"Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and his actress wife Deborra-Lee Furness are starting up a new charitable foundation to support the performing arts in Australia.
Jackman took to Twitter to announce the initiative and posted a picture of the foundation's logo.
"Announcing the Jackman Furness Foundation for the Performing Arts. We Hope it'll make dreams come true," he tweeted.
The foundation will support art education groups in Australia.
With Australian veteran actor Jack Thompson as a founding patron, the foundation has set a goal to raise at least $10 million over the next your years, according to The West Australian newspaper.
Jackman and Furness will officially launch the foundation at a special event to be held at the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) on May 17.
"Deborra-Lee and Hugh are both passionate about supporting the performing arts, and excited to be launching their foundation in Perth where Hugh's career began," foundation trustee Geoff Michael told the newspaper.
Jackman, best known for his role as Wolverine, graduated from WAAPA in 1994. He is an acoomplished stage actor and received a 2004 Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical The Boy From Oz about Australian entertainer Peter Allen.
His one-man show, Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway in 2011 was a box office hit - routinely posting weekly grosses of $US1.5 million ($A1.68 million).
Jackman will host the 2014 Tony Awards on June 8"
"He has beaten supervillains and his fear of the dark. But what Hugh Jackman really wants is to be the fastest farmer on Earth.
He's an action star who can act. And sing. And dance. Aged 45, he has the body of a decathlete and is married father of two. Just about everything Hugh Jackman does, he does right. Not least being funny, interesting and insightful.
The Red Bulletin: You look like a top-class athlete in your films. Have you had a little bit of a digital touch-up or is that really all down to training?
Hugh Jackman: I wish it was digital effects, but in fact it’s the result of a crazy training schedule, which I’ve now kept to for a pretty long time. Wolverine has been part of my life for 13 years now after all.
What constitutes a crazy training schedule?
Honestly, forget it. Don’t try this at home. It takes up an enormous amount of your time and it’s no fun. I only do it myself because it’s my job.
But you’re not always shooting. You get a break every now and again.
Will Smith said that’s it’s so much easier to stay in shape than to get in shape. He was right, unfortunately.
Doesn’t such extreme physical training dull your mind?
On the contrary: it makes you tough. I couldn’t have a music career if I didn’t have that toughness. I’ll tell you who the toughest people on the planet are: dancers. They put up with pain you wouldn’t believe. I’d have liked to be a dancer when I was younger and I was good at it too, but my brothers used to laugh at me and call me names. I’m still annoyed now that I didn’t have the balls to give dancing a go back then."
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