Liam Hemsworth

**Liam Hemsworth** *(13 January 1990)* is an Australian actor best know for *Gale Hawthorne* in *The Hunger Games*.

## Early Life and Career

Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia. He is the son of *Leonie Hemsworth*, an English teacher, and *Craig Hemsworth*, a social-services counselor. He has two older brothers, Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth, who also work as actors. Hemsworth has said that though there is competition for jobs among them, it is friendly: "*We are brothers and we are always competitive, but it is a good thing, it pushes us and we are always happy whenever someone books something.*" When Hemsworth was in year 8, he and his family relocated to Phillip Island. Hemsworth says he spent much of his time there surfing with his brothers. In March 2009, Hemsworth moved to the United States to pursue his career there. He and his brother Chris first stayed in the guest house of Chris's manager, *William Ward*, before renting their own Los Angeles apartment.

Prior to becoming an actor, Hemsworth laid floors for six months. He began to seriously consider following his elder brothers' footsteps in high school by participating in school plays. Eventually, Hemsworth retained an agent. He attended his first audition at the age of sixteen and began his career in 2007, with guest spots on the shows Home and Away and McLeod's Daughters. The week of July 8, 2007, Hemsworth began filming episodes for Neighbours, an Australian soap opera his brother Luke had previously starred in. Hemsworth's character, *Josh Taylor*, was a recurring character from 2007 to 2008. In the show, Josh was an athletic paraplegic who supported and began a relationship with character Bridget Parker after she was paralyzed down one side of her body in a car crash. In 2008, Hemsworth began acting on the children's television show The Elephant Princess, playing *Marcus,* the attractive lead guitarist of the protagonist's band. Hemsworth later had roles in the television series Satisfaction, and starred in the British film Triangle. He also made a brief appearance as an MIT student in the film Knowing.

In 2009, Hemsworth was selected to act opposite *Sylvester Stallone* in Stallone's 2010 film, *The Expendables*, but his character was written out of the script (Hemsworth later co-starred in The Expendables 2). Hemsworth's brother, Chris, told Movieline that just a few hours after Hemsworth learned he would not appear in The Expendables, director *Kenneth Branagh* called to ask him to test for the lead role in the 2011 film *Thor*. Hemsworth moved to the United States in March 2009 for screen tests. Though he eventually lost the part to Chris in May, Disney announced later the same week that Hemsworth had landed the part of *Will Blakelee* in the 2010 drama The *Last Song*, based on the *Nicholas Sparks* novel by the same name. Hemsworth plays the love interest of *Miley Cyrus's* character in the film. Nikki Finke reported that Hemsworth had been in Los Angeles for just three weeks and had not yet found an agent when he was cast. Hemsworth next appeared in the music video for Cyrus' When I Look at You, which was recorded on August 16, 2009.

In March 2010, Details magazine selected Hemsworth as one of their predictions for "The Next Generation of Hollywood's Leading Men". Later that month, it was announced that Hemsworth was in negotiations to star in Arabian Nights, a 3D action film that would be directed by Chuck Russell for Inferno Entertainment. It was later confirmed that he will be starring in the movie. He has also reportedly been offered the lead role in Northern Lights, after *Twilight* star *Taylor Lautner* withdrew from the David Ellison-financed project.

On April 4, 2011, Lionsgate announced Hemsworth to be one of the leads, *Gale Hawthorne*, in *The Hunger Games*, from 2012-2015. In June 2011, he became attached to war drama *Love and Honor*, which also stars Aimee Teegarden and Teresa Palmer.

On June 11, 2012, Los Angeles-based non-profit organization Australians in Film announced that Hemsworth would be honored at an exclusive Benefit Dinner on June 27, 2012 in Hollywood. -  The Hunger Games Wiki

## Notes

* Favorite actors include Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, and Paul Newman among others.
* Starred in the music video *Colder Weather* for *Zac Brown Band*.

## Filmography

* \* *This does not include all casting credits.*