Chris Hemsworth emerged in Hollywood after playing Thor for the first time in the 2011 鈥淭hor鈥� movie. It was a role that he would continue to play in the following years and the one he would become widely associated with throughout his career.
Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Leonie and Craig Hemsworth. He has two brothers, Liam and Luke Hemsworth who are also actors. In 2004, Hemsworth auditioned to play Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera 鈥淗ome and Away鈥� but ultimately got cast as Kim Hyde. He played the character from 2004 to 2007. While in Australia, he also competed on 鈥淒ancing with the Stars.鈥�
鈥淪tar Trek鈥� was the first Hollywood movie Hemsworth acted in. A few years later, in 2011, he scored his big break with 鈥淭hor,鈥� although he originally was passed on for the role. Hemsworth has said that his brother Liam initially made it further in the audition process. Ultimately, Chris was brought back to read for the role and was offered the part he would go on to play for more than 10 years.
Hemsworth played Thor in his own feature films, 鈥淭hor: The Dark World,鈥� 鈥淭hor: Ragnarok鈥� and the 2022 movie "Thor: Love and Thunder." He also played Thor in all the Avengers movies alongside his fellow superhero actors Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner. He played Thor in "The Avengers," 鈥淎vengers: Age of Ultron,鈥� 鈥淎vengers: Infinity War鈥� and the Avengers epic finale 鈥淎vengers: Endgame.鈥�
Some other movies starring Hemsworth are 鈥淩ed Dawn,鈥� 鈥淪now White and the Huntsman,鈥� 鈥淩ush,鈥� 鈥淏lackhat,鈥� 鈥淰acation,鈥� 鈥淚n the Heart of the Sea,鈥� 鈥淭he Huntsman: Winter鈥檚 War,鈥� 鈥淕hostbusters,鈥� 鈥淢en in Black: International,鈥� 鈥淓xtraction鈥� and 鈥淪piderhead.鈥�
Hemsworth met his now wife Elsa Pataky through talent agent William Ward in early 2010 and went public in September of that year. The two tied the knot just a few months later, in December. They now have three children together, a daughter named India Rose and twin boys Tristan and Sasha.
