How many Hugh Jackman Wolverine movies are there?

By Alex Wiggan

In 2000, Hugh Jackman played the role of Logan/Wolverine for the live-action adventure movie, X-Men. The film – about a group of Mutant super heroes – was a big hit with audiences, with Jackman’s performance in particular considered a highlight.

X-Men was so popular it kick-started a highly profitable series, with Jackman appearing in multiple entries, including a collection of standalone films. But how many movies feature Hugh Jackman as Wolverine?

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The Hugh Jackman Wolverine movies

Hugh Jackman has played the role of Wolverine/Logan/James Howlett in ten movies:

X-Men (2000)
X2: X-Men United (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
X-Men: First Class (2011)*
The Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)*
Logan (2017)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

*Cameo roles

In addition to the above, archive footage (taken from X-Men Origins: Wolverine) appears in Deadpool 2 (2018). However, Hugh Jackman did not film any new scenes for this movie.

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Who directed Hugh Jackman in the ten movies featuring Wolverine?

The Wolverine movies are the work of multiple directors, including:

Bryan Singer directed X-Men, X2, Days of Future Past and Apocalypse
Brett Ratner directed The Last Stand
Gavin Hood directed X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Matthew Vaughn directed X-Men: First Class
James Mangold directed The Wolverine and Logan
Shawn Levy directed Deadpool & Wolverine

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Who are the cast of the Hugh Jackman movies?

Across the ten movies Jackman shares the screen with a wealth of actors including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Kelly Hu, Alan Cumming, Brian Cox, Elliot Page, Kelsey Grammer, Vinnie Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, will.i.am, Troye Sivan, Danny Huston, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters, Peter Dinklage, Sophie Turner, Richard E. Grant, and Dafne Keen, amongst others.

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What is the critical reception of the movies?

According to IMDb, the ten Wolverine movies are rated as follows:

X-Men (2000) – 7.3/10
X2: X-Men United (2003) – 7.4/10
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) – 6.6/10
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) – 6.5/10
X-Men: First Class (2011) – 7.7/10
The Wolverine (2013) – 6.7/10
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) – 7.9/10
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) – 6.9/10
Logan (2017) – 8.1/10
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) – Not yet rated

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Editor/writer/X-Man

Alex Wiggan

Alex is the writer and editor of It’s A Stampede! – a blog which specialises in movies, TV, comics, retro toys, and general geekery. He is a championing voice in nerd content, an expert in pop culture, and a trusted movie critic who publishes new reviews on a weekly basis. After graduating with a degree in film & television studies from the University of Derby in the UK, Alex went on to study journalism in Sheffield, before acquiring NCTJ accreditation. Prior to creating It’s A Stampede!, Alex was a magazine editor, a senior copywriter, a features writer, and a freelancer.

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