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Freddie Highmore

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Golden Compass

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

As Charlie Bucket

The Spiderwick Chronicles

As Jared Grace / Simon Grace

The Vault

As Thom

Finding Neverland

As Peter Llewelyn Davies

Justin and the Knights of Valour

As Justin (voice)

Five Children and It

As Robert

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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When Studios Marry: Films Born of Corporate Chaos

From the ashes of mergers and acquisitions come some of cinema's most fascinating experiments. This chain traces how boardroom decisions shaped the art on scree...

8 films

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