Josh Hutcherson

Age: 16
Birthday: October 12^th, 1992
Hobbies: Football, Bowling, Guitar, Soccer, Cars and competing in Triathalons
Favorite TV Show: Family Guy, The Andy Milonakis Show
Favorite Music: Rap, Alternative, EMO, Rock, Some Pop
Favorite Video Game: Guitar Hero II, FIFA 07
Favorite Clothes: Modern Amusement, Ed Hardy, LaCoste, Ambercrombie
Favorite NFL Team: Cincinnati Bengals
Favorite Vacation Spot: Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas
Pets: A boxer, Diesel and other dog, Baxter & two cats, Paws and Jell-O

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Biography

Josh Hutcherson was born in Union, Kentucky where he lives with his mother, father, younger brother and pets. Since starting his acting career in 2002, Josh has climbed up the Hollywood rungs landing several large projects with well known actors (such as “Robin William’s” in RV, Tom Hanks in “The Polar Express”, and Will Ferrel in “Kicking & Screaming”). Josh has shown not only his acting skills, but has lent his voice to several films and TV shows. He played Markl in the English Dubbed version of “Howl’s Moving Castle” as well as Van-El, Superman’s fictional son, in an the Justice League episode “For the Man Who Has Everything.” Determined to stay “grounded,” Josh does what he can to keep a normal life at home surrounding himself with his friends and family. With more than two dozen films under his belt, Josh is well on his way to becoming a major Hollywood Star.

Filmography

One Last Ride | (2003) | Joey
An emotionally gripping look at a man’s personal battle to end a self-destructive path of compulsive gambling.

DVD: R1 | R2

American Splendor | (2003) | Robin
Harvey Pekar is file clerk at the local VA hospital. His interactions with his co-workers offer some relief from the monotony, and their discussions encompass everything from music to the decline of American culture to new flavors of jellybeans and life itself. At home, Harvey fills his days with reading, writing and listening to jazz. His apartment is filled with thousands of books and LPs, and he regularly scours Cleveland’s thrift stores and garage sales for more, savoring the rare joy of a 25-cent find. It is at one of these junk sales that Harvey meets Robert Crumb, a greeting card artist and music enthusiast. When, years later, Crumb finds international success for his underground comics, the idea that comic books can be a valid art form for adults inspires Harvey to write his own brand of comic book. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait. First published in 1976, the comic earns Harvey cult fame throughout the 1980s and eventually leads him to the sardonic Joyce Barber, a partner in a Delaware comic book store who end ups being Harvey’s true soul mate as they experience the bizarre byproducts of Harvey’s cult celebrity stature.

DVD: R1 | R2

Motocross Kids | (2004) | TJ
Richard Gabai’s family-friendly sports film Moto X Kids stars Lorenzo Lamas as Evan Hanson, a motocross coach. His daughter, Callie (Alan Austin), is one of the best racers in the country. They must win a more personal contest when a biker gang threatens to take over their hometown racetrack. The leaders of the gang (Gary Busey and Evan Marriott) agree to race against the protagonists with the winners taking possession of the track. A key injury leads to a last-minute unconventional driver racing against the bikers.

DVD: R1 | R2

Howl’s Moving Castle | (2004) | Markl (voice of; English version)
A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste, turns into an old woman, and is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother’s hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise to help each other with their problems. Like Calcifer, Howl can also see through the Witch’s spell, and he and Sophie fall in love. Sophie helps Howl confront his former teacher, and the Witch of the Waste.

DVD: R1 | R2

The Polar Express | (2004) | Hero Boy
Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting, an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa’s sleigh. When to his surprise, a steam engine’s roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor (voice of Tom Hanks) invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift only those who still believe in Santa can experience.

DVD: R1 | R2 | Blu-ray: R1 | R2

Kicking and Screaming | (2005) | Bucky Weston
Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father’s competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids’ soccer team, and soon finds that he’s also taking on his father’s dysfunctional way of relating.

DVD: R1 | R2

Little Manhattan | (2005) | Gabe
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan, untill Rosemary Telesco walked into his life actually into his karate class. But, before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not being going to public school any more. Gabe has a lot more to learn about life,love and girls.

DVD: R1 | R2

Zathura | (2005) | Walter
Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.

DVD: R1 | R2

RV | (2006) | Carl Munro
Bob Munro is the dad of a dysfunctional family. He hires an RV to take the family on vacation. However Bob is NOT the best RV steering wheel operator in the neighborhood and the hilarity is added on by the fact that the brakes are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Bob first realizes it when the RV rolls (not literally) backwards into a line of shopping carts. Also Bob’s job is in danger if he doesn’t go to a very important meeting. Before you can say “COME BACK! COME BACK!,” things go gloriously, hilariously, Munro-annoyingly wrong due to the lack of brakes, Bob’s job, toilet waste not cleared out from the last rental and more hilarious stuff.

DVD: R1 | R2 | Blu-ray: R1 | R2

Bridge to Terabithia | (2007) | Jesse Aarons
Find out more here…Tired of being bullied at school and neglected at home, Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke escape into the woods where Leslie opens Jess’s mind to the amazing kingdom of Terabithia. As their imaginations soar and their friendship deepens, they discover how to rule their own kingdom, fight the forces of darkness and change their lives forever. However, when tragedy strikes, Jess must take all that he as learned from Leslie in order to overcome his unbearable guilt.

DVD: R1 | R2 | Blu-ray: R1 | R2

Firehouse Dog | (2007) | Shane Fahey
Rexxx, Hollywood’s top canine star, gets lost and is adopted into a shabby firehouse. He teams up with a young kid to get the station back on its feet.

DVD: R1 | R2

Journey to the Center of the Earth | (2008) | Sean
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

DVD: R1 | R2 | Blu-ray: R1 | R2

Winged Creatures | (2008) | Jimmy Jasperson
A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.

DVD: R1 | R2

Cirque du Freak | (2009) | Steve
A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

DVD: R1 | R2

Carmel | (2010) |
A teenager wanders into Carmel, California, where he is soon introduced to the art-forgery community.

DVD: R1 | R2

Trivia

• For “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” Josh had to take Yo-Yo classes
• Is right handed
• Older brother of actor Connor Hutcherson.
• Is good friends with actress AnnaSophia Robb.
• He has a puppy named Diesel, a dog named Baxter, and 2 cats, Jell-O and Paws, and some fish.
• His favorite superhero is Batman.
• Has now become good friends with Brendan Fraser after filming Journey to the center of the earth.

Awards & Nominations

Saturn Award - 2008
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated For: Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Young Artist Award - 2008
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Won for: Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Young Artist Award - 2008
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
Won for: Bridge to Terabithia (2007) [with AnnaSophia Robb, Bailee Madison, and rest of cast]

Young Artist Award - 2007
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor
Nominated for: RV (2006)

Young Artist Award - 2006
Best Performance in a Feature Film (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor
Won for: Zathura (2006)

Saturn Award - 2006
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Nominated For: Zathura (2005)

Young Artist (Special) Award - 2005
Outstanding Young Ensemble in a New Medium
Won for: The Polar Express (2004) [with Jimmy Bennett, Dante Pastula, and rest of cast]

Young Artist Award - 2005
Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
Nominated for: Motocross Kids (2004) [with Wayne Dalgish, Todd Holland and rest of cast]

Young Artist Award - 2004
Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor
Nominated for: Wilder Days (2003) (TV)

Fansites

• Josh Hutcherson Online
• Josh Anna Online

Sources: IMDB.com, JoshHutcherson.com
Page Last Updated: February 9th, 2009