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.
“Furiosa,” the long-awaited prequel to the 2015 Charlize Theron blockbuster “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Chris Hemsworth, who will reportedly play the central villain in the post-apocalyptic action film, announced the news Wednesday with a Twitter post that read “A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins #FURIOSA.”A new journey in the Mad Max saga begins #FURIOSA pic.twitter.com/nhxqRXB73zStarring Anya Taylor-Joy as the younger version of Theron’s Imperator Furiosa, the movie will follow the protagonist prior to her war captaining days.
Along with Hemsworth, Tom Burke and Angus Sampson have been named to the cast. Nathan Jones – who played archvillain Immortan Joe’s (Hugh Keays-Byrne) youngest son Rictus Erectus in “Fury Road” – will return to his role.
The fifth installment of the “Mad Max” franchise, which kicked off in 1979 with Mel Gibson in the starring role, is directed, produced and co-written by George Miller, who has helmed each of the four previous chapters.
Gibson passed the torch to Tom Hardy after three films playing Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a war-torn and resource-drained future Australia.
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