Chris Hemsworth flies hitchhiker he picked up on the side of the road to Byron Bay

Australian actor Chris Hemsworth gave a hitchhiker a major surprise when he picked him up at the side of the road in Brisbane – and flew him to Byron Bay.

The Hollywood star was with friend Luke Zocchi in the Queensland capital when the pair pulled their car over to help out the man thumbing a lift.

Little did they know that the traveller was American musician Scott Hildebrand, who had been on his way to Byron Bay after coming to Australia from travels in Mexico.

“Picked up a hitchhiker, wasn’t a serial killer which we were stoked about and just happened to be a kick-ass musician,” Hemsworth said in a video posted to Instagram. 

After Hildebrand loaded his guitar and bags into the car, Hemsworth joked about him helping to pay for petrol before breaking the news that they’d be heading to the popular NSW travel spot in the air.

“You can chip in for gas alright? It’s $4000,” he said.

“You’re choppering to Byron Bay, brother,” Zocchi can be heard saying in the video.

The duo and Hildebrand ultimately parted ways after landing at Hemsworth’s accommodation in Byron Bay.

“Alright Scotty, dream’s over back to the normal hitchhiking, combis and stuff mate, you’re on,” the actor said in the post.

Despite his good fortune, Hildebrand later told Nova FM that he had no idea who Hemsworth was until they arrived at the helipad.

“They’re like ‘ever flown in a helicopter Scotty?’ and I couldn’t believe it and that’s when I was like ‘who are you guys?,” he said.

“Luke was like ‘that’s Chris Hemsworth, Thor’ And I was like ‘What? I couldn’t believe it.’