The Thor actor shared his discovery with the world in Limitless, revealing that his maternal grandfather had the disease, and that he is eight to 10 times more likely to develop the disease than average. <\/p>\n
Reflecting on his decision to share the news with fans, the 42-year-old told The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cI wondered if I was letting people too far in. <\/p>\n \u201cAre they no longer going to believe in the action star or the Marvel character? And do I want people to know my fears and insecurities to this level?\u201d<\/p>\n Hemsworth explored the subject again last year in A Road Trip To Remember, which saw the Melbourne-born star go on a motorcycle trip around Australia with his dad Craig, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s. <\/p>\n Describing the documentary as \u201cdeeply personal\u201d, Hemsworth said: \u201cIt was a love letter to my father. It empowered him for a period, and stimulated memories that were being taken away from him.\u201d <\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Chris with his parents, Craig and Leonie, and wife Elsa (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Hemsworth\u2019s increased risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a> is due to the fact he has inherited two copies of the APOE4 gene. <\/p>\n \u201cThey took all my bloodwork and did a bunch of tests, and the plan was to on-camera tell me all the results and then talk about how you can improve this and that,\u201d he told Vanity Fair at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd Peter Attia, who is the longevity doctor in that episode, and overseeing a lot of the show, called [show creator] Darren [Aronofsky] and said, \u2018I don\u2019t want to tell him this on camera. We need to have an off-side conversation and see if he even wants this to be in the show.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIt was pretty shocking because he called me up and he told me.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Chris and Elsa with their sons in July last year (Getty Images)<\/p>\n He later shared his annoyance at reports<\/a> that claimed he could potentially retire from acting<\/a> as a result of the finding. <\/p>\n \u201cIt really kind of pissed me off because it felt like I had been vulnerable with something personal and shared this,\u201d he told Vanity Fair in another interview. \u201cNo matter how much I said: \u2018This is not a death sentence,\u2019 the story became that I have dementia and I\u2019m reconsidering life and retiring and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n The Marvel star has said his dad\u2019s diagnosis forced him to reconsider his priorities, though, revealing on Jay Shetty\u2019s podcast: “I know I’m not going to get 10 years down the track and go, ‘I’m glad I did those extra three or four films.’ <\/p>\n \u201cI’m going to say, ‘I wish I spent more time with him, and with my mom, and with my brothers, and my wife, my kids, and family, and friends.<\/p>\n Hemsworth has one daughter and twin sons with his wife, Elsa Pataky. <\/p>\n Alzheimer\u2019s, which is a type of dementia, affects about 1-in-4 people over 65, according to the NHS. This increases to 1-in-6 for people over 80. Age is the biggest risk factor, but other lifestyle factors \u2013 such as smoking and blood pressure \u2013 can affect a person\u2019s chance of developing the disease. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-273332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2225633270.jpg\")
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