<Tr> <Th> Voiced by </Th> <Td> Freddie Highmore (2005 video game) Lincoln Melcher (Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gender </Th> <Td> Male </Td> </Tr> <P> Charlie Bucket is a title character and the protagonist of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and the film adaptations of these books . He is depicted as a kind - hearted, nice, selfless, sweet, brave, but poor boy that lives with his mother, father and four bedridden grandparents . Charlie was to have been a little black boy at the outset, but the detail was changed at the insistence of Dahl's literary agent to better appeal to audiences . In 1971, he has a newspaper route after school . He and his family follow the progress of the hunt for the Golden Tickets in newspapers, in films, and on television . Unlike the first four finalists, Charlie is honest and generous . In the 1971 film, Charlie was portrayed by Peter Ostrum, in his only film appearance . His nationality is never explicitly stated, but in the 1971 film, he speaks with an American accent, and in the 2005 film, he speaks with an English accent . The filmmakers have stated that it was their intention that Charlie's hometown be kept ambiguous . </P>

Violet's mother in charlie and the chocolate factory