<Li> Liam Hemsworth (brother) </Li> <P> Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor . He is known for playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004--07) and Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011 . Hemsworth has also appeared in the science fiction action film Star Trek (2009), the thriller adventure A Perfect Getaway (2009), the horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods (2012), the dark - fantasy action film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), and the biographical sports drama film Rush (2013). </P> <P> In 2015, he starred in the action thriller film Blackhat, had a comedic role in the fifth installment of National Lampoon's Vacation series, Vacation, and headlined the biographical thriller film In the Heart of the Sea . The following year, Hemsworth had a supporting role in Sony's reboot of Ghostbusters . Hemsworth will reprise his role as George Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek sequel . </P> <P> Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, to Leonie (née van Os), an English teacher, and Craig Hemsworth, a social - services counsellor . He is the middle of three boys; his brothers Luke (older) and Liam (younger) are also actors . His maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant, and his other ancestry is English, Irish, Scottish, and German . 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 ." He attended high school at Heathmont College before his family again returned to the Northern Territory, and then moved a few years later to Phillip Island . </P>

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