Andy Serkis
Acting
Andrew Clement Serkis (born April 20, 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 portraying 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 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 directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021).
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Andy Serkis
Gollum / Smeagol
... 2027
Alfred
... 2027
General Edward Braddock
... 2026
Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
... 2025
Newscaster (voice)
... 2024
Knull (voice)
... 2024
Narrator (voice)
... 2023
David Robey
... 2023
(voice)
... 2023
Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2022
Alfred
... 2022
George Clements
... 2021
Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
... 2020
Narrator
... 2020
Ghost of Christmas Past
... 2019
Snoke (voice)
... 2019
... 2019
Parker Wembley
... 2019
... 2018
Baloo (voice)
... 2018
... 2018
Ulysses Klaue
... 2018
Snoke
... 2017
... 2017
... 2016
... 2015
Supreme Leader Snoke
... 2015
Narrator (voice)
... 2015
Ulysses Klaue
... 2015
... 2014
Umberto Farini
... 2013
... 2012
Spoken Quotations (voice)
... 2012
Lead Elf (voice)
... 2011
Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
... 2011
Glen
... 2011
... 2011
Dr. Adrian King
... 2011
Eadweard Muybridge
... 2010
William Hare
... 2010
Mr. Colleoni
... 2010
Ian Dury
... 2010
Capricorn
... 2008
Albert Einstein
... 2008
David
... 2008
Hoodwink
... 2007
Maro, Interrogator
... 2007
... 2006
Ian Brady
... 2006
Spike (voice)
... 2006
Alley
... 2006
Mr. Grin
... 2006
Stingray (voice)
... 2006
... 2005
Kong / Lumpy
... 2005
... 2005
... 2004
Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
... 2004
Self
... 2004
Father Carlo
... 2004
Richard Kneeland
... 2004
... 2004
Granny
... 2004
Gollum / Smeagol
... 2003
... 2003
... 2003
... 2003
... 2002
Pvt. Thomas Quinn
... 2002
Ricky Barnes
... 2002
Martin Hannett
... 2002
... 2001
John Thelwall
... 2001
Chester
... 2000
Mel
... 2000
Anthony 'Spider' Dale
... 2000
John D'Auban
... 1999
Leo King
... 1999
Harry
... 1999
Bob
... 1998
Fitz
... 1997
Bill
... 1997
Potts
... 1997
Sergeant Corrigan
... 1997
Mr. Evans
... 1997
Bunny
... 1997
Pyotr
... 1994
Torsten
... 1994
Chevenchy
Heinrich Himmler
Captain Haddock