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.
7 More Netflix Original Action Movies to Watch After ‘The Gray Man’
thewrap.com“The Gray Man” is Netflix’s biggest action movie to date (its budget is said to be more than $200 million) – and one of its best.The new Russo Brothers movie stars Ryan Gosling as the shadowy agent of the title, who gets involved in a job gone wrong and soon finds himself being hunted by Chris Evans as a mustachioed psychopath.
There’s some truly harrowing spy-versus-spy action and some nice emotional beats as well. It’s so satisfying, in fact, that it might leave you hankering for some more action movies you can only find on Netflix.With that in mind, we handily compiled a list of the best Netflix Original action movies on the service — that is, action movies on Netflix that were made by Netflix.
You might want to grab an ice pack before we start, there’s definitely a chance there could be some bruising.Produced by the Russo Brothers (Joe also wrote the screenplay), directed by their longtime first assistant director Sam Hargrave, and starring their “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” hero Chris Hemsworth, “Extraction” is a nonstop action free-for-all.
And it totally rules. The set-up is as simple as it is effective: Hemsworth plays Rake, a former government man turned mercenary who winds up protecting the son of a powerful Indian crime boss from all sorts of colorful characters.
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