Freddie Highmore
Freddie Highmore
Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmoreis an English actor, known for his leading movie and television roles, beginning during his childhood. He made his debut in the comedy film Women Talking Dirty. He has since starred in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Toast, and The Art of Getting By. For his performances in Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he won the Critics'...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 February 1992
CityLondon, England
I don't go home and pretend I'm August rather than just the actual lines I'm saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there's so much, especially being in New York to film; you're always surrounded by American people.
I like all sorts of chocolate. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, anything.
I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.
I think a lot of the time having someone who you, not base yourself on, but can see yourself being after a few years, you can get quite blinded by that, in the same way love can be.
I guess I'm just a normal kid apart from the acting.
I like to go to bed early so I can get up early.
I never really acted at school. It was doing small parts on TV that really got me started.
I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.
I'm sure everyone has many types of music that they enjoy.
It seemed really easy waving your hands around, it wouldn't make any difference if you were moving it left or right, but I wanted to do it realistically. I think you can tell if someone doesn't know what they're doing.
I've never been a great cook.
I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.
Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that.
It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.