Cast & creator
Freddie Highmore
Best known for The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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.
Also known as: Alfred Thomas Highmore, Alfred Highmore
34
film credits
27
television credits
46
1988–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (61)
Showing 61 of 61 credits
The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Good Doctor
Dr. Shaun Murphy
2017The Good Doctor
Writer
2017The Good Doctor
Director
2017The Good Doctor
Executive Producer
2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Fire Country
Director
2022
Bates Motel
Norman Bates
2013Bates Motel
Teleplay
2013Bates Motel
Story
2013Bates Motel
Director
2013Bates Motel
Writer
2013
GMTV
Self
1993
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie Bucket
2005
The Golden Compass
Pantalaimon (voice)
2007
The Assassin
Edward Green / Floran Bertrand
2025The Assassin
Executive Producer
2025
The Early Show
Self
1999
Arthur and the Invisibles
Arthur Montgomery
2006
Leonardo
Stefano Giraldi
2021Leonardo
Executive Producer
2021
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Jared Grace / Simon Grace
2008
August Rush
August Rush
2007
Astro Boy
Astro / Toby (voice)
2009
A Good Year
Young Max Skinner
2006
Close to the Enemy
Victor Ferguson
2016
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Playground Son
2001
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Justin (voice)
2013
The Mists of Avalon
Young Arthur
2001
Finding Neverland
Peter Llewelyn Davies
2004
Dragon Rider
Ben (voice)
2020
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard
Arthur Montgomery
2009
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds
Arthur Montgomery
2010
The Vault
Thom
2021The Vault
Producer
2021
The Art of Getting By
George Zinavoy
2011
Five Children and It
Robert
2004
Taskmaster
Self
2018
The Canterville Ghost
Henry, Duke of Cheshire (voice)
2023
Two Brothers
Raoul Normandin
2004
Ali G: Who Iz I?
Executive Producer
2026
Tour de Pharmacy
Young Adrian Baton
2017
Toast
Nigel Slater
2010
Almost Friends
Charlie Brenner
2017
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
2005
Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
Astro Boy (voice)
2010
Master Harold... and the Boys
Hally Ballard
2010
Women Talking Dirty
Sam
2001Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
Self
2005
The Journey
Jack
2017
The Colour of My Room
Producer
2024I'm Not Here to Hurt You
I'm Not Here to Hurt You
Creator
Becoming Oompa-Loompa
2005Sinner v. Saints
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Steven Green
2000Life On Other Planets
Life On Other Planets
Producer