Asa Butterfield

'Asa Butterfield' (qv) was born in Islington, London, England, to Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield. He began acting at the age of 8, after a talent spotting casting director saw him at his local after school drama club, The Young Actors Theatre in Islington. Following on from a couple of small roles in films, he was cast, at 10 as Bruno in _The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)_ (qv). Since then, he has been acclaimed for his titular roles in _Hugo (2011)_ (qv) and _Ender's Game (2013)_ (qv), as well as other major roles as Nathan in _A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)_ (qv), Jude in _Ten Thousand Saints (2015)_ (qv), Jake in _Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)_ (qv), Gardner Elliot in _The Space Between Us (2017)_ (qv), Norman in _Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)_ (qv), and Mordred in the BBC's _Merlin (2008)_ (qv).Asa was born Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield, but now uses the middle name "Bopp" on his passport instead (after Comet Hale-Bopp), and is known as Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield.::Sam Butterfield