Spotlight: Chris Hemsworth...

Chris Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Leonie, a teacher of English, and Craig Hemsworth, a social services counselor.
Chris saw quite a bit of the country in his youth, after his family moved to the Northern Territory before finally settling on Phillip Island, to the south of Melbourne. He is brother to actors Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth.

In 2004, he unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1988) but was recalled for the role of Kim Hyde which he played until 2007. In 2006, he entered the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars (2004) and his popularity in the soap enabled him to hang on until show 7 (Dancing with the Stars: Episode #5.7 (2006) when he became the fifth contestant to be eliminated.

His first Hollywood appearance was in Star Trek (2009), but it was his titular role in Thor (2011) which propelled him to prominence worldwide. He reprised the character in the science fiction blockbuster The Avengers (2012).

Chris's American representative, management company ROAR, also manages actress Elsa Pataky, and it was through them that the two met, marrying in 2010. The couple have a daughter and twin sons.

He was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2014.

And in a trailer for new comedy flick Vacation, Chris Hemsworth turns his powers of seduction on a married woman, played by Christina Applegate.

Even Chris's character Stone Crandall's Seventies style hair 'do can't stop his charm offensive as he attempts to seduce Christina's character, who is married to Ed Helms' Rusty.  

Vacation is set for a late July release, and is the third for four films he'll be seen in this year.

Chris started out the year with Blackhat, a box office flop that pulled in under $20million despite a $70million budget.

Things went way up from there though - megablockbuster The Avengers: Age Of Ultron took in over $1.3billion and was well recieved by fans and critics.

After Vacation, the former Home And Away star will finish the year off with biographical disaster flick In The Heart Of The Sea, which is directed by Ron Howard.

His Filmography: 

Year	Title	Role
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)	Thor
2015	In the Heart of the Sea	Owen Chase
2015	Blackhat	Nick Hathaway
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Thor
2013	Rush	James Hunt
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness
2012	Red Dawn	Jed Eckert
2012	Snow White and the Huntsman	The Huntsman
2012	Marvel's The Avengers	Thor
2012	The Cabin in the Woods	Curt
2011	Thor	Thor
2010	Ca$h	Sam Phelan
2009	A Perfect Getaway
2009	Star Trek