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Who plays Charles Manson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?


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Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are a central focus of Quentin Tarantino’s newest film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but the movie also looks at the murder of Sharon Tate, played by Margot Robbie.

Much of the story focusses on the real murder of Sharon Tate in 1969, who died along with four other people at her home, after they were attacked by members of Charles Manson’s cult.

He was the leader of the group and he encouraged his members to kill several people, and he was later convicted of first-degree murder.

Charles Manson appears throughout the movie and it takes a look at him and his ‘family’ as they terrorise California.

Who plays Charles Manson in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

In Quentin Tarrantino’s new movie Charles Manson is played by Damon Herriman, and he will also be playing the criminal in season two of the Netflix drama Mindhunter.

Damon is an Australian actor who has appeared in several movies and TV shows.

Damon Herriman is playing Charles Manson for two different roles (Photo by Jim Spellman/Getty Images)

The 49-year-old appeared on several Australian shows in the 1980’s and 1990’s, including Taurus Rising, Sara Dane, Murder Call and All Saints.

In 2010 he secured his first major role, playing Dewey Crowe in the American drama Justified, appearing alongside Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy and Joelle Carter.

He then went on to have parts in Break Bad, Vegas and Almost Human.

Charles Manson was found responsible for several murders (Picture: Bettmann Archive)

More recently he has played Freddy in the Australian drama Mr Inbetween, and in American he has taken the role of Paul Allen Brown in the neo-noir thriller Perpetual Grace, LTD.

Damon has also been a prominent part of Australian movies, appearing in recent releases like Down Under and The Nightingale.

He has also acted alongside Leonardo DiCaprio before, playing Bruno Hauptmann in the 2011 film J. Edgar.

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