Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)

Wolverine is one of the main protagonists of the X-Men film series by 20th Century Fox. He was played by Hugh Jackman in all of his appearances.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) Hugh Jackman nailed the characterization perfectly.
 * 2) He makes great cameos in First Class and Apocalypse, the earlier where he says to Magneto and Charles Xavier "Go fuck yourself".
 * 3) Logan was a satisfying conclusion to his story arc, with him accepting his daughter Laura.
 * 4) The unrated cut of The Wolverine and Logan show a more dark interpretation of Logan just like in the comics.
 * 5) Logan grows as a character throughout his appearances.
 * 6) Logan does some satisfying berserker rages as seen in X2 and Logan.
 * 7) He isn’t even Flanderized in later films.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) His first solo film was bad despite Jackman doing a great job in the film.
 * 2) He sometimes hogs the spotlight in the non-solo Wolverine films.
 * 3) He doesn’t have a comic book accurate costume.

Trivia

 * Hugh Jackman's performance as Wolverine put Jackman on the Hollywood spotlight.
 * Jackman returned to voice Wolverine in X-Men: The Official Game (2006) and the Origins: Wolverine video game.
 * A wax statue of Jackman as Wolverine is found at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum Los Angeles.
 * Hugh Jackman would have played Wolverine as a cameo in Spider-Man (2002) but the crew at Sony couldn't find his X-Men outfit. However, Logan made a facial cameo in the extended cut of the first Storyverse Fantastic Four (2005) film with Mr. Fantastic changing his face to that of Wolverine.
 * There are several films that reference Jackman's role as Wolverine such as Flushed Away and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.
 * Jackman took a pay cut for Logan to secure the film's R-rating.
 * The character along with Deadpool will be brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Deadpool 3.