Andy Serkis
- Acting
- April 20, 1964 · Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
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 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Batman: Part II · Alfred
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum · Gollum / Sméagol, Director
- Nevatars · Wasam (Voice), Director
- Robert Richardson: The White Devil · Self
- Young Washington · General Edward Braddock
- Animal Farm · Mr. Jones / Rooster (Voice), Producer
- Hitpig! · Newscaster (Voice)
- Venom: The Last Dance · Knull (Voice)
- Brilliant Minds · Executive producer
- Next Goal Wins · Executive producer
- Blue Whales: Return of the Giants · Narrator (Voice)
- Luther: The Fallen Sun · David Robey
- Creature · Voice
- The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself · Executive producer
- Andor · Kino Loy
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look · Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Batman · Alfred
- The Legend of Vox Machina · Gideon (Voice)
- Animal · Self
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage · Director
- No One Gets Out Alive · Executive producer
- SAS: Red Notice · George Clements
- What If...? · Ulysses Klaue (Voice)
- A Christmas Carol · Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (Voice)
- The Savoy · Self
- Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah · Narrator
- Once Upon a Time in Iraq · Narrator
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Count Rugen
- The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor · Self
- Reunited Apart · Self
- A Christmas Carol · Ghost of Christmas Past
- FX's A Christmas Carol · Ghost of Christmas Past
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker · Snoke (Voice)
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Long Shot · Parker Wembley
- Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen · Self
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle · Baloo (Voice), Director
- Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors · Self
- The Ruins of Empires · Director
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- The Director and the Jedi · Self
- Black Panther · Ulysses Klaue
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi · Snoke
- Great Performers: Horror Show · The Demented Clown
- Breathe · Director
- The Ritual · Producer
- War for the Planet of the Apes · Caesar
- Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey · Self
- Fungus The Bogeyman
- Fungus the Bogeyman · Narrator
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens · Supreme Leader Snoke
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- We Are Stars · Narrator (Voice)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron · Ulysses Klaue
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · Second Unit Director
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes · Caesar
- The Wil Wheaton Project · Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Rick and Morty · Voice
- The Magnificent Lion Boy · Umberto Farini
- The Frame · Caesar
- The Last Leg · Self
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey · Gollum, Second Unit Director
- London: The Modern Babylon · Spoken Quotations (Voice)
- The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World · Self
- Arthur Christmas · Lead Elf (Voice)
- The Adventures of Tintin · Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (Voice)
- Wild Bill · Glen
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes · Caesar
- Death of a Superhero · Dr. Adrian King
- The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge · Eadweard Muybridge
- Accused · Liam Black
- Burke & Hare · William Hare
- Brighton Rock · Mr Colleoni
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll · Ian Dury, Executive producer
- Inkheart · Capricorn
- Einstein and Eddington · Albert Einstein
- Little Dorrit · Rigaud