![]() I was a young lad and when you’re that age I suppose I was a bit fearless – yes nervous but I felt ready.”Īlongside Matthew Bound 19-year-old Todd held his own against imposing centre-forward Steve Howard as Swansea battled to a 1-1 draw with Northampton Town and his name “started to get bandied about”. The next morning he told me and I just remember being so excited. “I presume mum and dad didn’t sleep the night before with nerves and John and my parents didn’t want to tell me because they didn’t want me to worry about the game. “John is a lovely bloke and I later found out he’d actually come to my house in Penlan the night before to tell my parents I was in the team on the Saturday,” 41-year-old Todd recalled. Now assistant manager at Yeovil Town alongside Mark Cooper the father-of-three, whose cancer diagnosis almost ended his career, has experienced more than most and is relishing using the “life skills” he’s picked up to help develop future stars.Īs a teen in Penlan his “dream came true” when John Hollins called him up to the Swans first team for a League One encounter at the Vetch in March 2001. He was appointed Member of the Order of Australia at the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to the performing arts and to charitable organisations.From starring in a film to performing at the Royal Albert Hall and writing his own book, ex- Swansea City and Newport County footballer Chris Todd is in many ways far removed from the bulldozing performances at centre-half for which he became known on the pitch. The couple have a daughter and twin sons. Chris's American representative, management company ROAR, also manages actress Elsa Pataky, and it was through them that the two met, marrying in 2010. He reprised the character in the superhero blockbusters The Avengers (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). His first Hollywood appearance was in the science fiction blockbuster Star Trek (2009), but it was his titular role in the superhero blockbuster Thor (2011) which propelled him to prominence worldwide. ![]() ![]() In 2006, he entered the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars (2004) and his popularity in the soap enabled him to hang on until show 7 ( Episode #5.7 (2006)) when he became the fifth contestant to be eliminated. In 2004, he unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1988) but was recalled for the role of Kim Hyde which he played until 2007. ![]() Chris saw quite a bit of the country in his youth, after his family moved to the Northern Territory before finally settling on Phillip Island, to the south of Melbourne. His uncle, by marriage, was Rod Ansell, the bushman who inspired the comedy film Crocodile Dundee (1986). His brothers are actors, Liam Hemsworth & Luke Hemsworth he is of Dutch (from his immigrant maternal grandfather), Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. Christopher "Chris" Hemsworth was born on Augin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Leonie Hemsworth (née van Os), an English teacher & Craig Hemsworth, a social-services counselor.
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