Andy Serkis
Acting
- Born:
- 1964-04-20
- Place of birth:
- 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
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Nevatars
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Young Washington
Animal Farm
Hitpig!
Venom: The Last Dance
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Creature
Andor
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
The Batman
The Legend of Vox Machina
Animal
SAS: Red Notice
What If...?
A Christmas Carol
The Savoy
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Reunited Apart
A Christmas Carol
FX's A Christmas Carol
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Long Shot
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
The Director and the Jedi
Black Panther
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Great Performers: Horror Show
War for the Planet of the Apes
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Fungus The Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
We Are Stars
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Wil Wheaton Project
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Rick and Morty
The Magnificent Lion Boy
The Frame
The Last Leg
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
London: The Modern Babylon
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
Arthur Christmas
The Adventures of Tintin
Wild Bill
The Jonathan Ross Show
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Death of a Superhero
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Accused
Burke & Hare
Brighton Rock
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Inkheart
Einstein and Eddington
Little Dorrit
The Cottage
Sugarhouse
Extraordinary Rendition
Monkey Life
Underground
The Graham Norton Show
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Longford
Flushed Away
The Prestige
Simon Schama's Power of Art
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Stormbreaker
Stingray
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
King Kong
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Stories of Lost Souls
The Culture Show
The Present
Blessed
13 Going on 30
Standing Room Only
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Deathwatch
HypaSpace
Spooks
Icons
The Escapist
24 Hour Party People
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Pandaemonium
Five Seconds to Spare
Shiner
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Arabian Nights
Topsy-Turvy
Oliver Twist
Sweety Barrett
Shooting the Past
Insomnia
The Jump
Among Giants
Stella Does Tricks
Loop
Mojo
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Career Girls
The Near Room
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Finney
Grushko
Pie in the Sky
Prince of Jutland
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
GMTV
The Chief
The Simpsons
Streetwise
Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
The New Statesman
The Bill
Natural World
The Man Who Saved Paris
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult
Untitled The Adventures of Tintin Sequel