Actor
Andy Serkis
62 years · Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK · 92 films
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.
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Best known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Gollum
On TNT
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Gollum / Smeagol
On TNT
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Ulysses Klaue
On Philo
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Gollum
On TNT
Black Panther
2018 · Ulysses Klaue
On Disney Plus
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Supreme Leader Snoke
On Philo
Filmography 88
Nevatars
2026 · Wasam (voice), Director
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
2026 · Self
Young Washington
2026 · General Edward Braddock
On Angel Studios
Animal Farm
2026 · Randolf the Rooster (voice), Producer
Hitpig!
2024 · Newscaster (voice)
On Hoopla
Venom: The Last Dance
2024 · Knull (voice)
On fuboTV
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
2023 · Narrator (voice)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 · David Robey
On Netflix
Creature
2023 · (voice)
On Marquee TV Amazon Channel
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 · Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Batman
2022 · Alfred
On HBO Max
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021 · Director
On FXNow
SAS: Red Notice
2021 · George Clements
On Kanopy
A Christmas Carol
2020 · Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
On Plex
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
2020 · Narrator
On Kanopy
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2020 · Self
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019 · Ghost of Christmas Past
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · Snoke (voice)
On Disney Plus
Long Shot
2019 · Parker Wembley
On MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018 · Self
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018 · Baloo (voice), Director
On Netflix
The Director and the Jedi
2018 · Self
Black Panther
2018 · Ulysses Klaue
On Disney Plus
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017 · Snoke
On Disney Plus