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Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Birthday: 1964-04-20 | Place of Birth: Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK

Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director and producer. He is best known for his performance 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), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Serkis is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, number ten, and his 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 films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018). He will play 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. He directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Batman

as    Alfred Pennyworth

2021
SAS: Red Notice

as    George Clements

2020
A Christmas Carol

as    Marley's Ghost (voice)

2020
The Sandman

as    Matthew the Raven

2019
A Christmas Carol

as    Ghost of Christmas Past

2019
Long Shot

as    Parker Wembley

2018
2017
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as    Supreme Leader Snoke

2015
Fungus the Bogeyman

as    Narrator

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as    Supreme Leader Snoke

2014
2011
2011
The Adventures of Tintin

as    Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)

2011
Death of a Superhero

as    Dr. Adrian King

2011
Wild Bill

as    Glen

2011
Burke & Hare

as    William Hare

2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

as    Ian Dury

2010
Brighton Rock

as    Mr. Colleoni

2008
Einstein and Eddington

as    Albert Einstein

2008
Inkheart

as    Capricorn

2008
The Cottage

as    David

2008
Little Dorrit

as    Rigaud