Liam Hemsworth Biography
Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who starred as Josh Taylor in Neighbours, Marcus in The Elephant Princess, Will Blakelee in The Last Song, Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games film series, and Jake Morrison in Independence Day: Resurgence. Hemsworth worked as a floor layer for 6 months before he started an acting career.
Liam Hemsworth Career
Hemsworth worked as a floor layer for 6 months before he started an acting career. While in high school, he started to consider pursuing an acting career in his older brother’s footsteps in high school by partaking in school plays. Ultimately, he got an agent and first auditioned when he was 16 years old. In 2007, he started his acting career with appearances in Home and Away and McLeod’s Daughters. In July of that year, he started filming Neighbours in which his brother, Luke, he had formerly acted. The following year, he started acting as Marcus in The Elephant Princess. Hemsworth then starred in Satisfaction, Triangle, and Knowing.
In 2009, he was selected to star alongside Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables. However, his role was written out of the script but later co-starred in The Expendables 2. Even though he didn’t get a role in The Expendables, director Kenneth Branagh asked him to audition for the lead role in Thor. That same year in March, he relocated to the United States for screen tests. However, he lost the role to his brother, Chris, but landed the role of Will Blakelee in The Last Song co-starring Miley Cyrus. Next, he appeared in Miley Cyrus’music video for “When I Look at You.” Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus won the “Fave Kiss” Award while he hosted the Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Awards 2010. Additionally, he starred in Zac Brown Band’s music video for “Colder Weather.”
2011 to present;
On 4 April 2011, Lionsgate declared that Hemsworth would star in one of the lead roles, Gale Hawthorne, in The Hunger Games. In June of that year, he acted in Love and Honor alongside Aimee Teegarden and Teresa Palmer. He then starred in Empire State and Paranoia. He reprised his role of Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
In 2015, he starred in The Dressmaker alongside Kate Winslet where he played her love interest. The following year, he acted in Independence Day: Resurgence before he went on a 3-year hiatus. In 2019, he returned and starred in Isn’t It Romantic and Killerman. The following year, he starred in Quibi’s Most Dangerous Game as a seriously ill man attempting to feed his pregnant wife before his death. In October 2022, Netflix reported that Hemsworth would replace Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia from SN 4 of The Witcher.
Liam Hemsworth Age
Hemsworth was born on January 13, 1990, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is 34 years old as of 2024. Hemsworth celebrates his birthday every January 13th.
Liam Hemsworth Height
Hemsworth stands at an approximate height of 6 feet and 3 inches
Liam Hemsworth Family
Hemsworth was born to Leonie van Os and Craig Hemsworth. Leonie works as a teacher while Craig works as a social-services counsellor. Aside from Hemsworth, they have two other sons, Luke and Chris, who are both actors. He said that there’s job competition among them because it pushes them but they’re always happy for each other when they land a role.
Hemsworth’s grandfather is a Dutch migrant. His aunt, Joanne van Os, works as an author of memoirs, children’s and adult fiction. Before that, she worked as a lab researcher, a radio operator, a teacher, and an electorate officer. At the age of 8, his family moved to Phillip Island where he and his brothers surfed. When he moved to the U.S. in March 2009, he and Chris lived in William Ward’s guest house before renting flats in Los Angeles.
Liam Hemsworth Girlfriend/Dating/Gabriella Brooks
Hemsworth is in a relationship with Gabriella Brooks. Before Brooks, he was married to Miley Cyrus. Brooks is a model.
Liam Hemsworth Miley Cyrus
During the filming of The Last Song in June 2009, Hemsworth started dating his co-star and musician, Miley Cyrus. They had an on-again, off-again relationship for three years before they shared news of their engagement in June 2012. That same year, they went to a benefit dinner, thus making their initial public appearance as an engaged couple. They lived in Los Angeles but terminated their engagement in September 2013.
In January 2016, there were rumors of them, being spotted together at his Malibu home and her reappearing with an engagement ring. During an interview with The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016, she shared the news of their engagement. In November 2018, Cyrus said that their home had burned down in the Woolsey Fire but said that they were ok and expressed her distress over the incident.
Hemsworth talked about the unity and resilience shown by the residents during the event and asked his followers to donate money, resources, and time to The Malibu Foundation and the Happy Hippie Foundation to help victims of the fire. On 13 November 2018, they gave a joint $500,000 donation to The Malibu Foundation through Cyrus’s foundation, the Happy Hippie Foundation.
On December 23, 2018, they married at their Nashville home. They announced their split on August 10, 2019, and filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences 11 days later. On 28 January 2020, their divorce was finalized.
Liam Hemsworth Cheating
Despite rumors suggesting that Hemsworth was unfaithful to Cyrus during the entirety of their relationship, there have been no confirmations on whether or not there’s truth to these rumors. However, we’ll update this information once it’s available to the public.
Liam Hemsworth Net Worth
Hemsworth has an estimated net worth ranging between $25 Million – $30 Million which he has earned through being an actor.
Liam Hemsworth Neighbors
From 2007 to 2008, Hemsworth starred as Josh Taylor in the soap opera, Neighbors for 19 episodes. Josh is the love interest of Bridget Parker. He becomes disabled after he was involved in an accident while surfing. He started dating Bridget after she became paralyzed down one side of her body due to a car crash.
Liam Hemsworth The Last Song
In 2010, Hemsworth starred in the role of Will Blakelee in The Last Song. Will is an adept and skilled beach volleyball player who wants to join a top university. She works as a volunteer at the Georgia Aquarium. He is the love interest of Veronica “Ronnie” L. Miller. For his performance in the film, he won the Nickelodeon Australian Kids’ Choice Favorite Kiss Award and the Young Hollywood Breakthrough of the Year Award. Also, he received nominations for the Teen Choice Awards in which he won in the category Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male.
Liam Hemsworth Independence Day: Resurgence
In 2016, Hemsworth starred in the role of Jake Morrison in the sci-fi disaster film, Independence Day: Resurgence. Morrison is a pilot of the Earth Space Defense whose parents died during the first attack by the aliens. For his performance in the film, he received a nomination for a People’s Choice Favorite Action Movie Actor Award.
Liam Hemsworth The Hunger Games
Hemsworth has starred as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games film series; The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. Gale and Katniss befriended each other while hunting. When District 12 was destroyed, he led about 10% of the population to safety and they relocated to District 13.
Liam Hemsworth Jennifer Lawrence
Hemsworth co-starred with Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games film series; The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. The two are rumored to have had an affair. In June 2023, Lawrence laid to rest the rumors of the alleged affair saying that nothing romantic happened between them off-screen. Further, she said that they had only shared a kiss off-camera years after they split.
Liam Hemsworth The Witcher/Geralt
In October 2022, Netflix reported that Hemsworth would replace Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia from SN 4 of The Witcher. Geralt is a magical mutant who was created to hunt and kill monsters. The film follows the legend of Geralt alongside Yennefer of Vengerberg and Princess Ciri.
Liam Hemsworth Movies and TV Shows
Hemsworth has starred in a number of films and TV shows such as
- Knowing
- The Expendables 2
- Love and Honor
- McLeod’s Daughters
- Empire State
- Cut Bank
- Satisfaction
- The Muppets
- Workaholics
- The Duel
- Poker Face
- Land of Bad