Who is Asa Butterfield, how old is he and what other films has the Sex Education actor starred in?
ASA Butterfield is a British actor who first rose to fame in 2008 when he starred in The Boy In Striped Pyjamas.
Here's everything you need to know about his latest role in Sex Education and what else he's been in...
Who is Asa Butterfield?
Asa Butterfield, 21, was born in Islington, London, on April 1, 1997.
In 2006 he landed his first role, aged nine, in the ITV drama After Thomas in which he plays an autistic child Kyle whose life is transformed when the family adopts a golden retriever.
He went on to star in the 2007 comedy film Son of Rambow and gained prominence as Bruno in the 2008 Holocaust film The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.
His middle names were originally Maxwell Thornton but he now uses the middle name Bopp on his passport, after the comet Hale-Bopp.
Who does Asa Butterfield play in Sex Education?
Asa Butterfield plays teen Otis Thompson in the Netflix series Sex Education.
The character lives with his sex therapist mum Jean, played by Gillian Anderson.
Otis has become terrified of sex after witnessing his parents' therapy sessions and walking in on his dad cheating on his mum.
Bad-girl Maeve (Emma Mackey) comes on the scene and sets up a sex clinic with Otis to deal with their friends' problems.
When Otis develops a crush on Maeve the only thing that stands in his way is her on-off boyfriend Jackson.
Through it all Otis' friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) is there to offer him moral support.
What else has Asa Butterfield starred in?
In 2011 Asa starred in the Martin Scorcese film Hugo and won the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance.
In the 2013 sci-fi film adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game he played the lead role of Ender Wiggin.
Other film credits include Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Journey's End, The Space Between Us and Time Freak.
Asa has also made TV appearances in Ashes to Ashes, Thunderbirds Are Go and Merlin.