Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore (born 14 February 1992) is an English actor who made his acting debut in the comedy film Women Talking Dirty (1999). He has since starred in the films Finding Neverland (2004), Five Children and It (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), August Rush (2007), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), and The Art of Getting By (2011). For his performances in Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer in two consecutive years (2004–05).