Biography
Date of Birth
13 December 1990, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height
6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Mini Biography
Liam Hemsworth was born on January 13, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia, and is the younger brother of actors Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth. He is the son of Leonie (van Os), a teacher of English, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor. He is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal grandfather), Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. His uncle, by marriage, was Rod Ansell, the bushman who inspired the film Crocodile Dundee (1986).
The Hemsworth family lived primarily on Phillip Island, a small island located south of Melbourne. Following in the footsteps of his older brothers, who went into acting in their teens, Liam scored his first audition at age sixteen and appeared on the Australian TV series Home and Away (1988) and McLeod's Daughters (2001) before taking on a recurring character role on the soap opera Neighbours (1985), in which his brother Luke had also appeared. Roles on TV shows The Elephant Princess (2008) and Satisfaction (2007) followed before Liam moved to the United States to pursue a big-screen career.
After suffering two setbacks - his character was written out of the script for The Expendables (2010) days before filming and he lost the title role of Thor (2011) to his brother Chris - Liam was cast opposite Miley Cyrus in the Nicholas Sparks drama The Last Song (2010). The two, who played love interests in the film, soon started dating, and Liam appeared in Cyrus' music video "When I Look at You." Following that film's modest commercial success, and the attendant press coverage of his rising career and high-profile romance, he was almost immediately thrust into leading man status, and was cast as Gale Hawthorne in the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel The Hunger Games (2012). Following the blockbuster success of that film, Liam nabbed a number of roles, including a supporting part in The Expendables 2 (2012) and leading roles in the war drama Love and Honor (2013), the crime drama Empire State (2013), and the thriller Paranoia (2013). He reprised the role of Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), played a hero fighter pilot in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), a period Australian in The Duel (2016), and a romantic comedy archetype opposite Rebel Wilson in Isn't It Romantic (2019).
Hemsworth married American singer and actress Miley Cyrus in December 2018, after a decade-long courtship.
Trivia
Younger brother of actor Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth.
Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
Brother-in-law of Elsa Pataky, Brandi Cyrus, Trace Cyrus, Braison Cyrus and Noah Cyrus.
He was considered for the title role in Thor (2011), which ultimately went to his brother, Chris Hemsworth.
Favorite films include The Goonies (1985), James Dean (2001), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Departed (2006) and Step Brothers (2008).
Favorite actors include Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, and Paul Newman among others.
Between auditions, he used to lay floors.
His maternal grandfather, Martin van Os, is a Dutch immigrant. The rest of Liam's ancestry is Irish, English, and smaller amounts of German and Scottish.
(September 16, 2013) Ended engagement to Miley Cyrus.
Ranked the #3 "Sexiest Man" in 2013 by Glamour, several places ahead of his older brother Chris Hemsworth who ranked in at number 7.
Was originally going to appear in The Expendables (2010), but was written out due of doing the screen test for Thor (2011). He would later appear in The Expendables 2 (2012).
Cousin Rob Hemsworth, an oyster farmer, competed on Season 6 of My Kitchen Rules (2010), representing Victoria.
His uncle was bushman Rod Ansell, who inspired the film Crocodile Dundee (1986). Rod was married to Liam's aunt (Liam's mother's sister), Joanne van Os, who is an author.
Liam's childhood crush was Alyssa Milano from his favorite weekly show Charmed (1998).
Became the first celebrity face of "Diesel Only The Brave" fragrance. [2016]
Before his career in acting took off, Liam worked some odd jobs that included nature park ranger, bakery assistant and bowling alley employee.
He was considered for the role of Tobey Marshall in Need for Speed (2014), but the role was given to Aaron Paul.
Son-in-law of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus.
Second cousin of Taylor Hemsworth.
Trademarks:
Blue eyes
Towering height
Quotes
One of the biggest inspirations before I started shooting came from my brother, when he texted me and said, "Hey, fatty, it's called 'The Hunger Games', not 'The Eating Games'.". So I started working out a lot more and eating a lot less.
The Hunger Games (2012) absolutely changed my life. It's brought up so many different questions about my own personal growth and where I was heading. I think, before all of it, I really felt like I had it figured out. Like, you know, it's going to be fine, I'm this person and I know what I want to be and I know where I want to go. But then it got to the point where I think I started double-questioning everything. It was like, why am I doing this? where is it getting me? what if I do this and then I can do this? I wasn't living in the moment.
