Chris Hemsworth

The English teacher Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os) and social-services counsellor Craig Hemsworth had Christopher “Chris” Hemsworth on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Actor brothers Liam and Luke Hemsworth. His immigrant maternal grandfather was Dutch, Irish, English, Scottish, and German. His married uncle Rod Ansell inspired Crocodile Dundee (1986) with his bushman skills.

Chris toured the nation as a teenager when his family relocated to the Northern Territory and then to Phillip Island south of Melbourne. After failing to audition for Robbie Hunter on Home and Away (1988) in 2004, he was recalled for Kim Hyde, which he played until 2007. He started Dancing with the Stars (2004) Australia in 2006 and lasted till episode 7 (Episode #5.7 (2006)), when he was eliminated fifth.

His first Hollywood role was in Star Trek (2009), but Thor (2011) made him famous worldwide. He reprised the character in The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

Chris married Elsa Pataky in 2010 through ROAR, his American management company. They have twin sons and a daughter. He became a Member of the Order of Australia at the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his philanthropic and performing arts contributions.Early Life 

Best known for playing Thor in Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Chris Hemsworth (born August 11, 1983, Melbourne, Australia).

His parents, an English teacher and social worker, and brothers Luke and Liam performed. The family moved from Melbourne to Bulman, Northern Territory, to Phillip Island. Hemsworth debuted in 2002 as King Arthur in two Guinevere Jones episodes. Like many Australian actors, he started on Home and Away (2004–07).

To convert from acting to film, Hemsworth went to America. He portrayed a dangerous hitchhiker in A Perfect Getaway and Captain Kirk’s father in Star Trek in 2009. He appeared in Ca$h (2010) before playing Thor in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor (2011). The film showed Thor’s haughty rupture with peace and banishment to 21st-century Earth to learn humility. Hemsworth’s self-deprecating, likeable comic superhero made the film a hit and began a franchise. He starred in Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Love and Thunder (2022). The Avengers (2012) and future Marvel flicks star Hemsworth.

In this time, Hemsworth appeared in several films. Starred in 2009 horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, released in 2011. He then played the Huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and the less popular Winter’s War (2016). Other notable appearances were Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush (2013), a computer hacker in Blackhat (2015), and a seductive receptionist in Ghostbusters (2016). He portrayed a daring mercenary in Extraction (2020) and 12 Strong (2018), which were well-received.

Limitless, a 2022 wellness and self-improvement docuseries, featured Hemsworth. In the series, health difficulties test him.

Trademarks

Resonant voice

Muscular build

Fun Facts

Hemsworth has 2 brothers.

He hates the Paparazzi.

He acted to support his family.

Hemsworth owns five Thor’s hammer duplicates, one in his bathroom.

Personal life

After meeting through their respective managers in early 2010, Hemsworth began dating Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky.In December of 2010, they tied the knot. India Rose was born in May 2012, and the couple had twins Sasha and Tristan in March 2014. His family uprooted from Los Angeles and settled in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia in 2015.

Hemsworth has routinely taken his kids to national events where they compete in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which they practise in with Thalison Soares.

In the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Hemsworth was named an Officer of the Order of Australia.

In the fifth episode of Hemsworth’s Limitless (2022) documentary for National Geographic, Hemsworth disclosed that his maternal grandpa has Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, it was found that Hemsworth has inherited two copies of the APOE4 gene, one from each parent, making him eight to ten times more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease than the average person.

Career

Early work (2002–2010)

TV programs launched Hemsworth’s career. Hemsworth played King Arthur in two Guinevere Jones, one Neighbours, and one Marshall Law episodes in 2002. He appeared on The Saddle Club the next year. Hemsworth auditioned for Home and Away’s Robbie Hunter in 2004. He was recalled for Kim Hyde after declining the part. He participated in 171 episodes after joining the Sydney cast. The Home and Away star left July 3, 2007. After Home and Away, Hemsworth got more famous, although he later acknowledged his soap opera success did not help him get into movies.

Abbey Ross and Hemsworth participated in Dancing with the Stars Australia’s sixth season. The season premiered on 26 September 2006, and Hemsworth was eliminated on 7 November after six weeks. Marvel film producers thought Hemsworth’s features would turn off moviegoers, almost costing him Thor.

Hemsworth played James T. Kirk’s father George Kirk in Star Trek’s 2009 debut. After Matt Damon rejected, Abrams was thrilled that Hemsworth accepted. Cinemablend Josh Tyler dubbed it the “best five minutes I’ve spent in a movie theatre this year.” The film earned $385,7 million. That year, Hemsworth played Kale Garrity in A Perfect Getaway. It grossed US$22 million on a US$14 million budget and received mixed reviews.Hemsworth’s “appropriately intimidating” “thuggish backpacker” was praised.” Hemsworth was “solid.” Screen Rant’s Paul Young concurred.

In his US debut, 2010’s Ca$h starring Sean Bean, Hemsworth played Sam. The film’s director, Stephen Milburn Anderson, said Hemsworth auditioned after six weeks in the US. “Young, gorgeous, great actor, and lovely. Need to allow him in. It impressed me”. In November 2010, The Hollywood Reporter called Hemsworth one of the young male stars “pushing – or being pushed” onto the Hollywood “A-List”.

Thor and global stardom (2011)–2015

Sony Pictures said Hemsworth will feature in Shadow Runner in 2011, but production has yet to begin. The Marvel Cinematic Universe cast Hemsworth as Thor that year. Thor was his first franchise picture in 2011. He and Loki co-star Tom Hiddleston auditioned for the part, which Hemsworth says had him grow 20 pounds of muscle. Thor grossed US$449.3 million worldwide, ranking 15th in 2011. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times lauded Hemsworth’s performance as the God of Thunder.Hemsworth returned in 2012’s The Avengers as one of six superheroes—Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers / Captain America, Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner / Hulk, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanova / Black Widow, and Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton / Hawkeye—sent to defend Earth from Loki,The picture earned over US$1.5 billion globally and was well-received. The ensemble cast’s chemistry was commended by Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers.

Hemsworth shot the horror thriller The Cabin in the Woods immediately after Star Trek, although it wasn’t released until 2012. His portrayal of Alpha male jock Curt Vaughan was praised by Mashable’s Alison Foreman as his “sexiest” performance. Hemsworth played the Huntsman opposite Kristen Stewart in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012). Though it made US$396 million globally, film garnered mixed reviews.Hemsworth and Stewart’s chemistry was criticised, and Wired’s Angela Watercutter called the characters “not fully fleshed-out.”Hemsworth was cast as Jed Eckert in the 2012 Red Dawn remake after MGM viewed dailies of The Cabin in the Woods. He was cast as Thor two days later. The picture grossed just US$50 million against a US$65 million production budget and garnered poor reviews.

Hemsworth played 1976 Formula 1 World Champion James Hunt in Ron Howard’s 2013 sports drama Rush. The picture grossed US$98.2 million on a US$38 million budget and was well-received. Henry Barnes of The Guardian praised Hemsworth for delivering the “superb script” with “some mastery.”Hemsworth reprised Thor in Thor: The Dark World (2013) later that year. The film grossed US$644.6 million worldwide, but Rotten Tomatoes scored it 66%, making it the lowest-ranked MCU film. Ben Child of The Guardian stated, “Thanks to Hiddleston and Hemsworth’s impressive collective charisma, Thor: The Dark World is far from a franchise killer.”

Hemsworth and Viola Davis featured in Michael Mann’s 2015 action film Blackhat. The movie was a box office flop. Christy Lemire of the Chicago Sun-Times said, “Anyone who makes [their] way in the world sitting in front of a computer screen all day is not going to look as hunky as Hemsworth.” Hemsworth subsequently said, “I didn’t enjoy what I did in the film,” unhappy with his performance. It seemed flat and was an attempt to achieve what I believed people desired. But I’m not excellent there.” Avengers: Age of Ultron was his fourth Thor appearance. The film received excellent reviews and grossed over US$1.4 billion worldwide. Hemsworth won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Action Movie Actor. Hemsworth returned to Home and Away in November 2014 as an extra, not Kim Hyde. He appears on the 19 May 2015 episode.

He co-starred alongside Ed Helms in Vacation, a reboot of the Chevy Chase film series, that year.MTV Movie Awards nominated him for Best Kiss with Leslie Mann. In his last 2015 film, Hemsworth played first mate Owen Chase in In the Heart of the Sea, based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s book. In an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he revealed the cast ate 500–600 calories a day to reduce weight for the part of starving sailors. In the Heart of the Sea was a box office disaster, generating US$93 million against a US$100 million budget, although Hemsworth was nominated for Choice Movie Actor: Action at the 18th Teen Choice Awards.

Constant financial prosperity (in 2016 and beyond)

The Huntsman: Winter’s War, released in 2016, featured Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain in the roles of Eric the Huntsman and his love interest, respectively. IndieWire writer Oliver Lyttelton wrote, “they’re both struggling uphill against accents they’re palpably not comfortable with, displaying zero chemistry, and frankly appearing to be in different films.” Both Hemsworth and Chastain have been criticised for their lack of chemistry on screen. The film’s total revenue of US$165 million was significantly lower than its predecessor’s. Later, Hemsworth was cast as receptionist Kevin in the next Ghostbusters movie. However, Hemsworth was hailed by Metro’s Caroline Westbrook as “deliver[ing] the most fun” and went on to win the award for Favourite Movie Actor at the Kids’ Choice Awards, despite the film’s critical and commercial failure.

Thor: Ragnarok was released in the United States on November 3, 2017, and Hemsworth has since returned to the character of Thor in the third and fourth Avengers films, Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). All three movies were well received by critics and audiences alike.According to RogerEbert.com critic Matt Zoller Seitz, “Hemsworth’s charisma holds [Thor: Ragnarok] together whenever it threatens to spin apart,” drawing comparisons between Hemsworth and Cary Grant.Hemsworth took up the trophy for Favorite Sci-Fi Movie Actor at the Teen Choice Awards. But Wall Street Journal critic Joe Morgenstern praised “Hemsworth’s Thor, endearing despite some ragged material and the actor’s seemingly limited dramatic range” in his review of Avengers: Endgame.while hailing Hemsworth “as the graceful, exuberant comic actor he was destined to be” in the MCU Infinity Saga climax, “while Thor morphs, alarmingly and charmingly—yet still heroically—into a beer-bellied apparition who could pass for Jeff Lebowski.”

In 2019, Hemsworth also appeared in Men in Black: International, a spin-off of the original series. The picture earned $253 million throughout the world but was panned by critics for its “lacklustre action and forgettable plot,” despite acclaim for the chemistry between stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.The following year, he reprised his role alongside the Russo brothers as producers and co-stars in the Netflix action thriller Extraction.In its first month on Netflix, the film surpassed Bird Box as the service’s most viewed original feature film with 90 million views. In 2020’s Thor: Love and Thunder, Hemsworth returned to the title character. Production in Australia began off in February 2021, and the film premiered on June 23, 2022.

The National Geographic documentary Limitless, on which Hemsworth has been working, is a six-part series. The program has cast Oscar-winning director Darren Aronofsky opposite Hemsworth. Hemsworth makes appearances on the show in many of the ways that people have tried to improve their health. Hemsworth participated in an indigenous Australian ritual, fasted for extended periods of time, and jumped into frigid Arctic water during the course of the episodes.The latter of these caused the most uproar, as some Indigenous organisations felt that having the show shoot at a holy spot was insensitive to their beliefs.

Future projects

Originally scheduled to return as George Kirk in the fourth instalment of the rebooted Star Trek film series, Hemsworth dropped out in August 2018 due to failed contract talks; Hemsworth subsequently said the screenplay was unimpressive.Hemsworth’s casting in the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel/sequel Furiosa was revealed on October 13, 2020. After making $20 million from Extraction, Hemsworth will reprise his role as Tyler Rake in the sequel. Hemsworth’s casting as a younger Optimus Prime in the upcoming prequel film Transformers One was confirmed on April 27, 2023. This is his first full-length animated picture.

Perception in the public eye

Hemsworth’s body became popular after he played Thor in the MCU series. The Times of India, Men’s Health, MensXP, Entertainment Tonight, and Metro are just some of the publications that have profiled his workout methods. Later, he developed Centre, a fitness app that gives users access to health and exercise plans in exchange for payment. People magazine voted him “Sexiest Man Alive” in 2014.

Hemsworth is a huge fan of the Australian Football League team the Western Bulldogs.His participation fees in the AFL’s 2014 Everything’s Possible campaign were donated to the Australian Children’s Foundation, and he became the campaign’s face. Hemsworth also starred in the 2017 “I’d Like to See That” ad for the Australian Football League.

Wealth

Hemsworth is now one of the highest-paid actors in the world because of his successful career in Hollywood movies.In 2014, 2015, and 2018, he was included on Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world. Furthermore, with his projected 2019 earnings of US$76.4 million, he placed 31st on Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest Paid Celebrities.

Charity

In May of 2020, Chris and his brother Liam were among the famous people who read an excerpt from Roald Dahl’s children’s fantasy novel James and the Giant Peach to raise money for Partners In Health, an organisation co-founded by Dahl’s daughter Ophelia to combat the spread of the coronavirus 19 in poor regions of the world.