Hugh Jackman asks for help finding Broadway star Zelig Williams

Broadway dancers Zelig Williams has been missing for more than a week and Hugh Jackman does what he can to spread the word and find him.

Jackman, 55, posted a plea for help via his Instagram Story on Thursday, October 11, asking anyone with information about Williams’ disappearance to contact authorities.

“Zelig, we love you and pray for your safe return,” he wrote. “Please forward this message!!!”

Jackman and Williams performed together on Jackman’s 2019 “The Man” concert tour. The music. The Show.” Williams, 28, is also known for his work on Broadway, where he appeared in the jukebox musical “MJ the Musical,” based on the life of Michael Jacksonand in “Hamilton.”

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Williams worked as a dance instructor for children ages 11 to 18 in Columbia, South Carolina. According to a missing person poster, he is described as a 6-foot-tall black man with a light complexion, short hair and brown eyes.

According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Williams was last seen on Thursday, October 3, leaving his mother’s home in Columbia, South Carolina. His parents reported him missing the next day. Williams’ car was later found undamaged in a parking lot at Wateree Passage on Palmetto Trail and his phone sent an SOS message to one of his friends in New York City.

“Around 9:50 a.m. Thursday morning, he left as normal,” Williams’ aunt said. Christine McLaughlin Barbersaid South Carolina television station WACH. “About 10 minutes later, one of his friends in New York received an SOS ping from his phone indicating a crash.”

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott According to WIS10 in Colombia, a search is underway “on foot (and) in the air in various locations.”

He added: “Other investigative techniques that we will be using include cell phones and some other things that I don’t want to discuss at this point.”

McLaughlin Barber updated well-wishers about the investigation via her Facebook account.

“Words cannot express what our family is going through right now,” she wrote. “Please continue to share his photos and videos. The more we share, the more people can spread the message in other states/countries. It’s reached France, so let’s keep flooding the schedules to help bring Zelig home. Please continue to pray, pray, pray that Zelig comes home safely. WE LOVE YOU, ZELIG.”

Anyone with information about Zelig’s disappearance is asked to contact the Richland County Sheriff’s Office at 803-576-3000.