Three things with Hugh Sheridan: ‘Some people go to work in a uniform and mine just happens to be a tux’

‘I grew up without money and worked hard to be able to afford the necklace’ … Adelaide-born and Los Angeles-based actor and entertainer Hugh Sheridan. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Hugh Sheridan first made his name as an actor playing Ben on the family drama Packed to the Rafters. But for the Adelaide-born performer, his true love is music.

Music is a family affair for Sheridan. His father, Denis Sheridan, was a jazz musician, and the pair regularly performed together right up until Denis’s death in 2021. The younger Sheridan now counts a painting of the both of them as his most prized possession. Here, the actor and musician tells us about that deeply personal piece of art, as well as sharing the stories of two other important belongings.