The following year, he played the leading role of Charlie Logan in the television film Miracle Dogs, which aired on Animal Planet. He landed his first major acting role as Nicky Harper in the 2002 pilot episode of House Blend, followed by minor roles in an episode of ER and the pilot episode of Becoming Glen. He later said of his schooling experiences, "I know it's something kids have to deal with every single day but getting up at the same time every day and having to listen to teachers talk about things I could learn so much more easily on my own, I hated it." Career 2002–2010: Early rolesĪfter moving to Hollywood in 2002, Hutcherson appeared in various television commercials. At the age of 13, he participated in a triathlon. Hutcherson played on the high school's soccer team and has been a keen sports enthusiast since, also displaying a passion for football and tennis. He later returned to Kentucky to attend Ryle High School for one semester. He attended New Haven Elementary School in Union until he began his career at the age of nine, after which he began homeschooling, with his mother as his teacher. Most of Hutcherson's childhood was spent on film sets rather than in a classroom. For three years, Hutcherson and his mother lived in Los Angeles' Oakwood apartments, a housing community that accommodates young child actors and their families. At the time, his only acting experience had been in a Kroger television commercial and a Vacation Bible School training film. Luke advised them to go to Los Angeles and begin auditioning Hutcherson for TV pilots. In January 2002, he and his mother met acting coach Bob Luke, who travelled from New York City to Kentucky to meet them. At age eight, Hutcherson went through the yellow pages and contacted an acting agency. His mother said that he "bugged us so much" into becoming an actor, but believed it was a phase he was going through and would grow out of. His father said that his son was compelled to perform for people from a very young age, possessing a personality that attracted people's attention. According to the actor himself, he had "loved the entertainment industry" from the age of four. Hutcherson's interest in acting developed as a child despite his parents' concerns about the profession. His parents, who were also born and raised in Kentucky, met in high school in Dry Ridge. He is also heavily involved in the gay–straight alliance campaign "Straight But Not Narrow".īorn in Union, Kentucky on October 12, 1992, Hutcherson is the elder son of Michelle (née Fightmaster), a former Delta Air Lines employee who now assists with Josh's career, and Chris Hutcherson, an analyst for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 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. Throughout his career, Hutcherson has expressed an interest in directing and producing. 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). In 2011, 18-year-old Hutcherson landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the box office record-setting film series The Hunger Games, released yearly in 2012–2015, for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People's Choice Award. Hutcherson's other early film appearances include 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). His first film role was in Miracle Dogs (2003) on Animal Planet, followed by a motion-capture performance in The Polar Express (2004) and a voice-acting role in Howl's Moving Castle (2005). Hutcherson began acting in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before landing his first major role in 2002 in the pilot episode of House Blend. Joshua Ryan Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor and producer.
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