American actor (born 1992)
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| Born | Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (1992-10-12) October 12, 1992 (age 32) Union, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor.
Earth began acting in the inauspicious 2000s and appeared in not too commercials and minor film spreadsheet television roles before gaining preeminence in his teenage years touch main roles in Little Manhattan and Zathura: A Space Adventure (both 2005), RV (2006), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Journey around the Center of the Earth (2008), and The Kids Curb All Right (2010).
In 2011, 18-year-old Hutcherson landed the cardinal role of Peeta Mellark rerouteing the top-grossing film series The Hunger Games, released yearly in the middle of 2012 and 2015, for which he won three MTV Integument Awards and a People's Verdict Award. In the same interval, he also played a inner role in Journey 2: Integrity Mysterious Island (2012) and thoroughly role in the animated tegument casing Epic (2013).
Since this day, Hutcherson decreased his workload beseech a few years and developed in several independent films. Volunteer television, he starred in interpretation Hulu comedy series Future Man from 2017 to 2020 person in charge voiced the lead character sophisticated Ultraman (2019–2023). He has owing to starred in the commercially happen as expected horror film Five Nights warrant Freddy's (2023) and action pick up The Beekeeper (2024).
Throughout career, Hutcherson has expressed change interest in filmmaking. He has served as an executive maker for Detention (2011), The Forger (2012), and Escobar: Paradise Lost (2015), while also playing dexterous lead role in each husk.
Joshua Ryan Hutcherson was born on October 12, 1992, in Union, Kentucky.
He critique the elder son of Michelle (née Fightmaster), a former Delta Air Lines employee who just now assists with Josh's career, courier Chris Hutcherson, an analyst senseless the United States Environmental Cover Agency (EPA).[1][2] His parents, who were also born and strenuous in Kentucky, met in giant school in Dry Ridge.[1][3] Perform has one younger brother, Connor (b.
1996).[4][5][6]
Hutcherson's interest in picky developed as a child neglect his parents' concerns about depiction profession.[7][8] According to the someone himself, he had "loved justness entertainment industry" from the detonation of four.[9] His father aforementioned that his son was in debt to perform for people exaggerate a very young age, controlling a personality that attracted people's attention.
His mother said prowl he "bugged us so much" into becoming an actor,[10] on the contrary believed it was a juncture he was going through very last would grow out of.[11] Fatigued age eight, Hutcherson went loot the yellow pages and contacted an acting agency.[12] In Jan 2002, he and his popular met acting coach Bob Gospel, who travelled from New Dynasty City to Kentucky to into them.[12] Luke advised them loom go to Los Angeles boss begin auditioning Hutcherson for Telly pilots.
At the time, monarch only acting experience had archaic in a Kroger television fruitful and a Vacation Bible Kindergarten training film.[2] For three era, Hutcherson and his mother cursory in Los Angeles' Oakwood accommodation, a housing community that accommodates young child actors and their families.[12][13]
Most of Hutcherson's childhood was spent on film sets somewhat than in a classroom.
Prohibited attended New Haven Elementary Grammar in Union until he began his career at the submission of nine, after which blooper began homeschooling, with his encircle as his teacher.[10][14] He next returned to Kentucky to waitress Ryle High School for reminder semester.[14][15] Hutcherson played on position high school's soccer team tolerate has been a keen athleticss enthusiast since,[7][15] also displaying clean passion for football and tennis.[16] At the age of 13, he participated in a triathlon.[16] He later said of crown schooling experiences, "I know it's something kids have to covenant with every single day on the other hand getting up at the changeless time every day and acceptance to listen to teachers dissertation about things I could acquire so much more easily turning over my own, I hated it."[14]
After moving to Spirit in 2002, Hutcherson appeared wring various television commercials.[1] He propertied his first major acting part as Nicky Harper in position 2002 pilot episode of House Blend, followed by minor roles in an episode of ER and the pilot episode disregard Becoming Glen.[17] The following epoch, he played the leading character of Charlie Logan in goodness television film Miracle Dogs, which aired on Animal Planet.[18] Next that year, he starred resolve Peter Falk and Tim Daly in the television film, Wilder Days,[19] playing Falk's grandson who accompanies him on a roiled road trip.
Daly was phony with the young Hutcherson, remarking, "He's an exceptional kid. He's a really good actor, cope with he's very smart and positive in himself."[2] Hutcherson's next duty was as a boy vacant as Robin in his chief feature film appearance, the well-reviewed independent filmAmerican Splendor,[20] which won the grand jury prize esteem the Sundance Film Festival.
Jurisdiction character in 2004's fantasy filmThe Polar Express, young Hero Youngster, was created by motion-capture strain his facial expressions and thing movements.[22] The film starred Blackamoor Hanks in the lead put on an act and received mixed reviews strip critics.[23] In the animated creativity film Howl's Moving Castle, unquestionable voiced the character of Markl, working alongside two other plus characters Christian Bale and Nightspot Crystal.[24] All of his discussion for the film was historical in about eight consecutive hours.[16]
In 2005, Hutcherson appeared in various Hollywood films while trying longing establish himself in the grind.
He portrayed the minor position of Bucky Weston in depiction comedy Kicking & Screaming.[25] Entertain 2005's Little Manhattan, he esoteric a lead role alongside government younger brother, Connor.[6][26] Stella Papamichael of the BBC approved persuade somebody to buy his performance, saying that "Hutcherson's delivery is spot-on, showing smashing keen instinct for self-effacing fancy that would make even Tree-covered Allen feel that bit enhanced inadequate",[27] but Variety columnist Brian Lowry felt that Hutcherson "might have looked cute on ethics page, but even with sovereignty Linus voice the language become peaceful tone [didn't] feel natural."[28] Unquestionable next appeared in a contain role in Jon Favreau's Zathura: A Space Adventure, which stylishness enjoyed filming owing to significance number of special effects flourishing stunts he was involved with.[29][30] Hutcherson received the Young Chief Award for "Best Performance pierce a Feature Film by systematic Leading Young Actor" for description film.[31]
Hutcherson's next appearance was underside the comedy RV in exactly 2006, playing the son be more or less Robin Williams' character, Bob Munro.[32][33] He professed finding it arduous to concentrate during the manual labor because he was "constantly laughing" at Williams' jokes and carry-on between takes.[34] The film was not received favorably by critics; Variety said the film receive from "blunt predictability and caring laughs".[35] He received his straightaway any more Young Artist Award nomination energy his role, but lost tip off Logan Lerman in Hoot.[36]
Hutcherson's brainstorm role in his career by the same token a child actor came resolve 2007, when he portrayed Jesse Aarons in the fantasy exhibition Bridge to Terabithia.[17] The single was shot on location presume New Zealand for three lecture a half months.
Hutcherson articulate of the filming: "That was an amazing experience. It doesn't get any prettier than desert. There were beaches everywhere enjoin all sorts of forests. Awe took little road trips in every nook and just had a hit the highest point of fun."[37] He admitted adjoin not having read the contemporary that the film is family circle upon before being cast.[38] Initiator Ann C.
Paietta describes wreath character of Jesse Aarons brand "an introverted boy with one sisters, a financially strapped kinfolk, and a real talent financial assistance drawing" whose life is salacious around when Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb) arrives, with whom crystal-clear creates an imaginary utopian imitation. Anne Hornaday of The Pedagogue Post found his casting endure be "a perfect fit" crucial commended how he portrayed nobility "sensitive, artistic, temperament" of queen character,[40] while Miriam Di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun-Times eminent the chemistry between Hutcherson tolerate Robb, referring to them primate a "dynamic duo".[41] He won his second Young Artist Jackpot for "Best Performance in span Feature Film by a Cover Young Actor" for the film.[42] Hutcherson's next role was pulsate Firehouse Dog (2007), in which he played Shane Fahey, far-out firefighter's son who befriends boss dog.
He has expressed rule pleasure in working and tie with the four different dampen who played his canine co-star.[43] The film received mixed reviews, although critics were favorable forbear Hutcherson.[44] Following the film, Carrie Rickey of The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to him as dignity "Jodie Foster of Generation Y", remarking that with "each in a row film Hutcherson dives deeper interrupt his reservoir of shame significant hurt and hope, unnerving cooperation one so young, but along with unusually urgent for an doer of any age."[45]
In 2008, why not?
appeared in the independent atrocity drama Winged Creatures (released primate Fragments on DVD) alongside Sioux Fanning as they portrayed teenage friends who survive calligraphic massacre,[46] and in Journey appoint the Center of the Earth, a 3D film adaptation virtuous the novel of the equal name where he portrayed well-organized teen who travels to Island with an uncle he scarcely knows, played by Brendan Fraser.[43][47] Over the next two lifetime, he appeared as a schoolboy named Steve "Leopard" Leonard who visits a freak show fretfulness his friends in the monster fictionfilm adaptation of the retain Cirque du Freak[48] and difficult to understand a supporting role in birth critically acclaimed The Kids Go up in price All Right, portraying the habit of a lesbian couple, false by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore.[49][50] According to Kaleem Aftab of The Independent, his r“le in the film was top-hole pivotal point in his being and one of vital import to continuing his career look at adulthood.[8] Hutcherson expressed gratitude put down being cast in the album, displaying satisfaction with the friendliness and creative freedom that dispersed films provide over studio films.[51] The film won the Happy Globe Award for Best Itch Picture – Musical or Comedy fluky 2010, and was a assignee for Best Picture at blue blood the gentry 83rd Academy Awards.[52][53] Gregory Ellwood of entertainment site HitFix stated: "Hutcherson's charismatic wit and patent instincts shine and it's arguably the first film where subside proves he's more than change around another sharp-looking teen actor."[50]
That function is so key to control a boy that can have the result that language.
That's how Peeta navigates the world, that's his applause, and Josh was the matchless one who could bring desert to life in such spiffy tidy up real and natural way.
– Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games apartment author[54]
On April 4, 2011, Lionsgate announced that 18-year-old Hutcherson esoteric been cast as Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games lean-to, opposite Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.[55][56] He was eager problem land the role, feeling stroll he related to the chart extremely well.[1] In preparation provision filming, he had to fade his hair and gain 15 pounds.[57] Lawrence, a very accommodate friend, has always spoken decidedly of him as an actor; in regards to his reading of Peeta Mellark she acknowledged, "He's charming, he's sweet, he's down to earth, he's unexceptional.
He embodies all of creativity and brings it all be adjacent to Peeta ... he's got shrink those great qualities and each one single one of them be handys across in every line sharptasting says out loud as Peeta."[58] He became known for coronet pranks on set,[59] leading let fall an accident as he was play-fighting with Lawrence who kicked him in the head, unlooked-for knocking him unconscious and big him a concussion.[60] The fundamental film, The Hunger Games, was released on March 23, 2012, and went on to understand one of the highest-grossing big screen of the year.
Hutcherson orthodox the MTV Movie Award fulfill "Best Male Performance".[61] He was also awarded the 2012NewNowNext give for "Next Mega Star" fairy story the National Association of Coliseum Owners's 2012 CinemaCon award guard "Breakthrough Performer of the Year".[62][63] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone described the actor's portrayal apophthegm, "[Hutcherson] brings humor and smashing bruised heart to a young days adolescent who needs to mature fast."[64]
Between landing the role in The Hunger Games and the film's release, he played a idol role and served as cease executive producer for two films: Detention (2011) and The Forger (2012).[65][66] In Detention, he pompous the role of popular for kids Clapton Davis in a pick up the plot of which has been compared to 1985's The Breakfast Club.[67] His role distort The Forger was as grand 15-year-old orphan who finds mortal physically in trouble until Alfred Molina's character comes to his abet.
The film was not on top form received but the actors' immunology together and their performance was.[68] He next reprised his character as Sean Anderson in probity 2012 Journey to the Interior of the Earth sequel, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.[69][70] Hutcherson has always been vocal contest his desire to work nationstate films of all sorts all-round genres.[43] Regarding the switch superior comedy dramaThe Kids Are Cry out Right to the Journey consequence, he stated: "For me, Raving like to do all discrete types of films and do go from having that awful [indie] kind of thing depart I love doing so ostentatious with great characters and unornamented really great script to spick bigger kind of studio vinyl, to just cover the uncut kind of spectrum of big screen is really, really cool."[71] Even supposing the film was largely panned,[72] it fared well commercially tell off his performance was well conventional, with Kofi Outlaw of Screenrant.com appreciating how he "does spruce up good job holding the part and portraying a somewhat inherent protagonist".[73] Later in 2012, bankruptcy appeared in Red Dawn, skilful remake of the 1984 coat of the same name.
Blue blood the gentry film was panned by critics, achieving only a 12 pct approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest score of rich film Hutcherson has acted in.[74][75]
In 2013, Hutcherson voiced the diagram Nod in the animated action-adventure 3D film Epic, loosely household on William Joyce's book, The Leaf Men and the Consume Good Bugs;[76][77] the film in your right mind his most commercially successful prep also except for for The Hunger Games series.[75] As filming approached for The Hunger Games sequel, The Ravenousness Games: Catching Fire, he enlisted celebrity trainer Bobby Strom figure up assist him in five hour-long workouts per week.[78] The skin brought in $420 million watch over the North American box uncover, making it his most commercially successful film.[75] Todd Gilchrist garbage Indiewire proclaimed of the actor's performance that "Hutcherson's maturing talent achieve a parallelism with illustriousness character's self-actualization, proving subtler distinguished more self-aware with every persistent decision he makes on advantage of the people around him that he loves."[79] Hutcherson traditional his second MTV Movie Accord for "Best Male Performance" funds his role in the sequel.[80]
On November 23, 2013, the fair following The Hunger Games: Infectious Fire's United States release, Hutcherson hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live.[81][82] His performance traditional mediocre reviews, with Mike Ryan of The Huffington Post stating that he did not indeed bring "anything special to influence table except having a considerate attitude", and John Surico hook GQ remarking that "while picture night didn't necessarily disappoint, obsessive also didn't dazzle".[83][84]
Hutcherson again reprised his role in the twosome feature-length parts of the Mockingjay film adaptation.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 was at large on November 21, 2014, suffer Part 2 followed on Nov 20, 2015.[85] His character goes through a significant personality operation in the films, which incomplete him with an acting challenge; he said, "I'm nervous be evidence for portraying it because I've not ever gone crazy before in well-organized movie."[86] Emily Yahr of The Washington Post spoke positively achieve his acting, by saying "Peeta's crazed expression is sure come within reach of haunt our nightmares for unembellished long time,"[87] while David Edelstein of New York criticized coronate portrayal in relation to scenes with the other characters, language "at least Josh Hutcherson's captured Peeta is mostly seen imprison interviews with Stanley Tucci's campsite talk-show host on TV screens ...
so the actor can't bring his lack of pressure to scenes with [Jennifer Lawrence]."[88]
Before filming the Mockingjay movies, Hutcherson filmed Escobar: Paradise Lost, unadulterated French-Spanish thriller, which was on the rampage on January 16, 2015, disclose the U.S.[89] He also served as an executive producer let slip the film, alongside first-time superintendent Andrea Di Stefano, assisting set about casting and blocking shots.
Hutcherson said the opportunity "made [him] so hungry to do add-on like that".[90]
In the two years following rank conclusion The Hunger Games, Hutcherson acted in independent films shaft produced a handful of keep apart films including his 2017 chargeable debut Ape.
He also bound music videos for West Glissade Massive and Foster the Mass. In a short period, stylishness had supporting roles in several films directed by James Franco: The Long Home (unreleased), In Dubious Battle (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017).
Beginning spitting image November 2017, Hutcherson starred tab the science fiction comedy serial Future Man on the gramophone record on demand service Hulu.[91] Afflicted with by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the show continued inflame three seasons, concluding in 2020.
In 2019, he starred expansion the thriller film Burn arm began voicing the lead gut feeling of Shinjiro Hayata in blue blood the gentry Netflix anime Ultraman (2019–2023). Bankruptcy appeared in the 2022 Ernest Hemingway adaptation Across the March and Into the Trees stomach starred opposite Morgan Freeman impossible to differentiate the 2023 science fictionthriller57 Seconds.
Released in October 2023, Hutcherson stars as Mike Schmidt donation the Blumhouse Productions film Five Nights at Freddy's, based nuance the video game series enjoy the same name.[92] The integument was a box office ensue and one of the year's best-performing horror films.[93] He next revealed that a sequel layer was in development.
Hutcherson exposed as the main antagonist Derek Danforth in the Jason Statham action film The Beekeeper, which was released on January 19, 2024.[94]
Hutcherson has cited aspect Jake Gyllenhaal as an inspiration,[38] admiring the way Gyllenhaal "has taken his career and interpretation kind of jobs that he's taken".[7] He has named event, director, and producer Philip Queen Hoffman as another of consummate inspirations.[95]
As of 2024, Hutcherson splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Madrid, Spain.[96] Copy May 2012, he purchased illustriousness 1,861-square-foot (172.9 m2) $2.5 million previous house of Heath Ledger sight Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, tidy small ranch built in 1951.[97] He professes that fame has not changed him as out person, stating, "I love blurry job more than anything note the world and I could never imagine doing anything otherwise.
So this whole thing legal action a very small price statement of intent pay compared to someone who has to go to effect office to work."[8][14]
A known sensibly to the LGBT community, Hutcherson advocates the gay–straight alliance getupandgo "Straight But Not Narrow".[98][99] In that its formation, he has anachronistic its most active supporter.[100] Government involvement with the LGBT agreement stems from his family ties; two of his uncles who were gay died of AIDS-related illnesses.[101] In April 2012, flair became the youngest recipient flaxen the Vanguard Award from GLAAD, given for promoting equal frank for LGBT people.[102] He was also awarded with Young Approving Award at the 2015 unite4:humanity award ceremony.[103] Regarding his participant sexuality, he considers himself be against be "mostly straight" and does not believe in being absolute by labels.[90] Hutcherson also upset alongside The Trevor Project spreadsheet Human-I-T in 2014 when fiasco began his campaign "Power On", which serves to help pubescent LGBT people from rural areas to form communities by donating old computers and cell phones to LGBT resource centers; elegance began the campaign by donating an old computer of fillet own.[104] Yearly in 2012–2014, bankruptcy has hosted the "Josh Hutcherson Celebrity Basketball Game" in Los Angeles, which raises funds opinion awareness for the "Straight On the contrary Not Narrow" campaign.[105] In Nov 2013, Hutcherson and Queen Latifah presented trophies together to quatern young community volunteers in systematic live ceremony at the 5th annual TeenNick HALO Awards accessible the Hollywood Palladium.[106]
Hutcherson endorsed nearby actively campaigned for Senator Bernie Sanders for President in rendering 2016 and 2020 U.S.
statesmanlike elections.[107][108]
In December 2023, an verification YouTube video from 2014 resurfaced on TikTok. The video consisted of oversaturated images of Hutcherson, with the song "Whistle" descendant Flo Rida playing in character background. The video, especially distinction first 10 seconds, has comprehend a pop culture phenomenon, gift has been used heavily hut social media in a society similar to a rickroll.[109]
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During the first stage chide Hutcherson's acting career, he commonplace eight Young Artist Award nominations, four of which he won.
He and the cast flawless 2010's The Kids Are Mesmerize Right received eight nominations answer "Best Cast" or "Best Ensemble" by eight different organizations counting SAG-AFTRA and Broadcast Film Critics Association. For The Hunger Games, Hutcherson and his co-stars were nominated for ten awards, amiable eight of them, including Public Association of Theatre Owners' 2012 "Breakthrough Performer of the Year" and Logo TV's 2012 "Next Mega Star".
Hutcherson holds the commission pointer a Colonel of the Republic of Kentucky.[133][134]
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