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Hugh Jackman Surprises Young Fan With Sweetest Birthday Video

The actor shared the touching clip on his Instagram account.

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Hugh Jackman surprised a young fan with a special birthday message on Instagram
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Hugh Jackman surprised a young fan with a special birthday message on Instagram

If one ever needed proof that Hugh Jackman is the nicest guy in Hollywood, this would be it.

The 51-year-old Australian actor surprised a young fan on Tuesday, sending her a special birthday video via Instagram.

ā€œHi Julia. Iā€™m so proud of you. Keep concentrating! I love @elmo too. Happy birthday! Love Hugh,ā€ he captioned the clip shared on his social media account.

Hughā€™s video was to a young girl Julia, who had previously recorded a message to the actor in which she said she learnt to say the word ā€˜concentrateā€™ after watching him teach viewers how to say it on ā€˜Sesame Streetā€™ in 2010.

In his sweet birthday message, the movie star told Julia, ā€œYouā€™re doing so well. Iā€™m going to practice hard today as wellā€.

He then quoted P. T. Barnum, who Hugh portrayed in ā€˜The Greatest Showmanā€™ in 2017.

ā€œLike P. T. Barnum said, ā€˜no one made a difference by being like anyone elseā€™. Happy birthday,ā€ the actor said.

Itā€™s been a busy week for Hugh. On Monday he missed out on an Emmy award, but was still a winner in his fansā€™ eyes thanks to his gracious reaction when Mark Ruffalo defeated him.

He applauded and cheered on Mark when he was announced as the winner in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Category for his performance in ā€˜I Know This Much Is Trueā€™.

Hugh, who had been nominated for his role in ā€˜Bad Educationā€™, was seen fist pumping the air with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness by his side in a live stream filmed from their home.

Hugh Jackman congratulates Mark Ruffalo for his 2020 Emmy Award victory
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Hugh Jackman congratulates Mark Ruffalo for his 2020 Emmy Award victory
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