Hugh Jackman to Tell Cancer Story in Documentary

Hugh Jackman is opening up about his ordeal with past skin cancer scares in the upcoming documentary "Conquering Skin Cancer".

“I remember feeling pretty scared,” Jackman, 56, said in a trailer for the Australian film, later advising viewers to wear sunblock. “Please wear sunscreen! It is just not worth it. No matter how much you want a tan, trust me.”

The X-Men star also urged viewers to undergo tests for melanoma, adding, “I promise you won’t regret it.”

Jackman first dealt with skin cancer in 2014.

“Another Basel Cell Carsinoma [sic]. All out now,” he wrote via Instagram in May 2024. "Thanks Dr. Albom and Dr. Arian. PLEASE! PLEASE! WEAR SUNSCREEN!”.

Seven years later, Jackman detailed his annual cancer check.

“I recommend getting a skin check — regularly,” he said in an April 2021 social media video. “I know I’ve said it before, I know I may be boring you with this, but it’s super easy to do and it’s really, really important to be preemptive with these things. If you’re like me and you didn’t really know any better when you were young and you didn’t wear sunscreen and you were in the Australian sun, then you need to get a check-up even more.”

Jackman added, “But if not — it doesn’t matter who you are — next time you are with your doctor or with a specialist, just say, ‘Can you please give me a skin check?’ At least once a year — just do it.”

At the time, he underwent a biopsy that he said was “pre-cancerous.”

“I’m really, really glad I went,” the Deadpool and Wolverine star stressed.

He had another biopsy on his nose the following August.

“If it is anything, which it may not be, it’s basal cell carcinoma,” Jackman recalled on the BBC’s One Show in August 2021. “That’s the least dangerous form of cancer. … It’s certainly not my first. I’ve had about five or six of them now and pretty common when you have English parents and they drag you out to Australia when you’re a baby and you play cricket your whole life without sunscreen. So, wear sunscreen and get a skin check!”.

The biopsy ultimately came back “Inconclusive”.

“This means they didn’t take enough. That said, the worst it can be is a Basel Cell Carcinoma (BCC). So when I’m done filming, I’ll have it rechecked,” he wrote on Instagram. “I know I’m repeating myself and will probably not stop … please get skin checks and wear sunscreen. Thank you all for so much support. I’m seeing your comments and stories. If by posting about this I remind one person to go see their dermatologist — I’m happy.”

"Conquering Skin Cancer" hits theaters in Australia beginning Wednesday, November 20.