Australian actor best known for his role as The Wolverine in the X-Men series of movies. Other notable films include The Prestige, The Greatest Showman, Les Miserables, Australia, Prisoners and Swordfish.
The problem is my Height. I'm 6ft 2in and lean, but in the books [Wolverine is] 5ft 3in and stocky...James Marsden, who played Cyclops, who is only 10cm shorter than me, was put on boxes and platforms in our scenes together. You'll notice that every character in X-Men looked taller than me.

How tall is Hugh JackmanNicole Kidman & Hugh / Photos by PRPhotos
Before I had any kind of acting profile I was encouraged to lie about my height. I was told to say I was about six foot [1.83m] tall. I was worried about it when I first had my audition because pleasing fans of the franchise is important.. My height was brought up on the Internet. They didn't think it was right. A lot of people who never met me think I'm very short.
If someone's going to spend their time saying, 'You're really not 6' 2"; you're 5' 10",' I'll tell them once, 'I am 6' 2".' Then, whatever you want to believe, it's up to you. Am I going to waste energy going, 'I'm so mad that this person says I'm 5'10"? We really only get mad when there's an element of truth, right?
-- Good Housekeeping, 2013