Andy Serkis
Acting
Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis (born April 20, 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 portraying 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 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 directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
Born: April 20, 1964
Place of Birth: Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Gollum / Smeagol
as Alfred
as General Edward Braddock
as Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
as Newscaster (voice)
as Knull (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as David Robey
as (voice)
as Kino Loy
as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Alfred
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
as George Clements
as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
as Self
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Count Rugen
as Self
as Ghost of Christmas Past
as Snoke (voice)
as Parker Wembley
as Baloo (voice)
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Ulysses Klaue
as Snoke
as Caesar
as Narrator
as Supreme Leader Snoke
as Narrator (voice)
as Ulysses Klaue
as Caesar
as Self
as Self
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 Self
as Caesar
as Dr. Adrian King
as Eadweard Muybridge
as Liam Black
as William Hare
as Mr. Colleoni
as Ian Dury
as Capricorn
as Albert Einstein
as Rigaud
as David
as Hoodwink
as Self (Voice)
as Self
as Ian Brady
as Spike (voice)
as Alley
as Self
as Mr. Grin
as Kong / Lumpy
as Self
as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
as Self
as Self
as Father Carlo
as Richard Kneeland
as Granny
as Gollum / Smeagol
as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
as Riff
as Ricky Barnes
as Martin Hannett
as John Thelwall
as Chester
as Mel
as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
as Kasim
as John D'Auban
as Bill Sikes
as Leo King
as Styeman
as Harry
as Bob
as Fitz
as Bill
as Potts
as Sergeant Corrigan
as Mr. Evans
as Bunny
as Self
as Tom Finney
as Pyotr
as Maxwell
as Torsten
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Jacko Dolan
as Cleanie (voice)
as Owen
as Peter Moran
as Narrator