracula. Jackmans Van Helsing was a superhero of vampire-hunting and a gothic heartthrob.

4. Scoop: The whole point of Jackmans character in Woody Allens comedic trifle is that hes the epitome of desirable English masculinity. Genteel, sure, but also buff and confident and, hey, maybe a killer, but that doesnt make him any less manly.

3. Real Steel: This loses a few points because ultimately its the robots and not Jackman who do the big, sweaty fighting, but as far as trainers who control robots remotely go, Jackman is every bit the aggressive growler he needs to be.

2. X-Men: Call him Logan, call him Wolverine, but however you name him, there have been six movies worth of Hugh Jackman playing him as the absolute ultimate growling, manly, reluctantly heroic monster-man.



1. Australia: How do you even hope to top Wolverine? If youre Baz Luhrmann, you take everything about Wolverine, remove the claws, get him really tanned, let him speak in his native Aussie accent, and then crank up the "virile hyper-masculinity" meter up by like 20 levels. Basically, Luhrmanns vision for Jackmans character is a parody of those qualities, an impossible monument to manliness. It would be an insult not to rank it first.

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