Chris Hemsworth talks signs of Alzheimer’s before dad’s diagnosis

December 17, 2025 by salah

When he spoke to Shetty in the podcast while he was at his home in Byron Bay in Australia. The down-under actor said, “I remember vividly that conversation of him sort of telling me not to be concerned about it.”

He continued, “And then about two or three years later, my mom saying to me, ‘I think we’ve got to get dad checked because there are these signs and things I’m concerned about’.”

The 42-year-old Hemsworth shared the first few red flags the family noticed in his father as they grew concerned about his health. These were some of the most common ones when it comes to Alzheimer’s.

“The obvious one memory and slight mood changes and shifts and forgetfulness and so on,” Hemsworth said. He said that the test showed both his parents shared the same genetic indicator for the disease as well. This means all three of their sons, Liam, Luke, and Chris, also have two copies of the disease each.

His father first treated it as ‘no big deal’ but then the Marvel actor decided to actively counter this and began thinking of ‘doing something around brain health’ with his dad.

He decided to share his test results with the world, and his father, CraigContinue reading…