Biography
Asa Butterfield
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Who is Asa Butterfield?
Asa Butterfield is a well-known British actor who has been seen working actively on his acting career since the year 2006. He was popularly known for his main role in the movie “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” for which he had earned nominations in the British Independent Film Award and London Film Circle Award for Young British Performer of the year.
| Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield |
| Date of Birth | 1 April 1997 |
| Birth Place | London, the UK |
| Parent(s) | Jacqueline Farr, and Sam Butterfield |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
Personal Life and Relationship
Asa Butterfield, whose real name is Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield, was born on 1 April 1997 in London, the UK as the son of his mother, Jacqueline Farr, and father, Sam Butterfield. His mother is a psychologist where his father is an advertising copywriter.
Height, Weight, Age
Asa Butterfield holds an English nationality and belongs to the White ethnicity. Currently, he is 23 years old with a height of 6 feet (1.83 m) and a weight of 70 kg. He has got brown hair with blue eyes. As he was born on 1 April, his zodiac sign is Aries.
Early Life and Education
When Asa Butterfield turned seven, he started his acting career at Young Actors Theatre Islington. For his education, also went to attend Stoke Newington School &Sixth Form.
Social
Asa Butterfield is active on Instagram with the tag name (@asabopp) where he had posted 683 posts and 4.4 m followers and follows 669 people on Instagram.
Career
Television Career
Asa Butterfield started his television career after he had been cast as Andrew in a television movie “After Thomas” in the year 2006. After that, he was seen appearing as Donny on a British fantasy crime drama and procedural drama television drama “Ashes to Ashes” in 2008. From the year 2008 to 2009, he was cast into the role of Mordred on 3 episodes of a British fantasy-adventure drama television program “Merline”.
Further, he was cast as a voice actor, where he was seen providing his voice over the character Space Controller Conrad in a British animated science fiction television program “Thunderbirds Are Go” in the year 2017. From the year 2019, he was seen playing the main role as Otis Milburn on a British comedy-drama television series “Sex Education” which was created by Laurie Nunn. In 2020, he was seen appearing as Brandon Boyd on a horror anthology web television series “50 States of Fright”.
Movies Career
Asa Butterfield started his film career after he had been cast as Brethren Boy in a British comedy movie “Son of Rambow” in 2007 which was written and directed by Garth Jennings. After that, in the year 2008, he was cast as Bruno in a historical tragedy movie “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” along with the star David Thewlis. In the year 2010, he was seen appearing in the role of Norman Green in a fantasy comedy family movie “Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang” which was directed by Susanna White and produced by Tim Bevan. In the same year, he was seen playing the role of Younger Ben Talbot in a horror movie “The Wolfman” which was directed by Joe Johnston.
Further, in the year 2011, he was cast as Hugo Cabret in an American adventure drama movie “Hugo” which was directed and produced by Martin Scorsese. In the year 2013, he was seen appearing in the role of Ender Wiggin is an American military science fiction action movie “Ender’s Game” which was based on the novel of the same name, and this movie was written and directed by Gavin Hood. Likewise, in the year 2014, he was cast as Nathan Ellis on a British drama movie “X+Y” which was directed by Morgan Mathews.
In the year 2015, Asa Butterfield was seen playing the role of Jude Keffy Horn in an American drama movie “Ten Thousand Saints” which was written and directed by Shari Springs Berman and Robert Pulcini. Further, in the year 2016, he was cast as Jacob “Jake” Portman in a fantasy movie “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” which was directed as well as written by Jane Goldman.
After that, in the year 2017, he was cast as Sebastian Prendergast in an American independent drama movie “The House of Tomorrow” which was written and directed by Peter Livolsi. In the same year, he was also cast into the role of Jimmy Raleigh in a British war movie “Journey’s End”. Likewise, he was also seen playing the role of Gardner Elliot in an American romantic science-fiction movie “Space Between Us” which was directed by Peter Chelsom and was written by Allan Loeb.
In the year 2018, he was cast into the role of Calvin Lewis in an American romantic comedy-drama movie “Then Came You Departures” which was directed by Peter Hutchings and was written by Fergal Rock. In the same year, he was also seen playing the role of Stillman on an American science-fiction comedy-drama movie “Time Freak” which was written as well as directed by Andrew Bowler.
Further, he was cast into the role of Willoughby Blake in a comedy horror movie “Slaughterhouse Rulez” which was directed by Crispian Mills and was written by Mills and Henry in the year 2018. After that, he was seen appearing in the role of Finn McCreadie in a satirical movie “Greed” which was written as well as directed by Michael Winterbottom in the year 2019.
Awards
In his career, he had won Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for Best Youth in Film from the movie “Hugo” in the year 2011, and then he had also received so many nominations from his played movies in his career.
Net Worth
The estimated net worth of Asa Butterfield is $5 million.
