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\"Your laughter, your spirit, generosity, humor, cheekiness, courage and loyalty is an incredible gift to me,\" he added. \"I love you with all my heart.\"

Furness, who is an actress known for her roles in \"Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole,\" met Jackman on the Australian show \"Correlli.\"

They tied the knot on April 11, 1996.

The couple has adopted two children: Oscar Maximilian Jackman, 22, and Ava Eliot Jackman, 17.

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