Andy Serkis
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Andy Serkis

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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).

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Films Featuring Andy Serkis

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

20028.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

20038.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

20018.4

King Kong

20056.9

The Prestige

20068.2

Inkheart

20086.3

Luther: The Fallen Sun

20236.6

13 Going on 30

20046.8

24 Hour Party People

20027.0

Blessed

20044.8

Deathwatch

20025.7

Creature

20235.6

Stormbreaker

20065.2

The Cottage

20086.0

Shiner

20005.4

Longford

20066.5

Einstein and Eddington

20086.8

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

20106.2

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

20117.4

Brighton Rock

20105.7

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

20227.5

Topsy-Turvy

19996.6

The Adventures of Tintin

20116.9

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

20127.4

Career Girls

19976.6

The Escapist

20025.8

Burke & Hare

20106.1

Sugarhouse

20075.4

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

20057.5

Five Seconds to Spare

20005.1

Stories of Lost Souls

20045.7

Death of a Superhero

20116.9

Wild Bill

20116.8

Extraordinary Rendition

Extraordinary Rendition

20074.8

The Man Who Saved Paris

The Man Who Saved Paris

Flushed Away

20066.3

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

20065.7

Mojo

19974.7

Among Giants

19985.1

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants

2023

Stella Does Tricks

19976.5

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

20147.3

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

20157.2

The Present

2004

We Are Stars

2015

Animal Farm

20266.3

Avengers: Age of Ultron

20157.3

Black Panther

20187.4

Insomnia

199910.0

The Near Room

19975.0

Fungus The Bogeyman

Fungus The Bogeyman

20152.5

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

2027

The Man with the Miraculous Hands

The Man with the Miraculous Hands

Sweety Barrett

19996.0

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

19976.1

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

20046.5

The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'

2003

The Batman: Part II

2028

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

20176.7

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

20186.5

Pandaemonium

20015.0

War for the Planet of the Apes

20177.2

Hitpig!

20246.7

The Magnificent Lion Boy

The Magnificent Lion Boy

2013

London: The Modern Babylon

20126.4

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

20167.0

Arthur Christmas

20116.8

Standing Room Only

2004

Loop

19975.0

Prince of Jutland

19945.5

Long Shot

20196.7

The Director and the Jedi

20187.2

The Jolly Boys' Last Stand

20006.5

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen

2018

A Christmas Carol

20207.5

The Batman

20227.7

Grushko

19947.5

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

20196.3

FX's A Christmas Carol

20197.2

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

2010

The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

20207.0

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

20056.4

SAS: Red Notice

20215.8

Venom: The Last Dance

20246.7

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

20068.8

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

20068.8

Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah

20209.0

Young Washington

20267.7

Stingray

Stingray

20066.0

Underground

2007

LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult

Robert Richardson: The White Devil

20265.0

Untitled Tintin movie

Untitled Tintin movie

The Hobbit - M4 Book Edit

2021