Liam Hemsworth – biography, photos, facts, family, affairs, height and weight 2020

Biography of Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth is a famous Australian actor who got famous after moving to America. Despite the bigger fame of his brother, Chris Hemsworth, Liam has never used it for personal gain. The actor did his best to achieve success in the film industry. This guy continually works on himself and never misses an opportunity to demonstrate his talent in different projects. Acting in four parts of the featured picture The Hunger Games has made him a world-famous actor.

Liam Hemsworth, I'd like to be a good example for kids

Childhood and Family of Liam Hemsworth

Liam, the youngest of three Hemsworth's brothers, was born in Melbourne. His mother, Leonie, was an English teacher at a school, and his father, Craig, worked as a social-services counselor. His brother, Luke, was ten years older than Liam, and a middle son, Chris, was six and a half years older.

Hemsworth's Brothers: Luke, Chris, and Liam (from left to right)

Hemsworth's brothers spent their childhood in a country town, Bulman. The actor said that buffaloes and crocodiles they had watched in the Northern territory were his first flashbulb memories. While parents were working on a ranch, boys were inventing games.

Liam Hemsworth with Parents and his Brother, Chris

They didn't have a TV set at home, so boys used to go to the mountains where they made weapons and played war together. The older brothers always gave Liam a handicap to hide from bandits or Indians, and then they chased the little boy all over the forest. It was when, according to Liam's words, his love for adventures and fantastic stories awakened.

A Child's Picture of Liam Hemsworth: a Four-Years Old Future Actor

Eventually, brothers' games became more dangerous: Liam shared that he almost killed Chris one day, by throwing a sharp knife at him. Relatives used to call the younger Hemsworth's brothers devil's children and threatened them with an exorcism ritual. To avoid dangerous situations, Craig and Leonie used to separate terrors during vacations and sent them to different relatives.

Little Liam Hemsworth with Brothers (Liam is in Red Jacket)

Hemsworth's family moved from time to time - from Melbourne to Bulman and from Bulman to Melbourne. When Liam turned 8, his parents settled down on Phillip Island where they had bought a small house. There, the youngest of Hemsworth's brothers found two new passions - acting and surfing.

Visiting Parents: Liam Hemsworth with his Mom, Leonie

After school, Liam, together with his father and brothers, used to go surfing. We used to surf all the time, and honestly, it's the best option for childhood. We went surfing before and after school... In school, the boy was in a theater group and participated in all plays, and when he was 12 years old, he had his first audition that wasn't successful for our boy.

Luke was the first one who darted out from their parents' house. He went back to Melbourne and soon appeared in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours in which the beginning actor portrayed a football player, Nathan Tyson. Pretty soon, Chris also made a brief appearance in this TV show by portraying a robber, Jamie Kane. Neighbors didn't pass by even the youngest Liam - he portrayed a surfer, Josh Taylor.

After the Release of Neighbours, Liam Hemsworth Has Become Popular in Australia

It was the first time when brothers' career paths crossed but not the last one. They often competed on the set, as well as in real life, We're competitors in everything, ranging from cricket in the backyard and football to a person who will be in charge of remote control. Our relationship reminds a balance between love and hate. But when one of the brothers got an invitation to audition the whole family got nervous. We always help each other with auditions, work on a script together, Liam shared.

Liam (in the middle) is the Youngest of Hemsworth's Brothers

First Roles of Liam Hemsworth

Liam Hemsworth started his professional career at the age of 16. At that time he already had an agent whom he had borrowed from Chris. The youngest of Hemsworth brothers appeared in such soap operas as Home and Away and McLeod's Daughters. Later, he played in Neighbours - his character, Josh Taylor, performed in 25 episodes of the sitcom.

Liam Hemsworth in the TV show McLeod's Daughters

In 2008, Liam got an invitation to the children's TV show The Elephant Princess, and later he got a secondary role in the TV show about escort agency girls called Satisfaction.

The Elephant Princess: Liam Hemsworth is on the Far Right

Late in 2009, Chris and Liam Hemsworth traveled to Hollywood to win its heart. Not having money and knowing the right people, two Australians temporarily settled in a house of their agent, William Word. Liam had an endless number of auditions. The film Knowing with Nicolas Cage and Rose Byrne was the first role of the young actor on the big screen.

Knowing - the First Full-Length Film with Liam Hemsworth

In 2010, Sylvester Stallone himself chose the young actor to be his partner in the film The Expendables. That film was supposed to become an American hallmark of the 19-year old Hemsworth, but ironically, all episodes with him had been cut out.

In 2011, after his work on the horror film Triangle, Hemsworth played in the melodrama The Last Song. The actor got the role of Will Blakelee who was a loved one of Veronica Miller, a character portrayed by Miley Cyrus. It was Liam's hour of triumph - he was nominated for Teen Choice Awards and Young Hollywood Awards.

The Last Song: Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus Portrayed a Couple in Love

In that year, Kenneth Branagh offered Liam the lead in the film Thor, a new project by Marvel, but producers preferred more manly and experienced Chris Hemsworth.

Career Revival of Liam Hemsworth. The Hunger Games

But Liam wasn't envious of his brother and continued to attend auditions. As a result, his character type interested producers of the franchise The Hunger Games, and he got an offer to play Gale Hawthorne, a childhood friend of Katniss Everdeen portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence.

Gale Hawthorne from The Hunger Games - Liam Hemsworth

For The Hunger Games, Liam Hemsworth won MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Such success started a new stage in his career. First of all, he eventually became Stallone's partner in the sequel The Expendables where he portrayed a sniper, Billy Timmons. In that year, he got the lead in the melodrama Love and Honor where he played with a young Australian, Teresa Palmer. Later, there was the action film Empire State where Liam also was the leading actor. And in 2013, he played with such top Hollywood stars as Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford in the psychological thriller Paranoia. He turned into a typical office hard worker who had been destined to become a victim in a game of two media moguls.

Liam Hemsworth with Gary Oldman and Harrison Ford

In that same year, he returned to work on the sequel The Hunger Games, even though, according to his opinion, his role was only a small piece of a plot puzzle. However, the third part of the franchise The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 breathed a new life into his character: his relationship with characters portrayed by Josh Hutcherson{/ab} and Jennifer Lawrence was changed, and new sides of his character were revealed. {

In the Third Part of The Hunger Games, Liam Hemsworth's Character Opened Up

} In 2014, the film Cut Bank was released. Spectators saw a story of a thriving relationship between Hemsworth and Palmer's characters once again but this time under the guise of the thriller genre. But the picture went unnoticed, unlike independent film The Dressmaker released in 2015 in which Liam played with Kate Winslet herself.

The Film The Dressmaker: Liam Hemsworth and Kate Winslet

In November of 2015, the premiere of the final part of The Hunger Games took place. It was hard to believe that it was over. We all were really sad but continued to support each other. Another fascinating chapter of our lives came to an end, Liam Hemsworth shared after shooting.

Liam Hemsworth at the Premiere of the Final Part of The Hunger Games

In June 2016, the premiere of the blockbuster Independence Day: Resurgence in which Liam Hemsworth played the lead with a promising Hollywood actress, Maika Monroe, took place.

A Trailer of the Sequel Independence Day: Resurgence with Liam Hemsworth

Private Life

An Australian, Laura Griffin, was Liam's first girlfriend but their relationship didn't stand a test of long-distance. They broke up shortly after Liam had moved to Hollywood.

Liam Hemsworth's Ex-Girlfriend, Laura Griffin

In June of 2009, the actor began a serious relationship with his co-star of the film The Last Song, Miley Cyrus. When the shooting began, I couldn't understand why journalists with their cameras besiege Miley's trailer all the time, and when she leaves her make-up room, everyone goes crazy. And I thought that she was probably a special girl, Liam shared about his first met with Miley.

They had been dating for a few years, and at the end of May of 2012, information about their engagement appeared in the press. But in 2013, after her scandalous performance on MTV Video Music Awards-2013 (Miley did a strip-tease and staged a sexual act with a musician, Robin Thicke), the couple broke up.

Liam Hemsworth Broke Up with Miley Cyrus After that Performance

Shortly after his break-up with the flamboyant Miley, the actor was seen with Eiza González, but their relationship lasted only a few weeks.

In September 2015, paparazzi caught Liam with Miley Cyrus again. Actors confessed that they had given their relationship a second chance. Miley was the initiator of their making up.

Miley and Liam Started Dating Again in Late 2015

In February of 2016, an American magazine, Life&Style, published a new edition entitled Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth Secretly Married in Australia but the actor denied that information later. However, their relationship reached a new level; they even made paired tattoos with quotations from Theodore Roosevelt's speech. The beginning of a phrase If he fails at least fails while daring greatly starts on Liam's hand and the rest of the quotation continues on Miley's forearm So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Liam Hemsworth and Miley Cyrus' Paired Tattoos

In December 2018, the couple nevertheless got married, but rumors of parting returned after six months. In August 2019, Liam and Miley confirmed them and started preparing divorce papers.

The lovers were married for only six months

In the same year, the public learned about Liam's new lover. She was the actress Maddison Brown. With the Australian actress, they are often seen on the street, but they do not directly comment on rumors about a relationship.

Liam Hemsworth Now

Liam continues to appear in films. So, in 2019 with his participation in the premiere of the film "Isn't It Romantic" took place. It also stars Priyanka Chopra and Rebel Wilson. Liam played the role of the main character, Blake.

Isn's It Romantic: Trailer

A year later, the series "Most Dangerous Game" premiered, in which Liam also co-starred as Dodge Tynes. Critics called the plot of the series strange, as did its timing - the total length of all episodes is about 150 minutes.

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