Hugh Jackman takes his French Bulldog Dali for a walk in New York City

Australian actor Hugh Jackman takes his pet dogs out for regular walks in his adopted home town of New York City. 

And on Wednesday, the 52-year-old shared a photo of his French Bulldog, named Dali after the artist Salvador Dali.

In the image, the pooch looked cosy wrapped up in a fleece coat over a blue puffer vest.

The actor wrote in the caption, from his dog’s perspective: ‘My Dad said… It’s a double-coat kinda morning. And I’m not happy about it.’

Aside from Dali, Hugh also owns a poodle and terrier mix named Allegra.

Hugh is based in New York City with his wife, actress and adoption activist Deborra-Lee Furness.

The couple met on the set of the Australian drama Correlli in 1995 and married in 1996.

After moving to the US in the early 2000s they adopted two children – son Oscar, now 20, and daughter Ava, now 15.

Deborra-Lee has long been a critic of Australia’s ‘anti-adoption culture’, telling The Daily Telegraph last year that she and Hugh had chosen to adopt their children in the United States because it was ‘easier’. 

She explained she was ‘horrified’ and ‘appalled’ by Australian bureaucracy, and went through the U.S. system instead after moving stateside.

‘We were not famous over there, we jumped through every hoop and did it all by the books, and it was so much easier,’ she said. 

Meanwhile, musical theater star Hugh was meant to make his return to Broadway last year in a revival of The Music Man.

But the COVID-19 lockdowns shut down the New York’s entire theater scene.

He will star alongside fellow Tony winner Sutton Foster in the production, which is now slated to open February 2022.