Asa Butterfield

Asa Butterfield

1997-04-01 Islington, London, England, UK 37 Credits

Biography

Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield (born Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield; 1 April 1997) is an English actor. Beginning his career as a child actor, Butterfield first achieved recognition as the lead of the historical drama film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). He continued to headline films during the 2010s, starring in the adventure drama Hugo (2011), the science fiction film Ender's Game (2013), the drama X+Y (2014), and the fantasy Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016). From 2...

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Stitch Head

Stitch Head

2025

Acting

Follows Stitch Head, a small creature awoken by a Mad Professor in a castle to protect the professor's other creations from the townspeople of Grubber...

Our Hero, Balthazar

Our Hero, Balthazar

2025

as Solomon

Acting

A wealthy teenager from New York City tries to win over his activist crush by traveling to Texas and befriending a would-be mass shooter.

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023

as James

6.2
Acting

They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off...

All Fun and Games

All Fun and Games

2023

as Marcus

5.6
Acting

A group of Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where ther...

Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

as James

6.4
Acting

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-secon...

Flux Gourmet

Flux Gourmet

2022

as Billy Rubin

5.6
Acting

At an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective finds themselves embroiled in power struggles, artistic vendettas and gas...

Choose or Die

Choose or Die

2022

as Isaac

5.3
Acting

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, ...

Rhythm of Life

Rhythm of Life

2021

as Self

6.5
Acting

A star-studded short film encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines and featuring the song "The Rhythm of Life" from the 1966 classic musical, Sweet...

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021

as Self

7.0
Acting

Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.

Greed

Greed

2019

as Finn McCreadie

5.7
Acting

A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.

The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019

as Sebastian Prendergast

7.0
Acting

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and ...

Then Came You

Then Came You

2018

as Calvin

7.4
Acting

An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists ...

Time Freak

Time Freak

2018

as Stillman

6.7
Acting

Stillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their r...

Slaughterhouse Rulez

Slaughterhouse Rulez

2018

as Willoughby Blake

5.6
Acting

An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakab...

Right Place, Wrong Tim

Right Place, Wrong Tim

2018

as Tim Bell / Andrew

6.2
Acting

Right Place, Wrong Tim follows the Bell family, a dynasty of clockmakers who run Dagenham’s infamous ‘Hells Bells’ clock shop, in Channel 4’s most suc...

Journey's End

Journey's End

2017

as Raleigh

6.3
Acting

Set in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, a group of British officers, led by the mentally disintegrating young officer Stanhope, variously await their fate.

The Space Between Us

The Space Between Us

2017

as Gardner Elliot

7.1
Acting

A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016

as Jacob Portman

6.8
Acting

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroyin...

10,000 Saints

10,000 Saints

2015

as Jude Keffy-Horn

6.0
Acting

A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hard...

X+Y

X+Y

2014

as Nathan Ellis

6.7
Acting

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathem...

Ender's Game

Ender's Game

2013

as Ender Wiggin

6.6
Acting

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in t...

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

The cast and crew of "Hugo" discuss the process of adapting the book to screen, the work of director Martin Scorsese, the story's themes, the origins ...

The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

This documentary looks back at the history of automata but also briefly examines the design of the automaton seen in the film "Hugo."

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A look back at the life, style and influences of the famed filmmaker Georges Méliès and an examination of his role in the story of "Hugo."

Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

2012

as Self

6.0
Acting

A humorous short piece that looks at Sacha Baron Cohen's approach to his role in the film "Hugo."

Hugo

Hugo

2011

as Hugo Cabret

7.2
Acting

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the statio...

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

2010

as Norman Green

6.3
Acting

Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arriv...

The Wolfman

The Wolfman

2010

as Young Ben

5.9
Acting

Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonl...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

2008

as Bruno

7.8
Acting

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of t...

Son of Rambow

Son of Rambow

2007

as Brethren Boy

6.7
Acting

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to ma...

After Thomas

After Thomas

2006

as Andrew

6.1
Acting

Television film adaptation of the true story ("A Friend Like Henry" by Nuala Gardner) of a young autistic boy and his extraordinary friendship with hi...

If She Burns

N/A

Acting

A young woman travels to Europe with her family following a traumatic incident. There, she begins to bond with her mysterious neighbor, while also pus...

Rogue Trooper

Rogue Trooper

N/A

Acting

Rogue is a "Genetic Infantryman", a genetically-engineered, blue-skinned, manufactured super soldier who, alongside his three comrades, is searching f...

Watch the Skies

Watch the Skies

N/A

as (voice)

Acting

When a small starship crashes to earth, it is not a monster or alien overlord that emerges, but a teenage boy who has run away from home - a home on t...

College Republicans

N/A

as Karl Rove

Acting

A young Karl Rove vies for the position of chief campus conservative under the guidance of Lee Atwater.

The Liar

The Liar

N/A

as Adrian Healey

Acting

Adrian Healey is clever, charming and witty, but above all he is an expert liar. His unparalleled ability to consummately cheat and deceive is a skill...

The Carnival at the End of Days

N/A

as Adam

Acting

God, disgusted with what has become of humanity, decides to eliminate his creatures for good. Paradoxically, Satan is the only one standing in his way...