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Andy Serkis

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.

Filmography

2027
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

as Gollum / Smeagol

Movie
2027
Untitled The Batman Sequel

as Alfred

Movie
2026
Animal Farm

as Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)

Movie
2024
Hitpig!

as Newscaster (voice)

Movie
2024
Venom: The Last Dance

as Knull (voice)

Movie
2022
The Batman

as Alfred

Movie
2018
Black Panther

as Ulysses Klaue

Movie
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as Snoke

Movie
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes

as Caesar

Movie
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Supreme Leader Snoke

Movie
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron

as Ulysses Klaue

Movie
2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

as Caesar

Movie
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Gollum

Movie
2011
Arthur Christmas

as Lead Elf (voice)

Movie
2011
The Adventures of Tintin

as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)

Movie
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes

as Caesar

Movie
2006
Flushed Away

as Spike (voice)

Movie
2006
The Prestige

as Alley

Movie
2005
King Kong

as Kong / Lumpy

Movie
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

as Gollum / Smeagol

Movie
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Gollum

Movie
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

as Gollum

Movie