joshua ryan "josh" hutcherson (born october 12, 1992) is an american movie and television actor. he began acting early in 2000. he performed in several minor movie and television roles. he became famous in his major roles in the 2005 movies "little manhattan" and "zathura", the 2006 comedy "rv", the 2007 family adventure movie "firehouse dog", the movie adaptations of "bridge to terabithia", "journey to the center of the earth" and "". 2010 he also plays the role of himself\self-josh hutcherson &amp; peeta mellark in easy a 2010 &amp; the "hunger games" trilogy.