10 Actors Who Should Totally Play Joel in The Last of Us HBO Series

Hugh Jackman

There are few actors that do gruff and rugged as well as Hugh Jackman. Best known for playing Wolverine over a decade of different X-Men films, it’s his most recent iteration of the character that perhaps qualifies him best.

2017’s “Logan” does, after all, share a ton of parallels with The Last of Us. A rugged father-figure protecting a young girl while on the run — a young girl with something special about her that other nefarious factions want a piece of, no less. Sound familiar? And then there’s the film ‘Prisoner,’ in which Jackman does a superb job conveying a character pushed to the absolute brink.

There’s just no doubt that Jackman’s resume would bring something special to the role of Joel.