Asa Butterfield
Biography
Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield, born Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield on April 1, 1997, in Islington, London, England, is an English actor who began his career as a child actor. He has established a notable film and television career, garnering 45 known credits on the platform. Standing as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry, he achieved international recognition through leading roles in major cinematic and television projects throughout the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
Career overview
Butterfield first achieved widespread recognition as the lead in the historical drama film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas in 2008. Building upon this early success as a child actor, he continued to headline prominent films throughout the 2010s. His leading cinematic roles during this decade included the adventure drama Hugo in 2011, the science fiction film Ender's Game in 2013, the drama X+Y in 2014, and the fantasy feature Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children in 2016.
Transitioning further into television, Butterfield starred as the lead in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education, which ran from 2019 to 2023. Throughout his career, he has built a diverse portfolio encompassing various genres on both film and television.
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- Unchosen (2026) as Adam
- Our Hero, Balthazar (2026) as Solomon
- The Land of Sometimes (2026) as The Lad With The Flying Feet (voice)
- Rogue Trooper (2026) as (voice)
- Stitch Head (2025) as Stitch Head (voice)
- Watch the Skies (2025) as (voice)
- All Fun and Games (2023) as Marcus
- Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) as James
- Your Christmas or Mine? (2022) as James
- Choose or Die (2022) as Isaac
- Flux Gourmet (2022) as Billy Rubin
- Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel (2021) as Self
- 50 States of Fright (2020) as Brandon
- Sex Education (2019) as Otis Milburn
- The House of Tomorrow (2019) as Sebastian Prendergast
- Greed (2019) as Finn McCreadie
- Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018) as Willoughby Blake
- Then Came You (2018) as Calvin
- Time Freak (2018) as Stillman
- Right Place, Wrong Tim (2018) as Tim Bell / Andrew
- The Space Between Us (2017) as Gardner Elliot
- Journey's End (2017) as Raleigh
- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) as Jacob Portman
- Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015) as Space Controller Conrad (Voice)
- 10,000 Saints (2015) as Jude Keffy-Horn
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- X+Y (2014) as Nathan Ellis
- Ender's Game (2013) as Ender Wiggin
- The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012) as Self
- Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime (2012) as Self
- The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' (2012) as Self
- Hugo (2011) as Hugo Cabret
- Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) as Norman Green
- The Wolfman (2010) as Young Ben
- Merlin (2008) as Mordred
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) as Bruno
- Ashes to Ashes (2008) as Donny
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self - Guest
- Son of Rambow (2007) as Brethren Boy
- The One Show (2006) as Self
- After Thomas (2006) as Andrew
- Happy as Myles
- If She Burns
- The Liar as Adrian Healey