Asa Butterfield
English actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1997 · age 29
Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield 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).
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Something wrong?A life in dates
GnomesSeries, Senior Sergeant Arnold Kipps
UnchosenSeries, 2026Adam
Our Hero, BalthazarFilm, 2026Solomon2025
Stitch HeadFilm, Stitch Head (voice)2023
All Fun and GamesFilm, Marcus2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelFilm2020
50 States of FrightSeries, Brandon2019
Sex EducationSeries, Otis Milburn
GreedFilm, 2019Finn McCreadie2018
Right Place, Wrong TimFilm, Tim Bell / Andrew2017
Journey's EndFilm, Raleigh2015
Thunderbirds Are Go!Series, Space Controller Conrad (Voice)
10,000 SaintsFilm, 2015Jude Keffy-Horn2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries2013
Ender's GameFilm, Ender Wiggin2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a LifetimeFilm2011
HugoFilm, Hugo Cabret2008
Ashes to AshesSeries, Donny
MerlinSeries, 2008Mordred
The Boy in the Striped PyjamasFilm, 2008Bruno2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries
Son of RambowFilm, 2007Brethren Boy2006
The One ShowSeries
After ThomasFilm, 2006Andrew1997Born1 April 1997People around Asa
Close ties
Hailee Steinfeld Also in Ten Thousand Saints and Ender's Game
Emily Mortimer Also in Ten Thousand Saints and Hugo
Avan Jogia Also in Ten Thousand Saints and 10,000 Saints
Daniel Mays Also in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
Sheila Hancock Also in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2009)
Miles Jupp Also in The Liar, Journey's End and Greed
Angela Griffin Also in Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
David Heyman Produced The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2009)
Trudie Styler Produced Ten Thousand Saints (2015)
Johnny Depp Produced Hugo (2012)
Martin Scorsese Directed Hugo (2012)
Tim Burton Directed Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Ben Kingsley Also in Ender's Game and Hugo
Luc Besson Produced Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009)
Danny Elfman Wrote Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Orson Scott Card Produced Ender's Game (2014)
Ella Purnell Also in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
David Bradley Also in Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
Gavin Hood Directed Ender's Game (2014)
Joe Johnston Directed The Wolfman (2010)
Eddie Marsan Also in X+Y and Choose or Die
Julianne Nicholson Also in Ten Thousand Saints and 10,000 Saints
Roberto Orci Produced Ender's Game (2014)
Peter Chelsom Directed The Space Between Us (2017)
Known for
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 2008
Then Came You 2018
Hugo 2011
Stitch Head 2025
The Space Between Us 2017
Filmography 36
46 credits on file
Television 10
Media & music
About this person
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), the fantasy Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) and the romantic science-fiction The Space Between Us (2017). From 2019 to 2023, Butterfield portrayed the lead of the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education.
