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, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett have been cast in Spiderhead at Netflix, an adaptation of the dystopian short story Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders.
Set in the near future, the story follows two young convicts in a facility run by a visionary who experiments on inmates with drugs that alter their emotions.
Itoriginally appeared in The New Yorker in December, 2010, and was later collected in Saunders' New York Times bestselling book, Tenth of December.
Spiderhead will be written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) and directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick).
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