Thanks to innate talent, good timing and a talent agent mother, Freddie Highmore blossomed rather quickly into a fine actor by the time he was 12 year-old when he starred in the wildly successful remake, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005). Prior to his film-stealing turn as the lucky lad who wins a golden ticket good for one tour of Willy Wonka’s wondrous chocolate factory, Highmore established himself as a young actor to watch with his pivotal performance in the Oscar-nominated “Finding Neverland” (2004). Even his co-stars were impressed with Highmore’s ability: Johnny Depp later
Freddie called me from London last week. Hmmm, those are words I never thought I'd write. Anyhow, he called in support of The Spiderwick Chronicles, out today on DVD. We didn't have long to talk but I'd like to think I learned a…
Made acting debut as Helena Bonham Carter's Scottish son in "Women Talking Dirty"
2001
Appeared in the CBS movie "Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story" starring Matthew Modine and Vanessa Redgrave
2001
Played a young King Arthur in the TNT miniseries "The Mists of Avalon" opposite Anjelica Huston and Joan Allen
2004
Played a French boy who adopts a young tiger cub in Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Two Brothers"
2004
Cast in the critically acclaimed "Finding Neverland" as Peter Llewelyn Davies, the inspiration for J.M. Barrie's (Johnny Depp) classic tale 'Peter Pan'; received a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor
