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Charlie Vickers

Charlie Vickersis an Australian actor. He plays Sauron in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Career

Vickers played the youngest son of the Pazzi family in eight episodes of the Netflix television series Medici. He starred in Rachel Ward's comedy-drama film Palm Beach, alongside Sam Neill, Matilda Brown, Greta Scacchi and Richard E. Grant. Vickers starred with Carryl Thomas in the thriller film Death in Shoreditch.

In 2019, Vickers was cast in the main role of Sauron in the J. R. R. Tolkien-based Amazon television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, first appearing in episode 2 as his human disguise Halbrand. Vickers has said he was unaware he was playing Sauron until filming the third episode. To immerse himself in the part, Vickers went hiking for five days in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. To perform the underwater scenes, Vickers took up freediving. Vickers is a keen runner, having completed several triathlons and regularly done 5–10 km (3.1–6.2 mi) runs several times a week.

In 2023, Vickers starred in a miniseries adaptation of the Holly Ringland novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as Clem Hart.

Vickers is set to star in the Netflix miniseries adaptation of Jane Harper's novel, The Survivors.

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