Andy Serkis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 20, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- 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
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Black Panther
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Prestige
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Batman
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Filmography
The Man Who Saved Paris
Movie · as Chevenchy
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Movie · as Heinrich Himmler
LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult
Movie · as narrator
Untitled The Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Movie · as Captain Haddock
The Batman: Part II
Movie · as Alfred
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Movie · as Gollum / Sméagol
Animal Farm
Movie · as Randolf the Rooster (voice)
Young Washington
Movie · as General Edward Braddock
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Movie · as Self
Nevatars
Movie · as Wasam (voice)
Hitpig!
Movie · as Newscaster (voice)
Venom: The Last Dance
Movie · as Knull (voice)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Movie · as David Robey
Creature
Movie · as (voice)
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie · as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Batman
Movie · as Alfred
Andor
TV · as Kino Loy · 3 eps
The Legend of Vox Machina
TV · as Gideon (voice) · 4 eps
SAS: Red Notice
Movie · as George Clements
What If...?
TV · as Ulysses Klaue (voice) · 1 ep
Animal
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Movie · as Self
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
Movie · as Narrator
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Count Rugen · 1 ep
The Savoy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
TV · as Narrator · 5 eps
Long Shot
Movie · as Parker Wembley
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie · as Snoke (voice)
FX's A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past
A Christmas Carol
TV · as Ghost of Christmas Past · 3 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Black Panther
Movie · as Ulysses Klaue
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Movie · as Baloo (voice)
The Director and the Jedi
Movie · as Self
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Movie · as Self
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie · as Snoke
War for the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Caesar
Great Performers: Horror Show
Movie · as The Demented Clown
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Movie · as Self
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie · as Supreme Leader Snoke
We Are Stars
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie · as Ulysses Klaue
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie
Fungus the Bogeyman
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Caesar
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wil Wheaton Project
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Magnificent Lion Boy
Movie · as Umberto Farini
The Frame
TV · as Caesar · 1 ep
The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rick and Morty
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie · as Gollum
London: The Modern Babylon
Movie · as Spoken Quotations (voice)
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Caesar
The Adventures of Tintin
Movie · as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
Death of a Superhero
Movie · as Dr. Adrian King
Wild Bill
Movie · as Glen
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as Lead Elf (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Movie · as Ian Dury
Brighton Rock
Movie · as Mr Colleoni
Burke & Hare
Movie · as William Hare
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Movie · as Eadweard Muybridge
Accused
TV · as Liam Black · 1 ep
Inkheart
Movie · as Capricorn
The Cottage
Movie · as David
Einstein and Eddington
Movie · as Albert Einstein
Little Dorrit
TV · as Rigaud · 14 eps
Sugarhouse
Movie · as Hoodwink
Extraordinary Rendition
Movie · as Maro, Interrogator
Underground
Movie · as The Driver (Narrator)
Monkey Life
TV · as Self (Voice) · 14 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Prestige
Movie · as Alley
Stormbreaker
Movie · as Mr Grin
Longford
Movie · as Ian Brady
Flushed Away
Movie · as Spike (voice)
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Movie · as Self
The Making of The Two Towers
Movie · as Self
The Making of The Return of the King
Movie · as Self
Stingray
Movie · as Stingray (voice)
Simon Schama's Power of Art
TV · 1 ep
King Kong
Movie · as Kong / Lumpy
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Movie · as Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie · as Self
13 Going on 30
Movie · as Richard Kneeland
Blessed
Movie · as Father Carlo
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie · as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
The Present
Movie · as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie · as Self
Standing Room Only
Movie · as Granny
The Culture Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie · as Gollum / Smeagol
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Movie · as Self
The Two Towers: The Taming of Sméagol
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie · as Gollum
24 Hour Party People
Movie · as Martin
Deathwatch
Movie · as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
The Escapist
Movie · as Ricky Barnes
Icons
TV · 1 ep
HypaSpace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spooks
TV · as Riff · 1 ep
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie · as Gollum
Pandaemonium
Movie · as John Thelwall
Shiner
Movie · as Mel
Five Seconds to Spare
Movie · as Chester
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Movie · as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
Arabian Nights
TV · as Kasim · 2 eps
Topsy-Turvy
Movie · as John D'Auban
Insomnia
Movie · as Harry
Sweety Barrett
Movie · as Leo King
Oliver Twist
TV · as Bill Sikes · 4 eps
Shooting the Past
TV · as Styeman · 3 eps
Among Giants
Movie · as Bob
The Jump
TV · as Steven Brunos · 4 eps
Career Girls
Movie · as Mr. Evans
Mojo
Movie · as Potts
Stella Does Tricks
Movie · as Fitz
The Near Room
Movie · as Bunny
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Movie · as Sergeant Corrigan
Loop
Movie · as Bill
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prince of Jutland
Movie · as Torsten
Grushko
Movie · as Pyotr
Pie in the Sky
TV · as Maxwell · 1 ep
Finney
TV · as Tom Finney · 6 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chief
TV · as Jacko Dolan · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Cleanie (voice), The Illustrated Man / Siegfried Blaze (voice) · 1 ep
Streetwise
TV · as Owen · 19 eps
Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
TV · as Sparky Plugg · 6 eps
The New Statesman
TV · as Peter Moran · 2 eps
The Bill
TV · 1 ep
Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep