Mockingjay movie set josh hutcherson biography

By the time Union, Kentucky, native Josh Hutcherson was 10, he was spending at least half his time on television and movie sets in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and elsewhere.

Now a budding producer and aspiring director, as well as a very busy actor, Hutcherson is immersed in publicity for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2,” which opens Friday.

It's the fourth and final entry in the film series, which has already sold in $2.4 billion in tickets worldwide.

Here's how Hutcherson went from a small-town boy to an international mega-star.

1992: Baby Josh is born on Oct.

12 in Union, Kentucky.

2000: Stubborn Kid Josh, 8 years old and obsessed with becoming an actor, looks up a local talent agent in the phone book and persuades his parents to sign him up. He books some commercial work.

2002: Promising Talent Josh moves to Los Angeles with his mother, Michelle.

He soon lands several TV appearances,