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Learn 50 interesting things about Australian native Chris Hemsworth.
1. Chris Hemsworth became known for portraying Marvel comic book hero Thor.
2. He also played in Snow White and the Huntsman.
3. Christ was born on August 11, 1983.
4. Chris Hemsworth is Australian.
5. He also performed in The Avengers.
6. Chris Hemsworth is Melbourne native.
7. He has two brothers, Luke and Liam.
8. His two brothers are also actors.
9. Surfing is his passion.
10. He attedned Heathmont Secondary College.
11. As a young star he took roles in television shows Down Under.
12. He became a regular on the soap opera Home and Away.
13. He played chracter Kim Hyde for three seasons.
14. In 2002, Hemsworth starred in two episodes of fantasy television series, Guinevere Jones as King Arthur.
15. He also made an appearance in soap opera series Neighbours and one episode of Marshall Law.
16. In 2004, Hemsworth auditioned for the Australian soap opera Home and Away role of Robbie Hunter (played by Jason Smith), but did not receive the part. He was subsequently recalled for the part of Kim Hyde and moved to Sydney to join the cast, appearing in 171 episodes of the series. He left the cast of Home and Away on 3 July 2007.
17. Hemsworth was a contestant on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars Australia, partnered with professional dancer Abbey Ross.
18. The season Dancing with the Stars Australia with him performing premiered on 26 September 2006, and after six weeks, Hemsworth was eliminated.
19. In 2009, Hemsworth portrayed James T. Kirk's father, George Kirk, in the opening scenes of J. J. Abrams' film Star Trek.
20. He played the character Kale in the thriller A Perfect Getaway the same year, 2009.
21. He went on to play Sam in 2010's Ca$h, which was the first film he shot when he arrived in the United States. The film's director, Stephen Milburn Anderson, said Hemsworth had only been in the United States for six weeks when he had auditioned for the role, recalling, "Here's a guy who is young, has the right look, is a very good actor and, let's face it, he's beautiful. So I say, we need to get this guy in. I was very impressed".His brother Liam also auditioned for the role Thor, but Christ got it.
22. In November 2010, The Hollywood Reporter named Hemsworth as one of the young male actors who are "pushing - or being pushed" onto the Hollywood "A-List".
23. Sony Pictures announced in 2011 that Hemsworth would star in the thriller Shadow Runner, which did not subsequently go into production as of 2014.
24. Rfor the role Thor, Hemsworth said he put on 20 pounds of muscle.
25. He starred in the horror film The Cabin in the Woods, which was shot shortly after the release of Star Trek but went unreleased until 2012.
26. He also played Jed Eckert in the 2012 Red Dawn remake, a role he was cast in after MGM saw dailies footage of a scene from Cabin in the Woods.
27. People magazine, in an annual feature, named him its 2014 "Sexiest Man Alive."
28. Hemsworth returned to the set of Home and Away in November 2014 to film a scene as an extra and not as his character Kim Hyde.
29. His performance of Thor elevated him to Hollywood A-List status.
30. His hight is 6'2".
31. In 2013 he appeared in Star Trek Into Darkness.
32. He worked with director Ron Howard for Rush. Rush tells the real-life car racing story.
33. Snakes on a Plane and Fast Five. and Ron Howard teamed up again for the film In the Heart of the Sea which is set to release in 2015.
34. He stared with Ed Helms and Leslie Mann in a comedy Vacation.
35. Hemsworth and his wife shared same representation.
36. His wife is actress Elsa Pataky.
37. His wife is knonw for roles in Snakes on a Plane and Fast Five.
38. Chris Hemsworth began dating Spanish actress Elsa Pataky in early 2010.
39. He and his wife met through their mutual representatives.
40. Chris Hemsworth and his wife married three months after going public with their relationship.
41. Hemsworth and Pataky married on Christmas weekend in 2010 in Australia.
42. They welcomed their first child India two years after they married.
43. Hemsworth wants to teach her daugher to surf as soon as she can walk.
44. The couple welcomed twin boys Tristan and Sasha in 2014.
45. His mother Leonie, a teacher of English.
46. His father Craig Hemsworth is a social-services counsellor.
47. He was raised both in Melbourne and in the Australian Outback in Bulman, Northern Territory. He has stated, "My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback, and then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Certainly most of my childhood was in Melbourne but probably my most vivid memories were up there in Bulman with crocodiles and buffalo. Very different walks of life."
48. He is an Australian rules football fan.
49. Hemsworth was the star of the Australian Football League's 2014 Everything's Possible campaign.
50. He donated fees for his involvement with Australian Football League's 2014 Everything's Possible campaign to the Australian Children Foundation.
Source: biography.com, Wikipedia.org
