Josh Hutcherson

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 (2017–2020) and Ultraman (2019–2023). 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.

Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

ER

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

All Movies (66)

• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping2026 · as Peeta Mellark
• Let's Love2026 · as Jackson
• Signal One2026 · as Charlie
• Waffle F1 The Movie: 22026 · as Himself
• Five Nights at Freddy's 22025 · as Mike
• Long Gone Heroes2024 · as David
• The Beekeeper2024 · as Derek Danforth
• Five Nights at Freddy's2023 · as Mike
• Across the River and into the Trees2023 · as Jackson
• 57 Seconds2023 · as Franklin Fox
• Burn2019 · as Billy
• Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer2018 · as Elliot (voice)
• Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster2018 · as Self
• Tragedy Girls2017 · as Toby Mitchell (uncredited)
• The Disaster Artist2017 · as Philip / 'Denny'
• Ape2017 · as Travis
• In Dubious Battle2016 · as Vinnie
• Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 22016 · as Self (Peeta Mellark)
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015 · as Peeta Mellark
• The Rusted2015 · as Max
• Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman2015 · as Self
• The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 12015 · as Self - Peeta Mellark
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 12014 · as Peeta Mellark
• Escobar: Paradise Lost2014 · as Nick
• Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2014 · as Self - Peeta Mellark
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire2013 · as Peeta Mellark
• Sixth Man: Bluesanity2013 · as Self
• Epic2013 · as Nod (voice)
• The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games2012 · as Self - Peeta Mellark
• Detention2012 · as Clapton Davis
• 7 Days in Havana2012 · as Teddy (segment "El Yuma")
• Red Dawn2012 · as Robert Kitner
• The Hunger Games2012 · as Peeta Mellark
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island2012 · as Sean Anderson
• The Forger2011 · as Joshua
• The Kids Are All Right2010 · as Laser
• The Third Rule2010 · as Chuck
• Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009 · as Steve
• Winged Creatures2009 · as Jimmy Jaspersen
• Journey to the Center of the Earth2008 · as Sean Anderson
• Firehouse Dog2007 · as Shane Fahey
• Bridge to Terabithia2007 · as Jess Aarons
• Barry Sonnenfeld: The Kosher Cowboy2006 · as Self
• JoJo: The Pop Princess2006 · as Himself
• RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors2006 · as Self
• Robin Williams: A Family Affair2006 · as Self
• RV Nation: The Culture of Road Warriors2006 · as Self
• Robin Williams: A Family Affair2006 · as Self
• RV2006 · as Carl Munro
• Zathura: A Space Adventure2005 · as Walter Budwing
• Little Manhattan2005 · as Gabe
• Kicking & Screaming2005 · as Bucky Weston
• Motocross Kids2004 · as TJ
• The Polar Express2004 · as Hero Boy (motion capture)
• Party Wagon2004 · as Toad E. Bartley (voice)
• Wilder Days2003 · as Chris Morse
• American Splendor2003 · as Robin
• Miracle Dogs2003 · as Charley Logan
• The Last Ticket— · as Ronny
• The Long Home— · as Nathan Winer
• The King of Counterfeit—
• Rita— · as Ricco
• Untitled A24 Horror Film— · as Tubby
• Artist in Residence— · as Max Rhinelander
• Blasphemous—
• Five Nights at Freddy’s 3— · as Mike Schmidt

All TV Shows (25)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• The American Revolution2025 · as James Potter Collins / Thomas Mellen / Jabez Campfield (voice)
• I Love LA2025 · as Dylan
• The Studio2025 · as Josh Hutcherson
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction2018 · as Self
• Future Man2017 · as Josh Futturman
• Paquita Salas2016 · as Ryan
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Peeta Mellark
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Van-El / Young Bruce Wayne (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• The Division2001 · as Matthew Inwood
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• ER1994 · as Matt
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)