
Freddie Highmore
Department: Acting
Biography
Alfred Thomas Highmore (born February 14, 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), August Rush (2007), and The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008). He won two consecutive Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer. Highmore starred as Norman Bates in the drama-thriller series Bates Motel (2013–2017), for which he was nominated three times for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and won a People's Choice Award. In 2017, Highmore began producing and starring as Dr. Shaun Murphy in the ABC drama series The Good Doctor, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
Known For

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005

Finding Neverland
2004

The Golden Compass
2007

Two Brothers
2004

August Rush
2007

The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008

A Good Year
2006

Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
2009

Arthur and the Invisibles
2006

Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
2010

Astro Boy
2009

The Art of Getting By
2011

Five Children and It
2004

Master Harold... and the Boys
2010

Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
2010

Women Talking Dirty
2001

Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013

Sinner v. Saints
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The Canterville Ghost
2023

The Journey
2017

Toast
2010

Almost Friends
2017

Tour de Pharmacy
2017

Dragon Rider
2020

The Vault
2021

Happy Birthday Shakespeare
2000

Life On Other Planets
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Arthur and the Great Adventure
2010

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Early Show
1999

GMTV
1993

Bates Motel
2013

The Good Doctor
2017

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

The Mists of Avalon
2001

Taskmaster
2018

The View
1997

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Leonardo
2021

The Assassin
2025

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Close to the Enemy
2016