Chris Hemsworth: how did the personal life of the god Thor

Life on the island

Chris Hemsworth was born in distant Australia, in Melbourne in 1983. His parents were the simplest people: Craig’s father worked in a social service, and his mother Leonie taught English at a local school. According to the actor, the heroic example of parents who worked day and night for the good of others inspired him a lot in life: “I am inspired by people who sacrifice themselves for the common good, for the sake of other people. No matter what these people work for, if they put the interests of others above their own in the first place, this is important.

Chris had two brothers, older Luke and younger Liam. It is surprising that, having no known relatives or connections, all three Australian fellows would later become stars of the first magnitude in Hollywood.

When the boy was 14 years old, the whole family moved to the small island of Phillip just south of Australia. Compared with the five millionth Melbourne, this island seemed like a remote backwater. But Chris liked it there, and most often it is these places that he remembers as his small homeland.

Island life prompted Hemsworth to take up the favorite sport of any islanders – surfing. Already at the age of 15-16, Chris could stand on the board and conquer the waves like a real pro. The same occupation gave him his famous athletic body. The Australian hero with a height of 190 centimeters has a weight of 90 kilograms – without a drop of fat. Although Australians are generally known for their large men in terms of muscle mass (you can remember, for example, the young Mel Gibson), but even for them this is a very impressive result. The actor himself also believes that the experience of living in Australia, unusual for the rest of the planet, made him who he is now: “When you grow up in Australia, you get an experience that is not available in any other country in the world. If you come to America with all your experience from there, then you are already a welcome guest for Hollywood.

First steps in a career

Australia is also known for its beautiful scenery for filming. Hollywood teams often come there in search of beautiful and at the same time cheap surroundings for different scenes. This is what allowed Chris to take his first steps in the film business.

He started going to auditions at the age of 18, just to keep his older brother Luke company. The producers quickly noticed the young man. Perhaps the reason for everything was that Chris still combined good acting inclinations with his muscles, although he never studied this on purpose.

Hemsworth began getting small bit parts in Australian films and TV series. The fact that in a few years he would become a world celebrity, the actor could not even think: “As a child, I just wanted to act in films, I didn’t think about such popularity. Sometimes I can’t believe that all this is happening to me.”

Chris’ work during his life in Australia is not of particular interest. All these were very local projects in which he played not his best roles. His first acting job was an appearance for one episode in the popular TV series Neighbors. His biggest performance of those years was the role of King Arthur in the TV series Gwen Jones – Merlin’s Apprentice. Then Hemsworth began to receive the first acting awards.

Realizing that at home he was very limited in his opportunities to develop in the profession, Chris decided to move to Hollywood. For an Australian actor, this career path is also quite typical. For example, a similar fate befell Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, and even Hugh Jackman.

From Australia to Asgard

In the US, Chris’ career began to rapidly go up. His first project was a full-length remake of Star Trek in 2009 from director J.J. Abrams, even if it was not the biggest role. “The Perfect Getaway”, “Big Money”, and “Olly Klublerstern vs. the Nazis” followed. In the last two films, Hemsworth even got central roles.

In 2011, the main, turning point project in his career, the Marvel film Thor, came out on world screens. Of course, now it is very difficult to imagine that Marvel will take on one of the most important roles in its universe not the most popular actor with just a couple of serious projects behind him. But then their empire was only gaining momentum. They were in dire need of fresh faces for their franchise, who would not at the same time ask for a huge fee for the work.

Chris Hemsworth seemed to be the perfect candidate: a tall, athletic man whose foreign roots gave him a bit of the “out of town” charm that Thor should have been. Although this does not change the fact that he had to go through a very harsh casting for the role. From work in Marvel began and his worldwide fame.

Further, hundreds of job offers in blockbusters that are well known to everyone simply burst into his life: The Elusive, Snow White and the Huntsman, the next parts of Thor and The Avengers. Back in 2018, Hemsworth was among the top ten highest paid actors in the world.

But Chris always left room in his work schedule for more modest, purely dramatic projects. In 2013, for example, he played the challenging lead role in the biopic Race, about the historic rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. In 2015, in the film In the Heart of the Sea, he played the role of Captain Owen Chase, on whose stories the great novel Moby Dick, or the White Whale was based. So to say that behind the brutal charm of Hemsworth there is no great acting talent, it would be completely unfair.

The best dad in the world

That’s really who can really be called an exemplary family man, so it’s Chris Hemsworth. Before meeting his current wife, the press knew only about one of his novels, with actress Isabelle Lucas, and even that lasted only a year.

And in 2010, Chris met the main love of his life – actress Elsa Pataky. Many may know her thanks to the films of the Fast and the Furious series. They got married after only 10 months from the moment they met, their love was so strong. The actor says that the secret to the well-being of any couple lies in simple attention to a loved one: “Indifference makes a girl cruel, and caring allows her to blossom. Everyone gets what they deserve.”

To date, three babies have already appeared in their family: India Rose, Tristan and Sasha. Elsa Pataky’s mother once admitted that she could not have imagined a better father for her grandchildren than Chris. The family lives in a secluded house somewhere in the endless fields of Australia, to be away from the bustle of the city and journalists and closer to relatives. According to Hemsworth, the appearance of children greatly changes the life of any person: “You never think that you are capable of such strong all-consuming love before you have children.”

Brothers Liam and Luke are frequent guests at Chris’ house, as are the actor’s parents. Chris also maintains accounts on social networks, where he gladly openly shares all the important events of his life. In his free time, he, like in childhood, loves to surf on the native shores of Australia.