Chris Hemsworth Trivia | 40 facts about the actor

Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor best known for reprising the role of Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Let’s find out more about the actor!

1. Christopher Hemsworth was born on 11th of August 1983.
2. He is an Australian actor.
3. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and Away (2004–2007).
4. He then began a film career in Hollywood.
5. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Hemsworth started playing Thor with the 2011 film of the same name and most recently reprised the role in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
6. This role established him among the world’s highest-paid actors.^[
7. His other film roles include the action films Star Trek (2009), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and its sequel The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016) , Red Dawn (2012), Blackhat (2015), Men in Black: International (2019), Extraction (2020), the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009) and the comedy Ghostbusters (2016).
8. Chris Hemsworth’s most critically acclaimed films include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013) in which he portrayed James Hunt.
9. Has gained 20 pounds of muscle for the title role in Thor (2011).
10. Is incredibly close with his Thor (2011) on-screen brother Tom Hiddleston.
11. Chris has said Tom is an honorary Hemsworth and has been adopted into the family.
12. Has 3 children: daughter, India Rose Hemsworth (b. May 11, 2012) and sons, Tristan Hemsworth & Sasha Hemsworth (b. March 18, 2014) with wife, Elsa Pataky.
13. Paid off the mortgage on his father’s house with his earnings from The X=Cabin in the Woods (2011).
14. Very good friends with Chris Evans, Tom Hiddleston and Tessa Thompson. Friends with Sienna Miller.
15. Is an avid beekeeper.
16. His uncle was bushman Rod Ansell, who inspired the film Crocodile Dundee (1986). Rod was married to Chris’s aunt (Chris’s mother’s sister), Joanne van Os, who is an author.
17. Chris studied American English at Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors in Sydney, Australia.
18. Married his girlfriend of 10 months Elsa Pataky following a 5-month-long engagement.
19. Hemsworth adopted his late cousin’s son, in 2008. Perry Satya now resides in Byron as part of the Hemsworth clan.
20. His maternal grandfather, Martin van Os, is a Dutch immigrant. The rest of Chris’s ancestry is Irish, English, and smaller amounts of German and Scottish.
21. Born on a Thursday, the day of the week named after Thor, a character he has portrayed.
22. Cousin Rob Hemsworth, an oyster farmer, competed on the sixth season of My Kitchen Rules (2010), representing Victoria.
23. Ranked #7 in Glamour magazine’s list of “50 Sexiest Men” of 2013, behind his younger brother Liam Hemsworth.
24. Currently resides in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
25. He was awarded the AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the performing arts and to charitable organisations. He is an actor in Melbourne, Victoria.
26. Chosen as People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive (2014).
27. His idol is Sean Bean with who he worked alongside in Ca$h (2010).
28. Is an avid supporter of the Western Bulldogs Australian Rules Football club.
29. Has Starred in movies filmed in Australia but yet to film an Australian movie.
30. Attended and graduated from Heathmont College in Heathmont, Victoria.
31. Chosen as one of 2011 Fun and Fearless Men by Cosmopolitan Magazine.
32. The last four letters of his surname are the same letters that form his most associated on-screen character’s name: Thor.
33. As his career in Hollywood films has developed, Hemsworth has become one of the world’s highest-paid actors.
34. He appeared in Forbes’ World’s Highest Paid Actors list in 2014, 2015, and 2018.
35. Additionally, he ranked 31st in the magazine’s list of Highest Paid Celebrities in 2018, and 24th in 2019 with estimated earnings of US$76.4 million.
36. In May 2020, Chris and his brother Liam were among the celebrities who read an instalment of Roald Dahl’s children’s fantasy novel James and the Giant Peach in aid of the global-non profit charity Partners In Health, co-founded by Dahl’s daughter Ophelia, which had been fighting COVID-19 in vulnerable areas.
37. After appearing as Thor in the MCU franchise, Hemsworth’s physique gained attention from fans.
38. His exercise routines have been regularly discussed in the media, including The Times of India, Men’s Health, MensXP, Entertainment Tonight, and Metro.
39. He later created the fitness app Centr, which provides paying customers access to nutrition, wellness, and exercise routines.
40. Hemsworth was also the star in the AFL’s 2017 “I’d Like to See That” commercial.