Asa Butterfield 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 Pyjamas , and is known as Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield.
Son of Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield.
He has an older brother called Morgan. Asa also has a younger maternal half-sister, Loxie, and a younger paternal half-sister, Marlie.
In Hebrew, "Asa" means "healer" or "physician", also spelled "Ase". The name "Asa" appears in the Old Testament to designate the third King of Judah.
He is a supporter of the Arsenal Football Club.
Hes a fan of professional gamer and caster "Destiny".
In his GCSEs he got 1 A
, 3 As and 6 Bs.
He grew two inches while shooting Enders Game .
He developed an iPad app called "Racing Blind" together with his father and brother. It is the only game available on the app store that is meant to be played with the eyes closed.
Has worked twice with Ben Kingsley in the movies Hugo and Enders Game.
His name Asa means "wing" in Portuguese.
In Greenlandic Asa means "loved one".
In Indonesian, Asa means "Hope".
His dream role would be to play James Bond.
On his fathers side, he is the grandson of Jeanne Elizabeth (Hewett) and Roy Butterfield, who is an Emeritus Professor in Engineering and the Environment.
He was one of the final candidates for the third film incarnation of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, though Tom Holland was cast instead. On May 14, 2015, film journalist Umberto Gonzalez reported that Asa had already been chosen for the role, a story carried by most film news sites. In both the 2010 and 2015 casting cycles for Spider-Man, no actor reported by film websites as being all-but-confirmed for the role has ever ended up actually cast as Spider-Man. The other actors erroneously reported to have been cast are Logan Lerman (in April 2010), Jamie Bell (in early June 2010), Josh Hutcherson (on June 30, 2010, one day before the official casting of Andrew Garfield), and Dylan OBrien .
"Asa" in Arabic means (the name of Jesus ).
I think I can speak for a lot of people in that they would be pretty,nervous about meeting Harrison Ford, and I was definitely one of those,people.
