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Early life

Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Leonie (née van Os), an English teacher, and Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counsellor.^[2][3][4] He has two older brothers, Chris Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth, who are also actors.^[5] His maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant, and his other ancestry is English, Irish, Scottish, and German.^[6] Hemsworth has said that though there is competition for jobs among them, it is friendly: "We are brothers and we are always competitive, but it is a good thing, it pushes us and we are always happy whenever someone books something."^[7]

When Hemsworth was in year 8 high school, he and his family relocated to Phillip Island,^[8] a small Australian island southeast of Melbourne where he spent much of his time there surfing with his brothers.^[9] In March 2009, Hemsworth moved to the United States to pursue his acting career.^[10] He and his brother Chris first stayed in the guest house of Chris's manager, William Ward,^[11] before renting their own Los Angeles apartment.^[7]