Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
Chris Hemsworth is lucky Brad Pitt’s security didn’t break his arms when he ‘went in for a hug’ the first time the pair met.
Hey, maybe it’s different for Hollywood stars who can just do whatever they want when they meet Brad Pitt, but we can only assume we’d face the wrath of some burly blokes pretty quickly.
It’s still a rogue move when you meet anyone to assume they’re the hugging kind, as Chris admitted he ditched Brad’s gesture of a handshake for something more personal when he ran into the Oscar-winner on the Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood red carpet.
The Avengers star might be a Hollywood A-Lister himself, but that didn’t stop him from being so starstruck when he met Brad at a film premiere last year that he shunned the 56-year-old
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