1. Liam Hemsworth played the roles of Josh Taylor in the soap opera Neighbours and Marcus in the children's television series The Elephant Princess.
35 Facts About Liam Hemsworth
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Liam Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Leonie, an author, and Craig Liam Hemsworth, a social-services counsellor.
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Liam Hemsworth has two older brothers, Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth, who are actors.
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Liam Hemsworth's maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, German, and Scottish.
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When Liam Hemsworth was in year 8 high school, he and his family relocated to Phillip Island, a small Australian island southeast of Melbourne where he spent much of his time there surfing with his brothers.
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In March 2009, Liam Hemsworth moved to the United States to pursue his acting career.
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Liam Hemsworth began to seriously consider following his elder brothers' footsteps in high school by participating in school plays.
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Liam Hemsworth attended his first audition at the age of sixteen and began his career in 2007 with guest appearances on the TV shows Home and Away and McLeod's Daughters.
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The week of 8 July 2007, Liam Hemsworth began filming episodes for Neighbours, an Australian soap opera his brother Luke had previously starred in.
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Liam Hemsworth's character, Josh Taylor, was a recurring character from 2007 to 2008.
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In 2008, Liam Hemsworth began acting on the children's television show The Elephant Princess, playing "Marcus", the lead guitarist of the protagonist's band.
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Liam Hemsworth later had roles in the television series Satisfaction and starred in the British film Triangle.
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Liam Hemsworth made a brief appearance as an MIT student in the film Knowing.
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In 2009, Liam Hemsworth was selected to act opposite Sylvester Stallone in Stallone's 2010 film, The Expendables, but his character was written out of the script.
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Liam Hemsworth moved to the States in March 2009 for screen tests.
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Liam Hemsworth plays the love interest of Miley Cyrus's character in the film.
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Nikki Finke reported that Liam Hemsworth had been in Los Angeles for just three weeks and had not yet found an agent when he was cast.
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Liam Hemsworth next appeared in the music video for Cyrus' "When I Look at You" which was recorded on 16 August 2009.
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In September 2009, Liam Hemsworth appeared at a dinner event to promote Foxtel, an Australian pay television company.
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Later that month, it was announced that Liam Hemsworth was in negotiations to star in Arabian Nights, a 3D action film that will be directed by Chuck Russell for Inferno Entertainment.
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Liam Hemsworth has reportedly been offered the lead role in Northern Lights after Taylor Lautner withdrew from the David Ellison-financed project.
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Liam Hemsworth was the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2010 host.
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Liam Hemsworth starred in the music video for "Colder Weather" by the Zac Brown Band.
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On 4 April 2011, Lionsgate announced Liam Hemsworth to be one of the leads, Gale Hawthorne, in The Hunger Games, which was released in 2012.
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In 2013, Liam Hemsworth appeared in Empire State, with Emma Roberts, and Paranoia, co-starring Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Amber Heard.
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In 2012, Liam Hemsworth attended a benefit dinner organised by non-profit organisation Australians in Film with his then fiancee Miley Cyrus.
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In 2015, Liam Hemsworth portrayed the love interest of Kate Winslet's character in the Australian literary adaptation The Dressmaker, which was filmed in Victoria in the summer of 2014.
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Liam Hemsworth starred in director Roland Emmerich's 2016 film Independence Day: Resurgence.
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Liam Hemsworth currently appears on the horror TV series, Most Dangerous Game, for Quibi, the short-form streaming platform.
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Liam Hemsworth plays the lead role as a terminally ill man trying to provide for his pregnant wife before he dies.
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In 2022, Liam Hemsworth was set to star in the Netflix film Lonely Planet with Laura Dern.
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In October 2022, Netflix announced that Liam Hemsworth would be replacing Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia from the start of Season 4 of The Witcher.
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In November 2018, Cyrus revealed on social media that her and Liam Hemsworth's home had burned down in the Woolsey Fire, and expressed that she felt both devastated for her community, and grateful that she, Liam Hemsworth, and their pets were safe.
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Eleven days later, Liam Hemsworth filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
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On 27 June 2012, Liam Hemsworth was presented with the Australians in Film Breakthrough Award for international success.