Hugh Jackman has revealed he acts as his son’s “wingman” to help the teenager impress girls.

The Logan actor admitted 18-year-old Oscar – his oldest child with wife Deborra-Lee Furness – isn’t usually impressed by his career but the youngster sought help from his dad when he met someone on a beach.

“Once he was on the beach. He was talking to a girl, he was about 13, he was talking to a girl, who I guess to be about 15, and he started walking towards me,” he recalled.

“He came up to me and he started walking ahead of the girl, and he goes, ‘Dad, Dad, Dad, she’s coming over. I told her you’re Wolverine, just go with it.’

“I was like, ‘I am the wingman for my 13-year-old boy.’”

But the 50-year-old actor – who got married in 1996 – doesn’t think he’s the right person to ask for dating tips.

“It’s been 25 years, I wouldn’t even know how to pretend to have game,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “It’s been way too long.”

The Les Miserables star still enjoys date nights with his wife – with whom he also has 13-year-old daughter Ava – and admitted nothing makes them happier than staying at home and enjoying a few drinks while playing a game.

However, the Australian actor admitted Deborra isn’t bowled over by his favourite hobby; jigsaw puzzles.

“You want to know the secret truth? Make a martini at home and play backgammon.

“If I had it my way, we would be doing jigsaw puzzles, which she says is not sexy, so I have moved up to backgammon.

“I don’t know if it’s James Bond, but anyway, it does work.”