In 2005, the premiere of Tim Burton's fantastic family comedy Charlie and the Chocolate Factory took place, one of the main roles in which was played by the famous American actor Johnny Depp.
The script of the film is based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, written in 1964. Boy Charlie Bucket lives on the outskirts of the city in an old dilapidated house with his family. His parents are barely making ends meet, but Bucket’s life will completely change after Charlie has the chance to visit the most unusual chocolate factory in the world.
For the actor Philip Wigratz, who played the secondary role of August Fool, this work became the most popular in his entire career. However, on Stupid, the list of Wigratz's roles does not end there.
Childhood
Philip Wigratz was born on February 17, 1993 in the German commune Kolbits, which is located on the territory of Saxony-Anhalt.
Vigrats debut in the film industry occurred when the boy was 12 years old. The role in the film "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" became the first and later - the most famous in his career. Many people are familiar with Wigratz in the image of his character August Fool, whose surname fully reflects his character - a lazy, not very smart boy who only all day does what he eats sweets. For this role, Wigratz did not have to specifically gain weight: in order to look larger in the frame, he put on a special suit under his clothes.
Later, in 2005-2007, Philip Wigratz starred in 5 films. The latest picture with his participation was released in 2012.
Currently
In 2009-2010, the actor studied in the United States at Seattle College. It is known that at the moment he lives in his native Kolbitsa. Despite the fact that the last of Filip Vigrats’s films was released about 7 years ago, the actor did not officially announce the end of his career and may return to the shootings later.
Filmography
In addition to the film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, one more commercially successful film with Philip Wigratz’s participation can be considered the adaptation of the novel of the same name by the German writer Cornelia Funke “Wild Chickens”, released in 2006. Wigratz played the role of a boy named Steve.
At the center of the event are 4 fifth-grader girls calling their company Wild Chickens. Periodically they are annoyed by boys who call themselves "Pygmies." But once the two warring teams will have to unite for the common goal - to prevent the grandmother of one of the girls from slaughtering hens.
In subsequent years, 2 more parts of this story came out, in which Wigratz also played Steve.
The last role of the actor is Helmut in the film "Laura" (2012). The plot unfolds at the end of World War II. Several children whose parents were arrested travel around Germany.