📖 About
Chris Hemsworth has played Thor across 9 films and 13+ years — longer than any actor playing a Norse god has reasonable right to. The arc from arrogant prince in Thor (2011) to grieving Avenger in Endgame to depressed pirate in Love and Thunder is one of the MCU's most varied character journeys.
🎭 Every Actor Who Played Thor
Across 15 years and 8 films, these are the performers who brought Thor to life on screen.
🎬 Every Film Appearance
All 8 appearances of Thor on the big screen, in chronological order.
Kenneth Branagh-directed origin. Cast out to Earth; meets Jane Foster; battles the Destroyer. Returns to Asgard at the end.
Thor returns to Earth via Loki. The Battle of New York. Establishes him as a core Avenger.
Malekith and the Aether (Reality Stone). Frigga dies. Loki "dies" and assumes Odin's identity. Often cited as the MCU's weakest entry.
Thor receives a vision of Ragnarok. Helps create Vision. Sets up his solo film arc.
Taika Waititi reinvents the character. Hela destroys Mjolnir; Asgard burns to defeat her. Hulk on Sakaar. The MCU's tonal pivot.
Loki dies. Thor forges Stormbreaker on Nidavellir. Arrives in Wakanda lighting up the field; "should've gone for the head" haunts him through Endgame.
Bro Thor — drunk, depressed, overweight, in New Asgard. Returns Mjolnir from his past in 2013. Worthy. Joins the Guardians at the end.
Gorr the God Butcher. Jane Foster as Mighty Thor; her death from cancer. Thor adopts Gorr's daughter at the end. Critical reception was mixed.
📚 Comic Storylines That Inspired the Films
The original published stories that screen versions have drawn from.
The definitive comic Thor run. Influenced both Branagh's film and especially Ragnarok (Beta Ray Bill, Surtur).
Direct comic source for the 2017 film. Asgardian apocalypse arc.
Jane Foster as Thor; Gorr the God Butcher; Old King Thor. Direct inspiration for Love and Thunder.
Established Thor-Hulk dynamic; influenced Ragnarok's buddy-comedy approach.