Freddie Highmore is an English actor, who amongst others he is known for his starring roles beginning as a child, in the films Finding Neverland and Charlie.
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- His full name is Alfred Thomas Highmore.
- He was born on 14th of February 1992.
- He is an English actor.
- He won two consecutive Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer.
- Highmore starred as Norman Bates in the drama-thriller series Bates Motel (2013–2017).
- For his role he was nominated three times for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
- He won a People’s Choice Award.
- In 2017, Highmore began producing and starring as Dr. Shaun Murphy in the ABC drama series The Good Doctor.
- For his role in «Good Doctor» he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
- Graduated from The University of Cambridge with a double first in Arabic and Spanish.
- Finding Neverland (2004) director Marc Forster decided to schedule one of Highmore’s toughest scenes (where he tears up a book and demolishes a playhouse) on his second day of filming, deliberately so other cast members could see the child act and change their attitude towards working with him.
- Johnny Depp requested him to play Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
- His mother Sue Latimer is his agent. One of her clients is Imelda Staunton. She also represents his friend Daniel Radcliffe.
- His real father, Edward Highmore, played his father in Jack and the Beanstalk (2001).
- For his third year of the Cambridge course he has been working at a law firm in Madrid translating documents.
- Is godfather to Vera Farmiga’s son, Fynn Hawkey.
- His favorite actor is Johnny Depp, his co-star in Finding Neverland (2004) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). (2005).
- Has worked at Gulf Bank in Kuwait in 2012 as an intern.
- Freddie has achieved 10 A* grades on his GCSEs (English language, English literature, maths, Spanish, French, Latin, geography, biology, chemistry and physics).
- Actress Helena Bonham Carter has played his mother three times.
- Began acting in small parts on TV shows when he was 7.
- Won an Empire Award for Best Newcomer for his role in Finding Neverland (2004).
- Said it was hard to concentrate during filming of the final scene of Finding Neverland (2004) with Johnny Depp in London because fans were standing off-camera screaming “We love you Johnny!”
- Plays the clarinet and enjoys soccer and video games. Learning to play the guitar.
- Would often stay at Vera Farmiga and Renn Hawkey’s house in Vancouver during the filming of Bates Motel (2013).
- The voice of ‘Pantalaimon’ in The Golden Compass (2007) was originally recorded by an adult actor but the filmmakers decided it made the character sound too old, so they cast Freddie instead.
- Pantalaimon’ was originally going to be voiced by his co-star from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Adam Godley.
- Has scored four A* grades in A-levels (maths, further maths, French and Spanish).
- During the shooting of Finding Neverland (2004), his favorite action was the demolition of the playhouse.
- His real brother, Bertie Highmore, played his brother in Women Talking Dirty (1999).
- Was originally supposed to star in December Boys (2007) but had to pull out because his grandmother was sick and he couldn’t go to Australia to film.
- Favorite Hitchcock film after Psycho (1960) is Rear Window (1954).
- Is fluent in English, French and Spanish and Arabic.
- Freddie Highmore was born in 1992 just seven months before the death of Anthony Perkins. Both actors played Norman Bates in Bates Motel (2013) and Psycho (1960).
- Has played the son of two Ophelias.
- Friends with the Narnia actor Skandar Keynes.
- He is a supporter of the Arsenal Football Club.
- Attended LSE Summer School in 2011.
- He sat his AS Levels in English Language, English Literature, Maths, Spanish, French, Latin, Geography, Biology, Chemistry and Physics for his GCSE.
- Is a soccer fan.
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