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.
Hugh Keays-Byrne, two-time ‘Mad Max’ villain, dead at 73
nypost.comwrote on Facebook Wednesday. Born in Kashmir, India, in 1947, Keays-Byrne moved to Britain as a child and entered the world of acting in his 20s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968, The Wrap reported.
He played small parts in a series of films throughout the 1970s — including “Stone,” “Mad Dog Morgan” and “The Trespassers” — before scoring a leading role in the 1978 TV film “The Death Train.” The following year, he had his breakout role playing the evil Toecutter in Mel Gibson’s “Max Max.” The low-budget flick quickly garnered a cult following, spawning the wildly successful franchise it has grown into today.
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