Josh Hutcherson: Snapshot

Name
Josh Hutcherson
Date of Birth
October 12, 1992
Birth Place
Union, Kentucky
Josh Hutcherson has been a Hollywood pro for most of his life – he worked alongside leading men Tom Hanks (Polar Express), Will Ferrell (Kicking & Screaming) and Robin Williams (RV) as a tween.

But it was the baby-faced Kentucky native's pivotal role in the Oscar-nominated The Kids Are All Right that helped Hutcherson shed his child actor rep and prepare him for box-office stardom as the romantic lead in the wildly popular Hunger Games series.

With his role as heartthrob Peeta Mellark, Hutcherson continues to see his star rise as he and costars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth have signed on for the remaining two films in the Hunger Games trilogy.

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Josh Hutcherson: Five Fun Facts

  1. As a child actor, Josh Hutcherson was once ambushed by a pack of stage moms. "These moms cornered me and made me read my lines to them so they could tell their kid how to read them," he said on Lopez Tonight. "I cried for hours!"
  2. Josh Hutcherson has a pair of limited edition hand-painted Barack Obama Nike Air Force Ones in his sneaker collection. "I'm never going to wear them – ever," Hutcherson said on MTV Cribs in 2009. "They're going to be in a glass case someday."
  3. Like his Hunger Games character Peeta Mellark, Josh Hutcherson knows his way around the kitchen. "I do a really good French apple pie – the whole shebang, including the crust," he told InStyle.
  4. Josh Hutcherson created the Straight But Not Narrow campaign in 2011 to influence how teens treat their LGBT peers.
  5. Josh Hutcherson was up for the title role in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man, which eventually went to Andrew Garfield. Hutcherson's screen test was recently released on YouTube.

Photo Credits

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Edited by Julia Wang

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