Asa Butterfield

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Birth Name: Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield

Age: 16, born 1 April 1997

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 8"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

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About: -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield (born 1 April 1997) is an English actor known for starring in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), playing Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and taking the title role in Martin Scorsese's 2011 fantasy Hugo. He will also portray Ender Wiggin in the upcoming film adaptation of the science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Asa Butterfield -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield (born 1 April 1997) is an English actor known for starring in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), playing Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and taking the title role in Martin Scorsese's 2011 fantasy Hugo. He will also portray Ender Wiggin in the upcoming film adaptation of the science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

Asa Butterfield was born in Islington, London, the son of Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He has an older brother, Morgan, who is a drummer for the English bands Underneath the Tallest Tree and Oats, and two younger sisters, Loxie and Marlie. Asa has said that he is just as happy reading a book as playing computer games and tries not to let his acting dominate his whole life.
Butterfield first started acting at the age of 7 on Friday afternoons after school at the Young Actors' Theatre, in his hometown. Later, he secured minor roles in the 2006 television drama After Thomas and the 2007 film Son of Rambow. In 2008 he also had a guest role playing Donny in Ashes to Ashes.
In that same year, aged 10, he played the lead role in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Director Mark Herman said that they came across Butterfield early on in the audition process. He was on the first audition tape he received and he was the third hopeful he met in person. Herman thought Butterfield's performance was outstanding, but only decided to cast him after auditioning hundreds of other boys, "so no stone was left unturned".
Producer David Heyman and director Mark Herman were looking for someone who was able to portray the main character's innocence, so they asked each of the children what they knew about the Holocaust. Butterfield's knowledge was slim and it was purposely kept that way throughout filming so it would be easier for him to convey his character's innocence. The final scenes of the film were shot at the end of the production period to prepare both him and Jack Scanlon for the dramatic ending of the film. He beat hundreds of boys to the role and also successfully passed the auditions for a role in Mr. Nobody for which he auditioned at the same time. He chose not to pursue the latter role.
In 2008, at the age of 10, Butterfield appeared in the Merlin episode "The Beginning of the End", he plays a young druid boy sentenced to death by Uther Pendragon because he feels threatened by the boy's magic. Despite the Great Dragon's advice and the warning that Arthur cannot survive if the boy does, Merlin and Arthur, with the help of Morgana, help the boy escape to rejoin the Druids. When they are about to disappear into the forest, Arthur asks him for his name, which he says is Mordred, an important character from the Arthurian legends who is supposed to kill King Arthur. Butterfield appeared as Mordred in a number of subsequent episodes; however the role has now been recast, with Alexander Vlahos playing Mordred as an adult character.
In 2010, he had a small part in The Wolfman. He starred as Norman Green at the age of 12 in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), working together with Emma Thompson. The film, and his performance, both received positive reviews. At the age of 13 he played the main and title character in Martin Scorsese's Hugo, adapted from the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Hugo was filmed from June 2010 to January 2011, it was released on 23 November 2011, and achieved critical and box-office success. Butterfield will play the title role of Andrew "Ender" Wiggin in the upcoming film adaptation of the Orson Scott Card novel Ender's Game, which completed filming in the first half of 2012, and is scheduled for theatrical release on 1 November, 2013. ... (more)

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Movies

1. Hugo (2011)

Rating:

7.5

1043 Watched

2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)

Rating:

7.6

963 Watched

3. The Wolfman (2010)

Rating:

5.6

778 Watched

4. Son of Rambow (2007)

Rating:

6.7

213 Watched

5. Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)

Rating:

5.7

167 Watched

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TV

1. Merlin (2008)

Rating:

7.3

401 Watched

2. After Thomas (2006)

Rating:

5 Watched

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"Notice in: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Bruno) Watched: Merlin, The Wolfman, Hugo Want to watch: Ender's Game"

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"17 - Actor/Actress who is surprisingly good Such a great little actor. He was awesome in "Hugo" - hopefully he won't end up like the Sixth Sense kid.. "