Hugh Jackman is putting a spotlight on the search for missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams.
On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Tony Award-winner shared to his Instagram account PEOPLE’s story about Williams’ disappearance, asking his followers for help.
“Please … if anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of Zelig Williams, please reach out to your local authorities,” Jackman, 55, wrote. “Please pass this message on!!!”
Jackman and Williams worked together on The Greatest Showman‘s The Man, The Music, The Show Tour in 2019. Williams has also had credits on screen in Spirited, and on the boards in Hamilton and MJ: The Musical.
“Zelig, we love you and are praying for your safe return,” Jackman added in his post.
Hugh Jackman’s Instagram post about Zelig Williams.
Hugh Jackman/Instagram
Williams, 28, recently moved back to his hometown of Columbia, S.C., to take a job as a dance teacher, a source close to the actor tells PEOPLE.
He was last seen at his home on Thursday, Oct. 3., the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said in a release, and was reported missing the following day.
According to an incident report reviewed by PEOPLE, Williams’ mother told police he had left around 9 a.m. on Thursday and had not been heard from for over 24 hours, which was “out of character” for him. He is also in need of prescription medication, his family stressed.
Police say Williams was last seen driving around the Congaree National Park in central South Carolina.
Family members initially believed that he had been in a car accident, after they were made aware of an SOS alert from his phone that indicated he had been in a crash, police confirmed . They received the ping, Williams’ aunt Christine McLaughlin Barber told authorities, through a friend in New York who noted that the message was sent within ten minutes of Williams leaving the house.
But Williams’ car was later recovered by police in a parking lot not far from the national park on the Palmetto Trail, a 500-mile stretch that runs across South Carolina. There was no evidence of a crash.
Searches have been consistent since, with local law enforcement using everything from helicopters to boats and drones.
‘We’ve searched on foot [and] in the air of various locations,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told WIS10, “Other investigative techniques that we will use involving cell phones and some other things that I don’t want to discuss at this point.”
While police are investigating Williams disappearance as a missing persons case, Lott has said investigators believe possible foul play is involved, his office confirms.
