Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield born Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield on 1 April 1997) is a British actor model. who is most popular for portraying Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese’s drama film ‘Hugo’. A native of London, Butterfield got introduced to acting at the age of seven when he began going to the Young Actors’ Theatre Islington on Friday afternoons.
As of 2022, Asa Butterfield’s net worth is $7 million. He has wanted to become an actor since he was a kid. He is best known for working in various movies like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Hugo, Ender’s Game, X+Y, and Miss Peregrin’s home for peculiar children. He is also well known for starring in a Netflix series called Sex education. He is very active on social media and has a huge fan following on social media portals. He is a social media influencer as well and many brands use his social media following to forward the interest of their own brands and image. He has seven the revenue to of many awards and accolades as well.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Asa was Born on 1 April 1997, Asa Butterfield is 25 Years Old as of 2022. He was born and brought up in a working-class family in London, England. He is English-British by nationality and white by ethnicity. He has done his schooling at Stoke Newington School, England, and Young Actors Theatre Islington School, London, England. He is a class apart actor and is known to take master classes as well.
CAREER
At the age of eight, Asa Butterfield 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 in 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.
In 2008, he played one of the two leading roles in Mark Herman’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, with the other role being portrayed by Jack Scanlon. Based on John Boyne’s novel of the same name, the film was a holocaust drama in which Butterfield played Bruno, the young son of a Nazi officer, who befriends Scanlon’s Shmuel, a Jewish boy who had been put in a concentration camp. Butterfield’s sombre, poignant, and powerful performance made the critics notice him for the first time.
He was cast in the recurring role of Mordred in the popular fantasy-adventure series ‘Merlin’ in 2008. His next important role came about in 2010 when he was cast opposite Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maggie Smith, and Ewan McGregor in the fantasy comedy family film ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’.
In 2013, Butterfield starred as Andrew “Ender” Wiggin in the film ‘Ender’s Game.’ While the film received mixed positive reviews, his performance as the hero earned him much critical praise.
In the British film ‘X+Y’ (2014), which was released in the US under the name of ‘A Brilliant Young Mind’, Butterfield portrayed a socially awkward English mathematics prodigy who is picked to represent his country at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).
In 2015, he starred as the protagonist in the drama ‘Ten Thousand Saints. Also starring Ethan Hawke, Hailee Steinfeld, and Emile Hirsch, the film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 23. The next year, he was cast in the dark fantasy film ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children as Jacob “Jake” Portman.
In 2017, he was part of three films, and guest-starred in the animated science fiction series ‘Thunderbirds Are Go. Butterfield portrayed Gardner Elliot, a boy who was born and raised on Mars, in the romantic science fiction film ‘The Space Between Us; Sebastian Prendergast in ‘The House of Tomorrow; and Second Lieutenant Raleigh in the film adaptation of the play ‘Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff.
He is set to appear in films, such as ‘Time Freak’, ‘Departures’, and ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’.
In 2004, Butterfield produced a mashup of the songs “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus and “Making Plans For Nigel” by XTC. He worked alongside his father and brother on ‘Racing Blind’, a turn-based video game for iPad, which was released in April 2013.
PERSONAL LIFE
Asa Butterfield had previously been in a relationship with fellow English actress Ella Purnell. They began dating in 2015 but it ended soon after. There are rumors that he is presently dating Bulgarian-Canadian actress Nina Dobrev, but nothing has been confirmed by either party as of yet.
Net Worth
Asa’s net worth or net income is estimated to be between $7 million. As of 2022,
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