Hugh Jackman's father provided the inspiration for 'Missing Link'

There are advantages to having English parents, according to Hugh Jackman, who provides the voice of Sir Lionel Frost in new animation 'Missing Link'.

London: Australian actor Hugh Jackman used his father's English accent as the starting point for the voice of the dashing adventurer in the globe-trotting comedy,'Missing Link'.

"My father, I remember he used to try and shut us up if we were laughing inappropriately by, 'Wipe that supercilious grin off your face,' and... of course which made us laugh more. But we used to get a lot of those English things coming up," Jackman told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

The stop-motion animation is produced by Laika, the company behind 'Coraline', 'ParaNorman', 'The Boxtrolls' and 'Kubo and the Two Strings', all of which were nominated for Academy Awards.

Jackman's Frost character, an investigator of myths and monsters, travels to America's Northwest to discover the world's most legendary creature, the 'Missing Link'.

Zach Galifianakis plays Mr. Link, the last of his kind, who persuades Frost to take him on a daring quest to seek out his distant relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. The pair team up with Adelina Fortnight (Zoe Saldana), who has the only known map to their secret destination, for their perilous journey.

'Missing Link' is written and directed by Chris Butler ('ParaNorman'), and also stars Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Emma Thompson and Matt Lucas.

'Missing Link' is set to be released on April 12.

With inputs from APTN