Freddie Highmore recently co-starred in two high-profile motion pictures: as Charlie Bucket in Tim Burton's box-office hit, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," and opposite Oscar nominee Johnny Depp, in Marc Forster's critically-acclaimed Best Picture Academy Award nominated film, "Finding Neverland."

For the latter, the young actor won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award as Best Young Actor, and collected several other award nominations for his work, including two nods from the Screen Actors Guild (for Supporting Actor and Best Ensemble).

Highmore, a native of England, began his acting career at age six, playing Helena Bonham Carter's son in "Women Talking Dirty." He also appeared opposite Guy Pearce in Jean-Jacques Annaud's adventure film, "Two Brothers," and alongside Kenneth Branagh in "Five Children and It." Highmore has also appeared in a number of television productions in the U.K., including the BBC film "Happy Birthday Shakespeare" and ITV's miniseries "I Saw You," as well as "The Mists of Avalon" in the U.S. He is currently back on the big screen, filming "Arthur and the Minimoys" for filmmaker Luc Besson in France. He will next star opposite Robin Williams and Liv Tyler in "August Rush," which will be produced by Jim Sheridan and directed by his daughter Kirsten (screenwriter for her father's 2003 Oscar-nominated drama "In America").

Filmography

• The Spiderwick Chronicles, 2008
• August Rush, 2007
• Arthur et les Minimoys, 2006
• A Good Year, 2006
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005
• Five Children and It, 2004
• Finding Neverland, 2004
• Deux frères, 2004
• I Saw You, 2002
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, 2001
• The Mists of Avalon, 2001
• Happy Birthday Shakespeare, 2000
• Women Talking Dirty, 1999
• Walking on the Moon, 1999

Awards

• Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Best Young Actor "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 2006
• Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Best Young Actor "Finding Neverland" 2005