Many will recognise Australian actor Chris Hemsworth as Marvel superhero Thor or Netflix action movie Extraction.
But before he landed an impressive career in Hollywood, the 38-year-old star first cut his acting teeth on a popular Aussie soap opera – just like actress Margot Robbie did.
As Neighbours comes to an end tonight (July 29) after being axed earlier this in 2022, many will be wondering if Chris ever appeared in the iconic Channel 5 show during its 37-year run.
Here’s all you need to know.
Was Chris Hemsworth ever in the soap Neighbours?
Yes, Chris Hemsworth did appear on Neighbours – in a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ cameo.
The year was 2002, and an 18-year-old Chris appeared in a single episode of Neighbours (episode 4,069 to get specific) as a one-off character called Jamie Kane.
Jamie worked at Moco, and walked in to find Steph Scully (Carla Bonner) after she was robbed at gunpoint by ex-boyfriend Mitch Foster (Hugh Sexton), before calling the police.
At the time, Chris had one other major role under his belt – two episodes of TV series Guinevere Jones, playing King Arthur.
In 2004, Chris appeared in rival soap Home & Away, but happily this time as a regular fixture.
He starred as Kim Hyde across 192 episodes, IMDB states, before he departed after three years in 2007.
Beyond then, it seems the allure of Hollywood called out, as he went on to appear as George Kirk in 2009’s Star Trek movie, alongside Chris Pine, and in 2011 first starred as Thor.
Chris has since starred in a host of movies, including The Cabin in the Woods, Snow White and The Huntsman, Vacation, Ghostbusters, In The Heart of the Sea and Spiderhead.
Of course, that’s leaving out the many, many Marvel movies Thor has been a major player in.
Here’s a fun fact for you: While Chris had but a bit part in Neighbours, his younger brother Liam Hemsworth actually had a larger role.
From 2007 and 2008, Liam appeared in 25 episodes of Neighbours as character Josh Taylor – who was paraplegic, and first introduced receiving physiotherapy at Erinsborough’s pool.
He met Bridget Parker (Eloise Mignon) after she was partially paralysed and began receiving treatment, and the couple quickly became an item, though disaster struck when the pair were caught in a crumbling warehouse while attending an illegal rave.
Their relationship didn’t last, but interestingly Josh ended up going on a date with Margot Robbie’s character Donna Freedman.
Liam, now 32, later went on to star in The Hunger Games trilogy with Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson.
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