Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
Biography
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 Warssequel 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 Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006) and 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 series 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.
Known For
Actor
as Chevenchy
as Benjamin (voice)
as Gollum / Smeagol
as Heinrich Himmler
as Captain Haddock
as Alfred
as Newscaster (voice)
as Knull (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as David Robey
as (voice)
as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Alfred
as Kino Loy
as George Clements
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Count Rugen
as Self
as Ghost of Christmas Past
as Snoke (voice)
as Himself
as Parker Wembley
as Baloo (voice)
as Self
as Ulysses Klaue
as Himself - Presenter
as Self
as Snoke
as The Demented Clown
as Caesar
as Supreme Leader Snoke
as Narrator (voice)
as Ulysses Klaue
as Narrator
as Caesar
as Self
as Self
as Umberto Farini
as Caesar
as Self
as Gollum
as Spoken Quotations (voice)
as Self - Narrator
as Lead Elf (voice)
as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
as Glen
as Caesar
as Dr. Adrian King
as Self
as Eadweard Muybridge
as William Hare
as Mr. Colleoni
as Ian Dury
as Liam Black
as Capricorn
as Albert Einstein
as David
as Rigaud
as Hoodwink
as Maro, Interrogator
as Self (Voice)
as Self
as Ian Brady
as Spike (voice)
as Alley
as Mr. Grin
as Self
as Kong / Lumpy
as Self
as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
as Self
as Father Carlo
as Richard Kneeland
as Granny
as Self
as Gollum / Smeagol
as Gollum
as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
as Ricky Barnes
as Martin Hannett
as Self
as Riff
as John Thelwall
as Chester
as Mel
as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
as Kasim
as John D'Auban
as Leo King
as Harry
as Bill Sikes
as Styeman
as Bob
as Steven Brunos
as Fitz
as Bill
as Potts
as Sergeant Corrigan
as Mr. Evans
as Bunny
as Self
as Pyotr
as Torsten
as Tom Finney
as Maxwell
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Cleanie (voice)
as Owen
as Peter Moran
as Narrator
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Assistant Location Manager
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Second Unit Director
as Second Unit Director
as Director
Crew
as Cinematography