John Paul Ruttan (born May 12, 2001) is a Canadian child actor who recently appeared as Joe in the 20th Century Fox feature film This Means War, starring Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, and directed by McG. In 2012 was nominated for the Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role at the 33rd Young Artist Awards for his voice over work in the Doodlebops Rock'n Road Show. Will be seen in the upcoming 2012 sci-fi thriller I'll Follow You Down, written and directed by Canadian Richie Mehta. John Paul will star alongside former child actor from The Sixth Sense, Pay it Forward, now in his twenties Haley Joel Osment, playing him as young Erol.