Andy Serkis

Also Known As: أندي سركيس, 앤디 서키스, アンディ・サーキス, 安迪·瑟克斯, اندی سرکیس

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 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 (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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK

Birthday: April 20, 1964

Adult: No

Gender: Male

TMDb-Id: 1333

IMDb-Id: nm0785227

Popularity:

11.28%

Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
King Kong
The Prestige
Inkheart
Luther: The Fallen Sun
13 Going on 30
24 Hour Party People
Blessed
Deathwatch
Creature
Stormbreaker
The Cottage
Shiner
Longford
Einstein and Eddington
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Brighton Rock
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Topsy-Turvy
The Adventures of Tintin
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Career Girls
The Escapist
Burke & Hare
Sugarhouse
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Five Seconds to Spare
Stories of Lost Souls
Death of a Superhero
Wild Bill
Extraordinary Rendition
The Man Who Saved Paris
Flushed Away
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Mojo
Among Giants
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Stella Does Tricks
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Present
We Are Stars
Animal Farm
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Black Panther
Insomnia
The Near Room
Fungus The Bogeyman
Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Sweety Barrett
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Pandaemonium
War for the Planet of the Apes
Hitpig!
The Magnificent Lion Boy
London: The Modern Babylon
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Arthur Christmas
Standing Room Only
Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Loop
Prince of Jutland
Long Shot
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Director and the Jedi
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
A Christmas Carol
The Batman
Grushko
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
FX's A Christmas Carol
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
SAS: Red Notice
Venom: The Last Dance
The Making of The Two Towers
The Making of the Return of the King