Biography
18 year old Josh Hutcherson has been one of Hollywood’s most accomplished young actors for almost 10 years.
Josh can currently be seen in Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids are All
Right, which took the best feature film prize at the Berlin
International Film Festival’s Teddy Awards. The film, which costars
Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a couple negotiating the newfound
presence of the sperm donor of their children, debuted at the Sundance
Film Festival, where it was acquired by Focus Features in one of the
festival’s biggest deals and premiered to rave reviews. It has now
earned 4 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards
(including Best Cast), 5 Spirit Award Nominations and Critics’ Choice
Award nomination for Best Ensemble Cast.
Josh is currently in Hawaii shooting the much anticipated sequel to
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Journey 2: Mysterious Island. The
film, which co-stars Michael Caine, Dwayne Johnson, Luis Guzman and
Vanessa Hudgens, focuses on Josh’s character as he partners with his
mother’s boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is
allegedly missing on a mythical island.
Josh recently completed production on the independent feature film
Detention. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the hybrid horror/comedy focuses on
a group of teens during their senior year of high school as they are
stalked by a slasher movie-killer. Hutcherson also served as Executive
Producer on the film.
Josh will next be seen in the film Red Dawn, a remake of the 1984
classic about a group of teenagers trying to save their town from
foreign soldiers.
Josh was most recently seen in the Universal Pictures adaptation of
Darren Shan’s successful book series, The Vampire’s Assistant, opposite
John C. Reilly and Salma Hayek. Prior to that, Josh starred in Carmel,
in which Josh plays a young man inducted into the world of art-forgery
in Carmel, California and opposite Brendan Fraser in Walden Media and
New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D. The film was
the first ever high definition 3-D live performance feature film and
went on to become a huge box office hit.
Josh’s other feature film credits include Bridge To Terabithia,
Winged Creatures, Firehouse Dog, RV, Little Manhattan, Zathura, Kicking
and Screaming, Howl’s Moving Castle and The Polar Express. Josh won
Young Artist Awards for “Leading Young Actor” for his roles in Zathura
and Bridge to Terebithia.
