Augustus Gloop from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory': see how he's changed!

This is the boy who played Augustus Gloop in 2005
The Willy Wonka remake took theaters by storm
A global success
Augustus Gloop
The great big greedy nincompoop!
A huge debut
Hard to top such a blockbuster
He wore a fat suit for the movie
He did his own stunts
Only one way to go...
Eight more years of acting
A little bit of everything
He said goodbye to acting in 2013
Computer engineer
A quiet, anonymous life
Augustus Gloop, always in our hearts
This is the boy who played Augustus Gloop in 2005

Do you remember this kid? He's Philip Wiegratz, the boy who played one of the five lucky children with a golden ticket in Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' in 2005.

The Willy Wonka remake took theaters by storm

Augustus Gloop starred alongside Johnny Depp, who was in his prime at the time. Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' cost no less than $150 million to make.

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

A global success

The film was a smashing success, grossing more than $475 million at the box office. It also propelled two of its child leads, Freddie Highmore and AnnaSophia Robb, to global fame.

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

Augustus Gloop

Another child star in the movie was this boy. Although extremely memorable, Gloop isn't exactly the star of the show. Instead, he's the first kid to leave the factory after falling into the chocolate river.

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

The great big greedy nincompoop!

The Oompa Loompas described the character perfectly in a song they sang as they pulled him out of the chocolate river:
"Augustus Gloop, Augustus Gloop/
The great big greedy nincompoop /
Augustus Gloop, so big and vile, /
So greedy, foul, and infantile."

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

A huge debut

In real life, Philip Wiegratz continued to work as an actor for a while. However, he would soon disassociate himself from acting and give a remarkable twist to his career.

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Hard to top such a blockbuster

Like his character, Wiegratz was born in Germany - specifically in Magdeburg, in 1993. His role in the Tim Burton film was his first. It couldn't have been a bigger debut. He was 12 years old when he caught the casting director's attention.

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

He wore a fat suit for the movie

Although Gloop was a very chubby kid, Wiegratz wasn't so round. Instead of putting on weight for the role, he wore a fat suit.

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He did his own stunts

Playing Gloop wasn't exactly an easy role. Not only did Wiegratz do his own stunts in the Chocolate River in a fat suit, but he also was a voice actor for the video game, even though his English was still quite limited at the time.

Image: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005) / Warner Bros.

Only one way to go...

The bad thing about starting at the top of Hollywood is that it's a major battle to keep up the momentum, especially as a little German boy with limited English and acting experience.

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Eight more years of acting

That said, his acting career shifted from Los Angeles to Europe. For the next eight years, all the rest of his roles were in film and TV in his native Germany.

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A little bit of everything

He starred in 'A guest for Christmas' (Es ist ein Elch entsprungen, 2005) the three 'Die Wilden Hünher' (2006, 2007 and 2009) films, the children's series 'Ki Ka Live' and TV shows 'Krimi.de' (2008) and 'Die wölfe' (2009).

He said goodbye to acting in 2013

His last appearances were in 'Lore' (2012), 'Ruby, the Last Time Traveler' (Rubinrot, 2013), and 'Mein Sommer '88' (2013).

Photo: dr-wigratz / Instagram

Computer engineer

From then on, Wiegratz said goodbye to acting and embraced his new profession: a computer engineer!

Photo: dr-wigratz / Instagram

A quiet, anonymous life

Wiegratz is currently living a very normal-seeming life and is passionate about traveling and doing sports. He's not even into social media, as he only posts once per year.

Photo: dr-wigratz / Instagram

Augustus Gloop, always in our hearts

No matter what, his Augustus Gloop will always stay in the hearts of fans. Even in Wiegratz's recent Instagram post, having traded being stuck in chocolate for mud, commenters reminded him of when he found "zeh golzen ticket."

Photo: dr-wigratz / Instagram

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