Actor best known for playing Thor in the Marvel film series. His other movie credits include Rush, Red Dawn, The Cabin in the Woods, Vacation and In the Heart of the Sea. He was cast in the 2016 comedy Ghostbusters, a reboot of the 1980s films. In 2018, he was cast to star as Agent H in Men in Black: International.
Despite not receiving the role he auditioned for, he was called back and given a role on the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2004.
He danced the Samba in the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars.
He married Spanish actress Elsa Pataky in 2010. The couple has a daughter named India and twin sons named Tristan and Sasha. His brothers are fellow actors Luke and Liam Hemsworth.
He played the Huntsman opposite Charlize Theron in the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman.