Age: 33
male
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.
After preventing an international nuclear disaster caused by Radioactive Man—who manages to escape—the Avengers face criticism regarding the limits of their actions and their lack of responsibility given the power they possess. Amidst this climate of instability, the mysterious European aristocrat Baron Helmut Zemo emerges from the shadows, determined to prove that the Avengers can be defeated. Secretly, Zemo assembles a group of superpowered criminals: Enchantress, Skurge, Abomination, Crimson Dynamo, Radioactive Man, and Wonder Man, forming the Masters of Evil. More than winning a battle, Zemo wants to destroy the Avengers' symbol, especially Captain America, because of an old connection to Steve Rogers' past. While Enchantress emotionally manipulates Hulk, transforming him into a threat, Radioactive Man and Absorbing Man expose the destructive potential of Thor's powers. The pressure begins to divide the team: Hank Pym fears that the Avengers are causing more chaos than solutions, leading to conflict with Janet. Meanwhile, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers disagree about leadership and responsibility. Steve confronts ghosts from the past linked to Zemo, while Tony questions whether Iron Man has done more harm than good to the world. When the Masters of Evil launch coordinated attacks around the globe, the Avengers realize too late that it was all part of a larger plan: to isolate each hero before the final blow. The confrontation culminates in a massive siege in Washington, where Zemo reveals he has studied each member of the team. For the first time, the Avengers face an enemy that relies not only on strength, but on strategy.
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