Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield also well known as Asa Butterfield is a famous English actor and model who mainly started his work in television shows and later on appeared in super-hit movies. He is one of the most prominent actors who came into a highlight for his couple of small roles in films and television shows which includes Hugo (2011), Ender’s Game (2013), X+Y (2014), Jude in 10,000 Saints (2015), Jake in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Gardner Elliot in The Space Between Us (2017), Norman in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), and Mordred in the BBC’s Merlin (2008). Asa Butterfield is most popular for portraying Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese’s drama film ‘Hugo’. He is a talented and hardworking actor who has received nominations for two Critics’ Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and three Young Artist Awards. In 2019, Butterfield began portraying the lead of the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education. The main cast of the TV series Sex Education includes Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Gillian Anderson, Aimee Lou Wood, Mimi Keene, and some more
Asa Butterfield was born on April 1, 1997, in Islington, London. He is the son of Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He was born and raised in Islington alongside his three siblings, one brother named Morgan and two sisters named Loxie and Marlie. While at birth, Butterfield was given the nickname “Maxwell Thornton”, he later changed it to “Bopp” on his passport (after the Hale-Bopp comet). Asa attended the secondary school Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form. He started his acting career at the age of eight-year When he was spotted at the Young Actors’ Theatre Islington by a talent spotting casting director. He began his professional acting career in 2006 with the telefilm ‘After Thomas’. Butterfield played the small role of Andrew in the film. In 2007, he worked on his debut feature, the comedy film ‘Son of Rambow’. In the following year, he guest-starred in BBC One’s crime drama ‘Ashes to Ashes’.
Actor Asa Butterfield is a talented English actor who became recognized for portraying the leading character Bruno in the Holocaust movie The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, for which he got nominations for the British Independent Filmfare Award and London Critics Circle Award for Youngest British Actor of the Year at 11 years of age. Afterward, he gained huge popularity for his role of Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese’s series Hugo, Butterfield received immense praise and was bestowed with the Young Hollywood Award for remarkable Performance Male and was elected for the Critics’ Choice Film Award for Best Young Actor as well as the Empire Award for the Best Male Newcomer, amongst other awards. Moreover, he was also elected for a British Independent Movie Award for the Best Actor for representing the role of Nathan Ellis in Morgan Matthews’s X+Y. In the year 2019, Butterfield appeared as Otis Milburn in Netflix comic series Sex Education.
Asa Butterfield is a talented actor and also enjoys composing music, he released a song mash-up “Making Plans For Nigel” by XTC and “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus. Asa Butterfield is fascinated by competitive Nintendo games. In the year 2017, he took part in Nintendo Worldwide Championships, in which he was eliminated earlier in an invitational. He is an enthusiastic player of competitive Super Smash Bros and has signed with esports team Panda Global under the tag “Stimpy”.
Talking about his personal life, As of now, he is 24 Yeard old and is unmarried. There is no more information about his personal life and past relationships.
| Name | Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield |
| Nick Name | Asa Butterfield |
| Profession | Actor |
| Date of Birth | 1 April 1997 |
| Age | 24 Years (2022) |
| Birth Place | Islington, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Hometown | Islington, United Kingdom |
| School | Stoke Newington School. |
| Collage | Young Actors Theatre Islington |
| Debut | 2007- Son of Rambow (Film) 2006 – After Thomas (Televison) |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
Asa Butterfield Career
Asa Butterfield Films
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | Son of Rambow | Brethren Boy |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Bruno |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang The Wolfman | Norman Green Younger Ben Talbot |
| 2011 | Hugo | Hugo Cabret |
| 2013 | Ender’s Game | Ender Wiggin |
| 2014 | X+Y | Nathan Ellis |
| 2015 | Ten Thousand Saints | Jude Keffy-Horn |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Jacob “Jake” Portman |
| 2017 | The House of Tomorrow Journey’s End The Space Between Us | Sebastian Prendergast Jimmy Raleigh Gardner Elliot |
| 2018 | Then Came You Time Freak Slaughterhouse Rulez | Calvin Lewis Stillman Willoughby Blake |
| 2019 | Greed | Finn McCreadie |
| 2022 | Flux Gourmet Choose or Die | Billy Rubin Isaac |
Asa Butterfield Televisions
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2006 | After Thomas | Andrew |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Donny |
| 2008–09 | Merlin | Mordred |
| 2017 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Space Controller Conrad (voice) |
| 2019–present | Sex Education | Otis Milburn |
| 2020 | 50 States of Fright | Brandon Boyd |
Asa Butterfield Family
| Father Name | Sam Butterfield |
| Mother Name | Jacqueline Farr |
| Brother | Morgan Benjamin Butterfield |
| Sister | Marlie Butterfield & Loxie Butterfield |
| Husband / Wife | N/A |
Asa Butterfield Relationship / Marital Status & Many More
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Affairs / Girlfriend | Single |
| Wife/ Spouse | N/A |
| Marriage date | N/A |
| Marriage Place | N/A |
| Children | N/A |
Asa Butterfield Physical Stats
| Height | In Centimeter – 165 cm In Meter – 1.65 m In feet & inches – 5’5 |
| Weight | In Kilogram- 54 Kg In Pounds – 119lbs |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Brown |
Asa Butterfield Favorite
| Favorite Actor | N/A |
| Favorite Actress | N/A |
| Favorite Song | N/A |
| Favorite Movie | N/A |
| Favorite Cuisine | N/A |
| Favorite Color | N/A |
| Favorite Sport | N/A |
| Favorite Destination | N/A |
Asa Butterfield Education
| School | Stoke Newington School. |
| Collage | Young Actors Theatre Islington |
| Educational Qualification | Graduate |
Asa Butterfield Net Worth
| Net Worth | N/A |
| Salary | N/A |
| Income Source | N/A |
| Car Collection | N/A |
Some Unknown facts about Asa Butterfield
- Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield is the full name of Actor Asa Butterfield
- Has worked twice with Ben Kingsley in the movies Hugo (2011) and Ender’s Game (2013).
- He appeared alongside actress Emma Mackey in the Netflix series Sex Education.
- His dream role would be to play James Bond.
- “Asa” in Arabic means (the name of Jesus ).
- He is a supporter of the Arsenal Football Club.
- He’s a fan of professional gamer and caster “Destiny”.
- Butterfield got 3 A’s, 1 A* and 6 B’s in his GCSEs.
- Asa Butterfield is the son of Sam Butterfield and Jacqueline Farr.
- On his father’s side, he is the grandson of Jeanne Elizabeth (Hewett) and Roy Butterfield, who is an Emeritus Professor in Engineering and the Environment.
- He was one of the final candidates for the third film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, though Tom Holland was cast instead.