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.
Fate of the Furious' Elsa Pataky and Point Break's Luke Bracey are set to star in Matthew Reilly's Interceptorfor Netflix. Avengers star Chris Hemsworth will executive produce the thriller about an Army lieutenant, played by Pataky, using her years of tactical training to save humanity from 16 nuclear missiles launched at the U.S.
as a violent coordinated attack simultaneously threatens her remote missile interceptor station. Production will take place in New South Wales, Australia.
Director Reilly, an Australian action-thriller writer, penned the script for Interceptor with Stuart Beattie (Collateral, When the War Began). "As those people who have read my novels know, I love telling big action stories that are told at a frenetic pace.
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