Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 20, 1964
Place of Birth
Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Credits
151 titles
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 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
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
Young Washington
General Edward Braddock
Animal Farm
Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
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 - Narrator (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Director
No One Gets Out Alive
Executive Producer
What If...?
Ulysses Klaue (voice)
SAS: Red Notice
George Clements
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)
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
Self - Presenter
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
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
Narrator
Fungus The Bogeyman
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Supreme Leader Snoke
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest