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Puzzle #751: Hugh Jackman → Jamie Foxx

Saturday, September 5, 2026

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On Saturday, September 5, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Hugh Jackman and Jamie Foxx. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 27 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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Play puzzle #751

The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman (2017), which also stars Zendaya as Anne Wheeler.
  2. Zendaya as MJ in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), alongside Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro.

The full chain: Hugh Jackman → The Greatest Showman (2017) → Zendaya → Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) → Jamie Foxx.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Hugh Jackman → Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) → Jon Favreau → Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) → Jamie Foxx
  • Hugh Jackman → Prisoners (2013) → Jake Gyllenhaal → Jarhead (2005) → Jamie Foxx
  • Hugh Jackman → Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) → Channing Tatum → White House Down (2013) → Jamie Foxx

About Hugh Jackman

Born
October 12, 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Film career
2000–2026
Widely seen films
34 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Jamie Foxx

Born
December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas, USA
Film career
1992–2025
Widely seen films
42 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: