Willy Wonka is a fictional character appearing in British author Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, its 1972 sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and several films based on those books. He is the eccentric founder and proprietor of the Wonka Chocolate Factory.
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
Timothée Chalamet as Willy Wonka in the 2023 film Wonka.
A person cosplaying as Willy Wonka, as depicted in the 2005 film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
First US edition
Costumes of Willy Wonka (from Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), and the Hatter (from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books.
Golden Ticket from the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on display at a convention in Spain
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical playing at Drury Lane in London in 2013
