{"id":11923,"date":"2017-03-31T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=11923"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:43:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T15:43:37","slug":"freddie-highmore-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/freddie-highmore-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Fun Facts About Freddie Highmore"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00adFreddie Highmore made his first on-screen appearance as a child actor back in 1999 when he was only 7 years old.\n
Since then his acting career has gone from strength to strength, giving him the opportunity to work alongside great actors like Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Winslet, and Johnny Depp.\n
He plays the role of Norman Bates in A&E\u2019s Bates Motel, a contemporary prequel to 1960s Hitchcock cult classic Psycho.\n It\u2019s a great TV show and I\u2019d heavily recommend you give it a watch!\n But today we\u2019ll be looking at Freddie\u2019s life, his hobbies, and all manner of interesting facts about him, so kick back and enjoy.\n His full name is Alfred Thomas Highmore, he was born in London, England, on February 14, 1992, making him 33 years old.\n Freddie\u2019s father, Edward Highmore, is a famous British actor, having starred in many British films and television dramas up until 2002, where his last appearance was a minor role in Ali G Indahouse.\n Freddie\u2019s first film role came at the age of just seven when he starred in 1999 British comedy Women Talking Dirty, where he starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter.\n During his career Freddie has had the chance to work with some incredible actors, including Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristen Bell, the late-great Robin Williams, and of course, Vera Farmiga.\n In early 2002, when Freddie was just nine years old, he starred in the film Finding Neverland, which was the role that catapulted his career. He starred alongside both Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, with the two esteemed actors highly commending him for his role in the film.\n It was because of Finding Neverland that Freddie was recommended for his role in Tim Burton\u2019s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by both Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp, and he was also recommended for the role of Norman Bates by none other than Vera Farmiga, who plays Norma Bates in Bates Motel. Vera and Freddie are very close on set and Vera calls him her \u2018best friend\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s a shame their characters didn\u2019t get on so well!\n Freddie enjoyed acting in Tim Burton\u2019s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, having this to say about playing little Charlie: \u201cIt\u2019s neat, because in the film Charlie has a dream to visit the chocolate factory, and it comes true. My dream was to work with Johnny again, and it also came true.\u201d\n Freddie and Johnny Depp are still great friends, with Freddie saying several times that when the two are in the same country they often spend time together to hang out.\n Helena Bonham Carter has played his mother on screen three times! She was his mum in his first-ever feature film, Women Talking Dirty in 1999, then again in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005, and lastly, she played his step-mum in the 2010 TV series Toast. Okay, so maybe that\u2019s closer to two and a half times than three but still!\n Freddie\u2019s mother is a talent agent who represents both Freddie himself and Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter. Way back when, before the two of them had even acted onscreen, they were both childhood friends and playmates! Freddie and Daniel grew up together and Freddie has known the Radcliffe family almost all his life. When asked about it Freddie said, \u201cit\u2019s funny that we\u2019ve grown up and both ended up doing films\u201d.\n In 2007 Freddie was supposed to play Daniel\u2019s role in Indie Film December Boys but had to opt out due to his grandmother being taken ill.\n\n