Trivia

Josh has been good friends with The Hunger Games (2012) co-star, Alexander Ludwig, since they were about 12 years old.

He adopted a disabled pit bull puppy, which he named Driver.

Has become good friends with Brendan Fraser since filming Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008).

His favorite film as a child was The Lion King (1994).

Close friends with The Hunger Games (2012) co-stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth and stuntman Ralf Koch.

Josh has two cats named Jell-O and Paws.

Has three tattoos: one of a Libra sign on his left wrist, one of an anchor on his right torso side and a pirate ship on his back between his shoulders.

Was given a turtle by his Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) co-star, Kristen Stewart, for his 13th birthday.

Good friends with Bridge to Terabithia (2007) co-star, AnnaSophia Robb.

Has starred with both Liam Hemsworth and his brother Chris Hemsworth in separate films. Josh worked with Liam in The Hunger Games (2012), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) & with Chris in Red Dawn (2012).

He and Jennifer Lawrence (his co-star from "The Hunger Games" film series) are both natives of Kentucky.

Josh is a highly outspoken supporter in the fight for gay equal rights. In fact, he works closely with the group Straight But Not Narrow, which educates straight young men about gay rights and encourages them to become more understanding and potentially supportive about gay rights.

His mother, Michelle Fightmaster, is a former Delta Airlines employee, and his father, Chris, is an analyst for the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency).

He has two dogs named Diesel and Nixon.

Enjoys playing basketball, rock climbing, and competing in triathlons.

Has one younger brother, Connor Hutcherson.

He has English, as well as Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, and distant Irish and French, ancestry. His mother's maiden name, Fightmaster, originates from German ancestors.

Has thrown the first pitch at a Cincinnati Reds baseball game.

He is a big fan of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals and credits Rudi Johnson as his favorite player, the University of Kentucky's "Wildcats", MLB's Cincinnati Reds.

Was considered for Peter Parker/Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) before the role went to Andrew Garfield. On June 30, 2010, film website Blue Sky Disney incorrectly reported that Josh had been cast in the role, one day before Andrew's casting was officially announced by the studio. In both the 2010 and 2015 casting cycles for Spider-Man, no actor reported by film websites as being all-but-confirmed for the role has ever ended up actually cast as Spider-Man. The other actors erroneously reported to have been cast are Logan Lerman (in April 2010), Jamie Bell (in early June 2010), Dylan O'Brien (in March 2015), and Asa Butterfield (in May 2015).

His favorite films include Fight Club (1999), Drive (2011), and Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Adopted a blue pit-bull naming him Driver.

His childhood crush was Lola Bunny.

He enjoys the movie space jam.