Isaac Hempstead Wright made his screen debut in the 2011 British supernatural drama film ‘The Awakening’ directed by Nick Murphy. The film had its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and received a 62% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. That same year, he also joined the cast of the American fantasy drama television series ‘Game of Thrones’ as ‘Bran Stark.’ While he parted ways from the show in 2014, Hempstead Wright made a return to ‘Game of Thrones’ in 2016 and remained a part of the series until it went off-air in 2019. He also won the ‘TiBS Scifi Award’ for his performance in the show. He played the role of ‘Tom Rose’ in the 2013 British-American political thriller drama film ‘Closed Circuit’ directed by John Crowley. The film holds a 43% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. He next voiced ‘Eggs’ in the 2014 American stop-motion animated fantasy comedy film ‘The Boxtrolls’ directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. The film received positive reviews from critics and received an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for ‘Best Animated Feature.’ It was also a commercial success and grossed over $108.3 million on a budget of $60 million.
In 2016, he voiced ‘Jack’ in the British-German computer-animated TV film ‘Revolting Rhymes’ directed by Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer. He was last seen playing the role of ‘Edward’ in the 2021 American science fiction film ‘Voyagers’ directed by Neil Burger. The film received a lukewarm response from critics and turned out to be a box office bomb, managing to only gross over $4.2 million on a production budget of $29 million. He will be next seen in the upcoming French-American action-thriller film ‘The Blue Mauritius.’
Two former lovers are reunited by a high-profile terrorism case as they are put on the same defense team. They represent Farroukh, a suspected terrorist, and soon it seems that the case is much more complicated than it seems.
Orphaned human boy Eggs is brought up by the Boxtrolls, a trash-collecting community of quirky creatures residing in caverns beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But the wicked exterminator, Archibald Snatcher, is out to destroy the Boxtrolls. Eggs comes above the cavernous home and meets spirited Winnie who readily helps with a plan to save Boxtrolls. But their lives, too, are at risk.