Asa Butterfield Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Asa Butterfield is an English actor who is best known for portraying roles such as Gardner Elliot in The Space Between Us and Otis Milburn in S*x Education. He has also appeared in several other TV shows and films such as Ender’s Game, The Wolfman, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, Journey’s End, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Then Came You, Choose or Die, Ashes to Ashes, and 50 States of Fright. For his acting skills, Asa has won a variety of awards such as the Young Hollywood Award and has been nominated for awards like Critics’ Choice Awards, Saturn Awards, and Young Artist Awards.

Born Name

Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield

Nick Name

Asa Butterfield

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

Islington, London, England, United Kingdom

Nationality

Education

Asa attended Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form in Hackney, UK.

Occupation

Actor

Family

• Father – Sam Butterfield (Advertising Copywriter)
• Mother – Jacqueline Farr (Psychologist)
• Siblings – Morgan Benjamin Butterfield (Older Brother), Loxie (Younger Sister)

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 10 in or 178 cm

Weight

66 kg or 146 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Asa has dated –

1. Ella Purnell (2015) – 2016 film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children co-stars Asa and Ella Purnell dated together in 2015.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Light Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Distinctive Features

Striking blue eyes

Shoe Size

He may be wearing a shoe of size 8.

Best Known For

Starring in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), portraying the young Mordred in the hit BBC TV Series Merlin, taking the title role in Martin Scorsese‘s 2011 fantasy Hugo.

First Film

2006 drama film After Thomas for his role as Andrew. It was a side role.

First TV Show

In 2008, he appeared in the British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, Ashes to Ashes for his role as Donny in just a single episode numbered 6 in season 1.

Personal Trainer

Asa had done a little workout for the movie “Hugo”, but for the “Ender’s Game”, it was vigorous and intense. In the painful exercise regimen, if he or any group member made a mistake, everyone in the group had to do 10 push-ups. E.g. if anyone fell while jogging, everybody would do 10 push-ups.

Butterfield Facts

1. He started acting at the age of 7.
2. His older brother “Morgan Benjamin Butterfield” is a drummer for the English band “Oats”. Along with his brother, Asa is a member of a music group called Mambo Fresh.
3. His first name “Asa” means “Wings” in Portuguese.
4. He enjoys music and due to his interest in this field, he also released a mashup of 2 songs “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus and “Making Plans For Nigel” by XTC in 2004.
5. He helped his dad and brother in designing a turn-based video game for iPad in 2012. It was released to the stores on April 7, 2013. The game is titled “Racing Blind”.
6. In 2011, he won the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award in the category of “Best Youth in Film”.
7. Asa participated in the Nintendo World Championships in 2017.
8. For Ender’s Game, he received guidance from actual NASA astronauts.
9. Besides acting, he likes to read and hang out with kitties.
10. You can see him on the cover of Patrick Skene Catling’s book, “Better Than Working”.