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