Who Plays Augustus? Is He a New Character?

Disney Plus‘ Percy Jackson and the Olympians launched viewers to a character named Augustus and followers are inquisitive about whether or not he’s a new character in addition to who performs him. Here are each questions answered.

Which actor performs Augustus within the Disney Plus present?

The actor taking part in Augustus in Disney Plus’ Percy Jackson and the Olympians is Ted Dykstra.

Ted Dykstra is a Canadian actor and playwright who’s a founding member of Soulpepper Theatre Company. His writing credit as a playwright embrace three tasks that are Two Pianos Four Hands, Dorian, and Evangeline.

As an actor, Dykstra is thought for his work as Bach in Bach’s Fight for Freedom and Ed Broadbent in Mulroney: The Opera. He can be a voice actor, having offered the voices for Dad Tiger in Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Reg in RoboRoach.

Apart from these, Dykstra has additionally had roles in different notable movie and tv tasks reminiscent of Transplant, Fahrenheit 451, Orphan Black, The Expanse, and Reign.

Is Augustus a brand-new character?

Yes, Augustus is a brand-new character created for the Disney Plus Percy Jackson and the Olympians sequence who was not seen in any of the Percy Jackson books.

In the sequence, Augustus is an outdated Satyr who had identified Grover earlier than he had set out on a quest to search out Pan. Grover, Percy, and Annabeth come throughout Augustus in a on line casino at a resort referred to as the Lotus Hotel, the place Grover, entranced by the resort’s trickery, divulged to Augustus how his Uncle Ferdinand was impressed by him.

Augustus acknowledged the title Ferdinand however then went again into his trance and acquired Grover to go deeper into the on line casino by promising him that he discovered Pan, an elusive nature god who the Satyrs believed might assist protect the pure world. Once a Satyr turned a searcher it was their obligation to search out Pan.

However, Grover ultimately discovered himself caught in what seemed to be a digital actuality recreation till he was freed by Percy and Annabeth.

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