

Evan tries playing Wizard's prize guitar, Roxanne (a Gibson J150ec), Evan is so good that Wizard gives him his old spot in Washington Square Park, along with the guitar, which was also Arthur's.

He finds a boy named Arthur busking in Washington Square Park and follows Arthur to his home in a condemned theatre, where Evan is introduced to “Wizard” Wallace, an arrogant and aggressive vagrant and musician who teaches homeless, orphaned, and runaway children to be street performers. Convinced that his parents will find him, Evan runs away to New York City, "following the music" in the hope it will lead him to his family. Evan is a musical genius and displays savant-like abilities and perfect pitch, which often causes him to be bullied. While Lyla is unconscious, her father secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption, telling Lyla that her son died.Įleven years later, the baby is living in a boys' orphanage under the name Evan Taylor, where he is assigned to a social worker named Richard Jeffries. Following an argument with her overbearing father over her unborn baby, she is struck by a car, forcing her to give birth prematurely. They meet and have a one-night stand, but are unable to maintain contact. Louis Connelly is the lead singer of an Irish rock band.

1 new drama series, ABC's The Good Doctor, currently on its second season.In 1996, Lyla Novacek is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under the strict rule of her father. June 2017 saw the release of the HBO mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy, directed by Jake Szymanski, in which Highmore appears alongside Andy Samberg. Having written an episode in Season Four, Highmore wrote a further two episodes in Season Five where he also made his directorial debut. In 2016, Highmore concluded filming on the fifth and final season of the Emmy®-nominated Bates Motel as the iconic Norman Bates, for which he was awarded a People's Choice Award for Best Actor. Highmore starred in Stephen Poliakoff's Close to the Enemy and played alongside Timothy Spall and John Hurt in Nick Hamm's The Journey. Achieving straight A's in all his GCSE and A-level exams, Freddie graduated with a double first in Arabic and Spanish from the University of Cambridge. Whilst continuing his education, Highmore voiced Astro Boy, The Golden Compass and Justin and the Knights of Valour, as well as shooting the title role in the apartheid era Master Harold. Freddie reunited with Helena Bonham Carter as his mother for a third time filming Toast and returned to New York to team with Emma Roberts in Twentieth Century Fox's The Art of Getting By. In America, Highmore took the central character in the Oscar-nominated August Rush, with Robin Williams, and starred opposite himself, playing twins in Paramount's The Spiderwick Chronicles. Johnny Depp was so impressed that he pushed for Highmore to star opposite him again in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Īfter appearing alongside Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's A Good Year, Freddie went on to play the title role in Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles trilogy, becoming fluent in French. His co-star Kate Winslet described Freddie as simply the best young actor she had ever seen. Having shot Two Brothers, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud Women Talking Dirty, with Helena Bonham Carter and Five Children and It, with Ken Branagh, Highmore came to prominence as Peter in the Oscar-nominated Finding Neverland. Previously Empire Award's Most Promising Newcomer, Highmore is a double SAG nominee and was twice winner of the Film Critics' award for the world's Best Young Actor. As a young child, Freddie Highmore established himself as a leading talent in the film world.
