He might be the sexiest man in the world to all of us but to three-year-old Ava, Hugh Jackman is just her silly dad. The Australian actor watched on as his youngest child played at a downtown New York playground yesterday.

Hugh caught his daughter’s toes as she played on the swings, and helped her navigate the slide.

Hugh and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness are also parents to eight-year-old Oscar Jackman.

Just call him Mr Mom! Aussie actor Hugh Jackman spent yesterday in New York City with his adopted children Oscar and Ava. The kids kept themselves amused with their favorite toys: eight-year-old Oscar rode a scooter while his three-year-old sister Ava clutched a baby doll.

Hugh Jackman may play a fearless drover in Australia, but in real life there’s one thing that always breaks his tough guy veneer: his love for his eight-year-old son Oscar and three-year-old daughter Ava.

“Frightening how in love with them you are. It’s hard to go away, hard to do things like this. You have those little flashes of them jumping into a road and you stop breathing.”

Hugh credits the “unconditional love” of his wife Deborra-Lee Furness and their two children with his success, adding that all the awards and accolades mean nothing without them.

“If your career is more important than them, you’re going to have hell,” he explained to Men’s Journal. “To feel at the end of the day that you haven’t done everything you could for your kids – none of it’s worth it.”

The gorgeous star adds that Oscar and Ava help him to keep it real.

“Everything is exposed with kids. There’s no artifice, because they see you for exactly what you are. You can’t pretend. Actors can fool people about the kind of person they are. You can wear whatever mask you want to put on. But it doesn’t work with kids, you know?…You see things get out of whack, out of balance, because they just mirror it back to you.”

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Hugh Jackman and his family are making the most of their vacation in New York, enjoying plenty of the sights and sounds of the city. On Sunday they were seen watching the New York Knicks go down to the Denver Nuggets game at Madison Square Garden. It was a great result for Oscar Jackman, who was snapped wearing a Denver jersey. Here’s Hugh carrying his daughter Ava Jackman as they left the venue, and Deborra-Lee Furness holding Oscar’s hand tightly.

Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness rugged up in New York City as their daughter rode her bike. Perhaps Ava was enjoying a new Christmas gift? She looks to be having a wonderful time under the watchful eyes of her Aussie mom and dad.

It looks like Hugh Jackman’s tough The Drover in Australia wasn’t just an act! The Aussie heartthrob got to grips with his daughter Ava in New York City yesterday. The family are in town to visit new mom and close friend Naomi Watts.

After a whirlwind global publicity tour for their new film Australia, Aussie actors Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman are looking forward to some quiet time over Christmas with their families.

Nicole says her first Christmas with baby girl Sunday Rose will feature “a lot of hugs and kisses and Christmas carols.” She said her daughter “loves puppets,” so she’s bought her one which looks like a turtle!

Hugh Jackman, his wife Deborra-Lee Furness, and kids Oscar, 8, and Ava, 3, will be busy in New York City.

“I’ll be going to the Nutcracker, I’ll be going to Rockefeller Plaza, I’ll be going to the Rockettes, maybe catch a Knicks game or two,” he told People.

Only the sexiest man in the world can look that good after a long flight! Hugh Jackman touched down at Los Angeles airport yesterday with his wife Deborra-Lee Furness and their son Oscar.

Hugh Jackman spent a lazy Sunday with his family at a park in Bronte Beach, Australia. Here he is carrying his daughter Ava, looking even cuter than usual in her Snow White costume!

I don’t know how fast Oscar Jackman’s scooter is moving on that grass, but he doesn’t seem to mind!

Who needs expensive toys when kids can be so fascinated by nature? Ava Jackman marvels at a stick as daddy Hugh Jackman escorts her to a party at fellow actor Georgie Parker’s Sydney home.