Andy Serkis

Acting

Born Apr 20, 1964

From Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK

Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor (2022). Serkis's film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned a BAFTA and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006). He was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for The Letter for the King (2020). Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018), as well as the Disney+ series What If...? (2021). He also played Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022). Serkis has his own production company and motion-capture workshop, The Imaginarium, in London, which he used for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe and also directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Andy Serkis

Known For

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Venom: The Last Dance

The Batman

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Prestige

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Black Panther

Filmography — Acting

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Venom: The Last Dance

The Batman

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Avengers: Age of Ultron

The Prestige

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Black Panther

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

King Kong

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Flushed Away

The Adventures of Tintin

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

Animal Farm

13 Going on 30

Inkheart

Arthur Christmas

Long Shot

Hitpig!

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Young Washington

Stormbreaker

Untitled The Batman Sequel

Burke & Hare

SAS: Red Notice

Prince of Jutland

FX's A Christmas Carol

24 Hour Party People

Einstein and Eddington

The Cottage

Topsy-Turvy

Brighton Rock

Career Girls

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

Deathwatch

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Wild Bill

Shiner

The Director and the Jedi

Blessed

Longford

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Stories of Lost Souls

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

Mojo

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

A Christmas Carol

The Present

Grushko

The Escapist

Creature

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

Sugarhouse

The Man Who Saved Paris

Sweety Barrett

Among Giants

Pandaemonium