Andy Serkis
Acting
Born: April 20, 1964 (age 62) · Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Black Panther
2018
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
The Prestige
2006
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
Photos (7)
Movies (70)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ulysses Klaue
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gollum / Smeagol
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gollum
Venom: The Last Dance
Knull (voice)
The Batman
Alfred
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gollum
Black Panther
Ulysses Klaue
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Snoke
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gollum
The Prestige
Alley
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Supreme Leader Snoke
Young Washington
General Edward Braddock
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Snoke (voice)
King Kong
Kong / Lumpy
The Adventures of Tintin
Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
War for the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
Flushed Away
Spike (voice)
13 Going on 30
Richard Kneeland
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Baloo (voice)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
David Robey
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
SAS: Red Notice
George Clements
Inkheart
Capricorn
Long Shot
Parker Wembley
Animal Farm
Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
Hitpig!
Newscaster (voice)
Stormbreaker
Mr Grin
Burke & Hare
William Hare
FX's A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past
Topsy-Turvy
John D'Auban
Deathwatch
Pvt. Thomas Quinn
Career Girls
Mr. Evans
24 Hour Party People
Martin
Einstein and Eddington
Albert Einstein
Death of a Superhero
Dr. Adrian King
The Cottage
David
The Escapist
Ricky Barnes
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Ian Dury
Pandaemonium
John Thelwall
Wild Bill
Glen
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shiner
Mel
The Near Room
Bunny
Blessed
Father Carlo
Prince of Jutland
Torsten
Among Giants
Bob
Brighton Rock
Mr. Colleoni
Longford
Ian Brady
Mojo
Potts
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Sergeant Corrigan
Stories of Lost Souls
Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
Sweety Barrett
Leo King
Insomnia
Harry
Five Seconds to Spare
Chester
We Are Stars
Narrator (voice)
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Narrator (voice)
Sugarhouse
Hoodwink
Creature
(voice)
Standing Room Only
Granny
Underground
The Driver (Narrator)
Stella Does Tricks
Fitz
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge
Grushko
Pyotr
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Anthony 'Spider' Dale
Loop
Bill
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
Narrator
TV Shows (25)
The Simpsons
Cleanie (voice) · 1 eps
Rick and Morty
(voice) · 1 eps
What If...?
Ulysses Klaue (voice) · 1 eps
The Legend of Vox Machina
Gideon (voice) · 4 eps
Andor
Kino Loy · 3 eps
Spooks
Riff · 1 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 1 eps
The Bill
1 eps
Pie in the Sky
Maxwell · 1 eps
Icons
1 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Count Rugen · 1 eps
Little Dorrit
Rigaud · 14 eps
The Chief
Jacko Dolan · 1 eps
Accused
Liam Black · 1 eps
The New Statesman
Peter Moran · 2 eps
The Frame
Caesar · 1 eps
Arabian Nights
Kasim · 2 eps
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes · 4 eps
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past · 3 eps
Fungus the Bogeyman
Narrator · 3 eps
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Narrator · 5 eps
Simon Schama's Power of Art
1 eps
Streetwise
Owen · 19 eps
Finney
Tom Finney · 6 eps
Shooting the Past
Styeman · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 2 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self · 1 eps
The Last Leg
Self · 1 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · 1 eps
Monkey Life
Self (Voice) · 14 eps
The Culture Show
Self · 1 eps
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self · 1 eps
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 eps
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Wil Wheaton Project
Self · 1 eps
The Savoy
Self · 1 eps
The Present
Self
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Director and the Jedi
Self
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Self
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Self
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Self
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Self
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Self
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Self
Upcoming (6)
The Batman: Part II
Alfred · Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Gollum / Sméagol · Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Director · Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Executive Producer · Film
LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult
narrator · Film
The Last House on Needless Street
Producer · Film
Directing (7)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Second Unit Director
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Director
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Second Unit Director
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Director
Animal Farm
Director
Breathe
Director
The Present
Director
Producing (9)
Brilliant Minds
Executive Producer
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Producer
The Ritual
Producer
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
Executive Producer
Animal Farm
Producer
Next Goal Wins
Executive Producer
No One Gets Out Alive
Executive Producer
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Executive Producer
The Long and Short of It
Assistant Location Manager