Biography
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor. His accolades include four Teen Choice Awards, four Young Artist Awards, and three MTV Movie Awards, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
He began acting in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before gaining prominence in his teenage years with main roles in Little Manhattan and Zathura: A Space Adventure (both 2005), RV (2006), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), and The Kids Are All Right (2010).
In 2011, 18-year-old Hutcherson landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the top-grossing film series The Hunger Games, released yearly between 2012 and 2015, for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People's Choice Award. In the same period, he also played a lead role in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) and voice role in the animated film Epic (2013). Since this period, Hutcherson decreased his workload for a few years and appeared in several independent films, as well as in the television series Future Man (2017β2020) and Ultraman (2019β2023). He has since starred in the commercially successful horror film Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) and action film The Beekeeper (2024).
Throughout his career, Hutcherson has expressed an interest in filmmaking. He has served as an executive producer for Detention (2011), The Forger (2012), and Escobar: Paradise Lost (2015), while also playing a lead role in each film.
He dated actress Vanessa Hudgens in 2011 after co-starring with her in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. He has been in a relationship with actress Claudia Traisac.
Filmography (86)
Signal One
2026
Let's Love
2026
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
2025
The Studio
2025
I Love LA
2025
The American Revolution
2025
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
The Beekeeper
2024
Long Gone Heroes
2024
57 Seconds
2023
Five Nights at Freddy's
2023
Across the River and into the Trees
2023
Burn
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
2018
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
The Disaster Artist
2017
Tragedy Girls
2017
Ape
2017
Future Man
2017
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
In Dubious Battle
2016
Paquita Salas
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman
2015
The Rusted
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Escobar: Paradise Lost
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Epic
2013
Sixth Man: Bluesanity
2013
The Frame
2013
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Red Dawn
2012
Detention
2012
The Hunger Games
2012
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012
7 Days in Havana
2012
The Forger
2011
The Kids Are All Right
2010
The Third Rule
2010
Conan
2010
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Winged Creatures
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
Bridge to Terabithia
2007
Firehouse Dog
2007
RV
2006
Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy
2006
JoJo: The Pop Princess
2006
RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors
2006
Robin Williams: A Family Affair
2006
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Kicking & Screaming
2005
Little Manhattan
2005
Party Wagon
2004
Motocross Kids
2004
The Polar Express
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
American Splendor
2003
Miracle Dogs
2003
Wilder Days
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Punk'd
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
The Division
2001
Teen Choice Awards
1999
ER
1994
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Last Ticket
The Long Home
The King of Counterfeit
Rita
Untitled A24 Horror Film
Artist in Residence
Blasphemous
Five Nights At Freddy's Revisited 2
Five Nights At Freddy's Revisited