Sexiest Man Alive 2014

Your Guide to Sexiest Man Alive Chris Hemsworth

Everything you need to know about the star, like how he got his start (soaps!) and the surprising stuff he did while he was out of work (hint: it was good prep for fatherhood)

HE STARTED ON AUSSIE SOAPS

Before moving to the U.S. and landing a role in 2009's Star Trek reboot, Australian-born Chris Hemsworth, 31, found fame on the Down Under show Home and Away (Isla Fisher once starred in it, too). "I spent three-and-a-half years on the show. You shoot 20 scenes a day, five episodes a week, so you sink or swim," he told the Herald Sun. "If you can make it in that kind of environment, a movie set, where you have two or three days to do a scene and months to prepare, feels like a luxury."