- Has gained 20 pounds of muscle for the title role in Thor (2011).
- Is incredibly close with his Thor (2011) on-screen brother Tom Hiddleston, Chris has said Tom is an honorary Hemsworth and has been adopted into the family.
- Paid off the mortgage on his father's house with his earnings from The Cabin in the Woods (2011).
- Is an avid beekeeper.
- His uncle was bushman Rod Ansell, who inspired the film Crocodile Dundee (1986). Rod was married to Chris' aunt (Chris' mother's sister), Joanne van Os, who is an author.
- Chris studied American English at Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors in Sydney, Australia.
- On December 26, 2010, he married his girlfriend of 10 months Elsa Pataky following a five-month-long engagement.
- Chris adopted his late cousin's son, in 2008. Perry Satya now resides in Byron Bay as part of the Hemsworth clan.
- His maternal grandfather, Martin van Os, is a Dutch immigrant. The rest of Chris's ancestry is Irish, English, and smaller amounts of German and Scottish.
- Born on a Thursday, the day of the week named after Thor, a character he has portrayed.
- Cousin Rob Hemsworth, an oyster farmer, competed on the sixth season of My Kitchen Rules (2010), representing Victoria.
- Currently resides in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
- Ranked #7 in Glamour magazine's list of "50 Sexiest Men" of 2013, behind his younger brother Liam Hemsworth.
- His idol is Sean Bean with who he worked alongside in Ca$h (2010).
- Chosen as the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine on November 19, 2014.
- Is an avid supporter of the Western Bulldogs Australian Rules Football club.
- Has starred in movies filmed in Australia but yet to film an Australian movie.
- He was awarded the AM (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the performing arts, and to charitable organisations. He is an actor in Melbourne, Victoria.
- Chosen as one of 2011 Fun and Fearless Men by Cosmopolitan magazine.
- Attended and graduated from Heathmont College in Heathmont, Victoria.
- The last four letters of his surname are the same letters that form his most associated on-screen character's name: Thor.
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