He appeared as one of the main cast members of the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together, produced by Ellen DeGeneres.

[1] After his parents divorced in 1980, he and his sister, actress Kate Hudson, were raised in Colorado by their mother and her partner, actor Kurt Russell.

[3][4][5][better source needed] Hudson appeared opposite his mother in the 1999 comedy film The Out-of-Towners and later starred in several teen movies, such as The Smokers and Going Greek.

Hudson also appeared in a recurring role opposite Katie Holmes as her love interest, Eddie Doling, in sixteen episodes of Dawson's Creek from 2002 to 2003.

[citation needed] In 2013, Hudson was cast in the recurring role of Jeff Fordham for the second season on the ABC drama series Nashville.