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My Take
Child stardom usually has an expiry date, but Highmore quietly tore that rule up. What impresses me most is the deliberate arc of his choices: the wide-eyed innocence of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the slow-burn menace of Bates Motel, then the empathetic precision of The Good Doctor. Each role feels like a correction to the last, as if he refuses to be typecast even by his own success. Add a Cambridge education and screenwriting credits, and you get that rare actor who treats the craft as an intellectual discipline. I trust him with quiet scenes more than almost anyone of his generation.
Overview
Alfred Thomas Highmore (born 14 February 1992) is an English actor. He is known for his starring roles beginning as a child, in the films Finding Neverland (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), August Rush (2007), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and the voice of the titular robot boy in Astro Boy (2009).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Freddie Highmore
- Name (Japanese)
- フレディ・ハイモア
- Reading
- ふれでぃ・はいもあ
- Born
- February 14, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Camden Town, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / child actor / voice actor / film actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Emmanuel College
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
- 2005 Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor
- 2006 Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor
- 2005 Empire Award for Best Newcomer
- 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
- 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
- 2005 Golden Satellite Award for Outstanding New Talent
- 2005 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Good Doctor | — | |
| Notable work | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | — | |
| Notable work | Bates Motel | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Child actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.