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Hugh Jackman's charity work recognised with Queen's Birthday honour
By Garry Maddox
June 9, 2019 — 10.00pm
He has long been one of the country's most popular stage and screen personalities – an Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Tony award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, singer and dancer.
Honoured: Hugh Jackman.
Credit:
SMH
And now Hugh Jackman has been honoured not just for his performing talents.
He has been made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Queen's Birthday honours for "eminent service to the performing arts as an acclaimed actor and performer, and to the global community, particularly as an advocate for poverty eradication".
Jackman, whose performances range from Wolverine in the X-Men series to Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and PT Barnum in The Greatest Showman in movies, Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz on stage and hosting the Oscars and Tony awards, has been a prominent supporter of the Global Poverty Project and its Live Below The Line campaign.
Since a trip with wife Deborra-Lee Furness to Ethopia for World Vision a decade ago, he has ploughed funds from the fair-trade Laughing Man Coffee Company back to community development and education programs.
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Jackman's philanthropical and charity work has also included supporting the theatre charity Broadway Cares, micro-credit for entrepreneurs in impoverished countries and the work by Nomad Two Worlds for Indigenous and marginalised communities.
He is co-founder of the Jackman Furness Foundation for the Performing Arts at the Western Australian Academy for the Performing Arts, ambassador for Adopt Change, patron of the Fight Cancer Foundation, a goodwill ambassador for World Vision Australia, board member of Harlem Village Academies and patron of the Actors Centre Australia,.
Jackman said he was grateful to all those who had supported his career, including his wife and children.
"As the youngest son of parents who made the decision to immigrate to Australia the year before I was born, this honour is especially emotional and humbling to me," he said. "I am an immensely proud Australian and am so grateful for the opportunities I have received by being raised there.
"The countless teachers, mentors, institutions who have supported me along the way are immeasurable and I will always be in my country’s debt.
"And to my family, thank you … from Deb, Oscar, Ava, my parents, siblings and my closest friends … I am also keenly aware that without their love and support I would never have been in the position I am."
Jackman has spoken previously about why the issue of tackling poverty matters to him.
"Ever since I did the 40 Hour Famine as a 10-year-old I've always felt there was an inherent injustice in the world," he said.
"I knew from a young age my father told me there was more than enough food to go around and it's really a matter of willpower and organisation and government will that stops us from making sure that everyone is OK."
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Hugh Jackman's charity work recognised with Queen's Birthday honour
By Garry Maddox
June 9, 2019 — 10.00pm
He has long been one of the country's most popular stage and screen personalities – an Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Tony award-winning and Oscar-nominated actor, singer and dancer.
Honoured: Hugh Jackman.
Credit:
SMH
And now Hugh Jackman has been honoured not just for his performing talents.
He has been made a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the Queen's Birthday honours for "eminent service to the performing arts as an acclaimed actor and performer, and to the global community, particularly as an advocate for poverty eradication".
Jackman, whose performances range from Wolverine in the X-Men series to Jean Valjean in Les Miserables and PT Barnum in The Greatest Showman in movies, Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz on stage and hosting the Oscars and Tony awards, has been a prominent supporter of the Global Poverty Project and its Live Below The Line campaign.
Since a trip with wife Deborra-Lee Furness to Ethopia for World Vision a decade ago, he has ploughed funds from the fair-trade Laughing Man Coffee Company back to community development and education programs.
Queen's Birthday Honours
'Extraordinary' Australians honoured in annual Queen's Birthday ceremonies
Jackman's philanthropical and charity work has also included supporting the theatre charity Broadway Cares, micro-credit for entrepreneurs in impoverished countries and the work by Nomad Two Worlds for Indigenous and marginalised communities.
He is co-founder of the Jackman Furness Foundation for the Performing Arts at the Western Australian Academy for the Performing Arts, ambassador for Adopt Change, patron of the Fight Cancer Foundation, a goodwill ambassador for World Vision Australia, board member of Harlem Village Academies and patron of the Actors Centre Australia,.
Jackman said he was grateful to all those who had supported his career, including his wife and children.
"As the youngest son of parents who made the decision to immigrate to Australia the year before I was born, this honour is especially emotional and humbling to me," he said. "I am an immensely proud Australian and am so grateful for the opportunities I have received by being raised there.
"The countless teachers, mentors, institutions who have supported me along the way are immeasurable and I will always be in my country’s debt.
"And to my family, thank you … from Deb, Oscar, Ava, my parents, siblings and my closest friends … I am also keenly aware that without their love and support I would never have been in the position I am."
Jackman has spoken previously about why the issue of tackling poverty matters to him.
"Ever since I did the 40 Hour Famine as a 10-year-old I've always felt there was an inherent injustice in the world," he said.
"I knew from a young age my father told me there was more than enough food to go around and it's really a matter of willpower and organisation and government will that stops us from making sure that everyone is OK."
CONGRATULATIONS!!
