7 movies and cartoons with Freddie Highmore. English actor Freddie Highmore rose to fame for his parts in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Finding Neverland (2004), and Five Children and It (2004).
Alfred Thomas Highmore was born in Camden Town, London, England, to talent agent Sue (Latimer) and actor Edward Thomas Highmore. Albert “Bertie” Highmore, Highmore’s younger brother, is also an actor. He attended Highgate School and afterward graduated from Emmanuel College at Cambridge University with a double first in Spanish and Arabic. Here are 7 movies and cartoons with Freddie Highmore
S/N |
TITLE |
YEAR |
ROLE |
| 1. | Finding Neverland | 2004 | Peter Llewelyn Davies |
| 2. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | Charlie Bucket |
| 3. | The Spiderwick Chronicles | 2008 | Jared and Simon Grace |
| 4. | August Rush | 2007 | Evan Taylor |
| 5. | Arthur and the Invisibles | 2006 | Arthur Montgomery |
| 6. | Five Children and It | 2004 | Robert |
| 7. | The Vault | 2021 | Thom Johnson |
1. Finding Neverland
Based on Allan Knee’s 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan, Marc Forster, and David Magee’s biographical tale Finding Neverland was released in 2004. The playwright J. M. Barrie and his friendship with a family who inspired him to write Peter Pan are the subjects of the movie. At the 77th Academy Awards, the movie received seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Johnny Depp. It also took home the Best Original Score trophy. The 2012 stage musical of the same name was based on the movie. Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the Llewelyn Davies boys, is portrayed by Freddie Highmore. Johnny Depp recommended Highmore to Tim Burton for the role of Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in which Depp played Willy Wonka, due to his performance in this movie.
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Based on Roald Dahl’s 1964 British novel of the same name, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy film that was directed by Tim Burton and written by John August. In addition to Freddie Highmore and David Kelly, the cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, and Christopher Lee. Johnny Depp plays Willy Wonka while Freddie Highmore plays Charlie Bucket. The plot follows Charlie as he and four other kids win a sweepstakes and are given a tour of Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 American fantasy film that Mark Waters directed based on a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, and John Sayles and the Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black book series of the same name. Along with Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, and Sarah Bolger, it also has Martin Short, Nick Nolte, and Seth Rogen in voice roles. The story follows three kids as they come across a field guide to fairies while exploring the Spiderwick Estate in New England. Other magical beings they come across include goblins, ogres, brownies, boggarts, hobgoblins, trolls, and many more.
The movie honors Scott Rathner, who passed away on August 12, 2007. On February 14, 2008, it was released, making $162.8 million versus a $90 million budget.
4. August Rush
Freddie Highmore was Evan Taylor in A 2007 American musical drama film called August Rush was produced by Richard Barton Lewis and directed by Kirsten Sheridan. With a story by Paul Castro and Castle, the screenplay was written by Nick Castle and James V. Hart. A 10-year-old musical prodigy who lives in an orphanage and runs away to New York City is the subject of the story. While his mother and father are looking for him and her, respectively, he starts to solve the enigma of who he is.
5. Arthur and the Invisibles
The 2006 fantasy adventure comedy animated/live-action movie Arthur and the Invisibles. Is also known as Arthur and the Minimoys (Arthur et les Minimoys), and was directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is based on Besson’s Arthur and the Minimoys and Arthur and the Forbidden City. The first two volumes in the Arthur children’s book series.
It was well welcomed by French critics but received poorly in the US. There were complaints about the animation, narrative, humor, and tone, but acclaim for Freddie Highmore’s acting and the film’s aesthetic appeal. In the role of Arthur Montgomery, played by Freddie Highmore. The little child travels through the minimoys’ invisible world in search of the riches his long-lost grandfather had hidden. In CGI animation, Highmore provides the voice of Arthur.
6. Five Children and It
The 1902 novel Five Children and It was made into a live-action and computer-animated adventure movie in 2004. Titled Five Children and It. It was written by E. Nesbit and David Solomons, directed by John Stephenson, and produced by Nick Hirschkorn. Lisa Henson, and Samuel Hadida, and featured Tara FitzGerald, Freddie Highmore, Alex Jennings, Jonathan Bailey, and Jessica Claridge. Poppy Rogers, Alec Muggleton, Zak Muggleton, Zo Wanamaker, Kenneth Branagh. Alexander Pownall, Robert Tygner, Eddie Izzard, and many others
7. The Vault
The Vault is a 2021 Spanish heist action thriller film directed by Jaume Balagueró. Freddie Highmore, Strid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham, Luis Tosar. Axel Stein, José Coronado, and Famke Janssen are among the actors who appear in the movie. The story is vaguely similar to that of the Black Swan Project, which was discovered in 2007. By private marine salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration and ultimately handed up to Spain after five years of legal disputes.
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