Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis 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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Known for
The Simpsons
Cleanie (voice)
Andor
Kino Loy
What If...?
Ulysses Klaue (voice)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
Venom: The Last Dance
Knull (voice)
The New Statesman
Peter Moran
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Count Rugen
Icons
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gollum
Monkey Life
Self (Voice)
The Bill
Pie in the Sky
Maxwell
Spooks
Riff
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gollum / Smeagol
The Batman
Alfred
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Gollum
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
Natural World
Narrator
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ulysses Klaue
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Gollum
The Prestige
Alley
Black Panther
Ulysses Klaue
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Supreme Leader Snoke
Simon Schama's Power of Art
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Snoke
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Snoke (voice)
Accused
Liam Black
King Kong
Kong / Lumpy
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
The Savoy
Self
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
Flushed Away
Spike (voice)
War for the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
13 Going on 30
Richard Kneeland
The Adventures of Tintin
Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Narrator
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Baloo (voice)
Little Dorrit
Rigaud
Arthur Christmas
Lead Elf (voice)
The Chief
Jacko Dolan
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
Self - Presenter
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past
Inkheart
Capricorn
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes
SAS: Red Notice
George Clements
Long Shot
Parker Wembley
Luther: The Fallen Sun
David Robey
Arabian Nights
Kasim
Hitpig!
Newscaster (voice)
Fungus the Bogeyman
Narrator
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Alfred
Animal Farm
Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
Stormbreaker
Mr. Grin
The Jump
Steven Brunos
HypaSpace
Self
24 Hour Party People
Martin Hannett
Einstein and Eddington
Albert Einstein
Streetwise
Owen
Burke & Hare
William Hare
FX's A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past
Prince of Jutland
Torsten
The Cottage
David
Finney
Tom Finney
Deathwatch
Pvt. Thomas Quinn
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Gollum / Smeagol
Wild Bill
Glen
Topsy-Turvy
John D'Auban
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
Self - Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Loop
Bill
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Shooting the Past
Styeman
Brighton Rock
Mr. Colleoni
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self
Blessed
Father Carlo
A Christmas Carol
Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
Stories of Lost Souls
Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Longford
Ian Brady
Shiner
Mel
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Sergeant Corrigan
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Narrator (voice)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Ian Dury
London: The Modern Babylon
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Insomnia
Harry
VENGEANCE IN THE MAKING
Self
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Self
Death of a Superhero
Dr. Adrian King
The Making of the Return of the King
Self
The Near Room
Bunny
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Self
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Demented Clown
Career Girls
Mr. Evans
Five Seconds to Spare
Chester
Creature
(voice)
The Making of The Two Towers
Pandaemonium
John Thelwall
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Self
The Present
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
The Director and the Jedi
Self
Sweety Barrett
Leo King
The Escapist
Ricky Barnes
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Self
Mojo
Potts
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Heinrich Himmler
The Man Who Saved Paris
Chevenchy
Stella Does Tricks
Fitz
Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Captain Haddock
Among Giants
Bob
Grushko
Pyotr
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Self
Sugarhouse
Hoodwink
Extraordinary Rendition
Maro, Interrogator
Fungus The Bogeyman
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Self
The Magnificent Lion Boy
Umberto Farini
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Anthony 'Spider' Dale
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Standing Room Only
Granny
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
Self
We Are Stars
Narrator (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
The Last Leg
Self
The Culture Show
Self
The One Show
Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
The Wil Wheaton Project
Self
GMTV
Self
Reunited Apart
Self
The Frame
Caesar