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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Liam Hemsworth





Date of Birth
13 January 1990, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Height
6' 3" (1.91 m)

Mini Biography
Born on January 13, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia, Liam Hemsworth is the younger brother of actors Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth and the son of Leonie, an English teacher, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor; the Hemsworth family lived primarily on Phillip Island, a small island located south of Melbourne. Following in the footsteps of his older brothers, who went into acting in their teens, Liam scored his first audition at age 16 and appeared on the Australian TV series "Home and Away" (1988) and "McLeod's Daughters" (2001) before taking on a recurring character role on the soap opera "Neighbours" (1985), in which his brother Luke had also appeared. Roles on TV shows "The Elephant Princess" (2008) and "Satisfaction" (2007) followed before Liam moved to the United States to pursue a big-screen career.

After suffering two setbacks - his character was written out of the script for Linh Danh Thue (2010) days before filming and he lost the title role of Than Sam Thor (2011) to his brother Chris - Liam was cast opposite Miley Cyrus in the Nicholas Sparks drama The Last Song (2010). The two, who played love interests in the film, soon started dating, and Liam appeared in Cyrus' music video "When I Look at You." Following that film's modest commercial success, and the attendant press coverage of his rising career and high-profile romance, he was almost immediately thrust into leading man status, and was cast as Gale Hawthorne in the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel Dau Truong Sinh Tu (2012). Following the blockbuster success of that film, Liam nabbed a number of roles, including a supporting part in Linh Danh Thue 2 (2012) and leading roles in the war drama Love and Honor (2013), the crime drama Empire State (2013), and the thriller Paranoia (2013). He will also star as Ali Baba in a 3D production of Arabian Nights (2014) and will reprise the role of Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

In June of 2012, Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus announced their engagement.

Trivia
Younger brother of actor Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth.
Was considered one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
Brother-in-law of Elsa Pataky.
Was considered for the title role in Than Sam Thor (2011). The role ultimately went to his brother, Chris Hemsworth.
Favorite films include A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Goonies (1985), The Departed (2006), Step Brothers (2008), and James Dean (2001) (TV).
Favorite actors include Leonardo DiCaprio, Heath Ledger, and Paul Newman among others.
Engaged to Miley Cyrus [June 6, 2012].
Between auditions, he used to lay floors.

Personal Quotes
One of the biggest inspirations before I started shooting came from my brother, when he texted me and said, 'Hey, fatty, it's called 'The Hunger Games', not 'The Eating Games'. So I started working out a lot more and eating a lot less.

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