Best known for playing Thor in eight Marvel Cinematic Universe films, Chris Hemsworth
celebrity heights established him among the world's highest-paid actors.
He first rose to prominence in Australia playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and Away (2004â2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. Beginning with Thor in 2011, he portrayed the title character in three sequels Thor: The Dark World in 2013, Thor: Ragnarok in 2017 and the upcoming movie Thor: Love and Thunder which scheduled to be premier in 2022. He also plays the iconic superhero in other MCU movies; such as The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Hemsworth's other film roles include the action films Star Trek (2009), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Red Dawn (2012), Blackhat (2015), Men in Black: International (2019), Extraction (2020), the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009) and the comedy Ghostbusters (2016). His 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.