Josh Hutcherson
American actor born in 1992, celebrated for his iconic role as Peeta Mellark in the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise and a prolific career spanning film and television.
Josh Hutcherson - Personal Information
- Name: Josh Hutcherson
- Date of Birth: October 12, 1992
- Place of Birth: Union, Kentucky, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Music
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.
Selected Filmography
A look at Josh Hutcherson's most recent and notable screen appearances across film and television.
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) as Peeta Mellark
- Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) as Mike
- The American Revolution (TV - 2025) as James Potter Collins / Thomas Mellen / Jabez Campfield (voice)
- I Love LA (TV - 2025) as Dylan
- The Studio (TV - 2025) as Josh Hutcherson
- Long Gone Heroes (2024) as David
- The Beekeeper (2024) as Derek Danforth
- Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) as Mike
- Across the River and into the Trees (2023) as Jackson
- 57 Seconds (2023) as Franklin Fox
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