Andy Serkis
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Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director and producer of Iraqi and Armenian descent. He is best known for his performance 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), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.
Serkis is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, number ten, and his 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 films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018). 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. He directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Simpsons
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Graham Norton Show
Star Wars: Andor
The Jonathan Ross Show
Spooks
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
What If...?
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Animal
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Arthur Christmas
The Director and the Jedi
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Black Panther
Stormbreaker
Venom: The Last Dance
The Prestige
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Batman
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Long Shot
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Flushed Away
24 Hour Party People
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
13 Going on 30
Spider-Man 4
King Kong
SAS: Red Notice
Luther: The Fallen Sun
The Batman - Part II
The Adventures of Tintin
Accused
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
War for the Planet of the Apes
Production Credits
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