Andy Serkis

Biography

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Legend of Vox Machina

All Movies (91)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027 · as Gollum / Sméagol
• The Batman: Part II2027 · as Alfred
• Young Washington2026 · as General Edward Braddock
• Animal Farm2026 · as Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
• Hitpig!2024 · as Newscaster (voice)
• Venom: The Last Dance2024 · as Knull (voice)
• Blue Whales: Return of the Giants2023 · as Narrator (voice)
• Luther: The Fallen Sun2023 · as David Robey
• Creature2023 · as (voice)
• Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look2022 · as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Batman2022 · as Alfred
• SAS: Red Notice2021 · as George Clements
• A Christmas Carol2020 · as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
• Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah2020 · as Narrator
• The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor2020 · as Self
• FX's A Christmas Carol2019 · as Ghost of Christmas Past
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as Snoke (voice)
• Long Shot2019 · as Parker Wembley
• Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen2018 · as Self
• Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle2018 · as Baloo (voice)
• The Director and the Jedi2018 · as Self
• Black Panther2018 · as Ulysses Klaue
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi2017 · as Snoke
• War for the Planet of the Apes2017 · as Caesar
• Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey2016 · as Self
• Fungus The Bogeyman2015
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · as Supreme Leader Snoke
• We Are Stars2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Ulysses Klaue
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes2014 · as Caesar
• The Magnificent Lion Boy2013 · as Umberto Farini
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2012 · as Gollum
• London: The Modern Babylon2012 · as Spoken Quotations (voice)
• Arthur Christmas2011 · as Lead Elf (voice)
• The Adventures of Tintin2011 · as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
• Wild Bill2011 · as Glen
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes2011 · as Caesar
• Death of a Superhero2011 · as Dr. Adrian King
• The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge2010 · as Eadweard Muybridge
• Burke & Hare2010 · as William Hare
• Brighton Rock2010 · as Mr. Colleoni
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll2010 · as Ian Dury
• Inkheart2008 · as Capricorn
• Einstein and Eddington2008 · as Albert Einstein
• The Cottage2008 · as David
• Sugarhouse2007 · as Hoodwink
• Extraordinary Rendition2007 · as Maro, Interrogator
• Underground2007 · as The Driver (Narrator)
• Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'2006 · as Self
• Longford2006 · as Ian Brady
• Flushed Away2006 · as Spike (voice)
• The Prestige2006 · as Alley
• Stormbreaker2006 · as Mr Grin
• Stingray2006 · as Stingray (voice)
• King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries2005 · as Self
• King Kong2005 · as Kong / Lumpy
• Ringers: Lord of the Fans2005 · as Self
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• Stories of Lost Souls2004 · as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
• The Present2004 · as Self
• Blessed2004 · as Father Carlo
• 13 Going on 302004 · as Richard Kneeland
• The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• Standing Room Only2004 · as Granny
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · as Gollum / Smeagol
• The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'2003 · as Self
• The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Gollum
• Deathwatch2002 · as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
• The Escapist2002 · as Ricky Barnes
• 24 Hour Party People2002 · as Martin
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring2001 · as Gollum
• Pandaemonium2001 · as John Thelwall
• Five Seconds to Spare2000 · as Chester
• Shiner2000 · as Mel
• The Jolly Boys' Last Stand2000 · as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
• Topsy-Turvy1999 · as John D'Auban
• Sweety Barrett1999 · as Leo King
• Insomnia1999 · as Harry
• Among Giants1998 · as Bob
• Stella Does Tricks1997 · as Fitz
• Loop1997 · as Bill
• Mojo1997 · as Potts
• Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse1997 · as Sergeant Corrigan
• Career Girls1997 · as Mr. Evans
• The Near Room1997 · as Bunny
• Grushko1994 · as Pyotr
• Prince of Jutland1994 · as Torsten
• The Man Who Saved Paris— · as Chevenchy
• The Man with the Miraculous Hands— · as Heinrich Himmler
• LouisMax dreams of being an adult— · as narrator

All TV Shows (45)

• Andor2022 · as Kino Loy
• The Legend of Vox Machina2022 · as Gideon (voice)
• Animal2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• What If...?2021 · as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
• The Savoy2020 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time in Iraq2020 · as Narrator
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Count Rugen
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• A Christmas Carol2019 · as Ghost of Christmas Past
• Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors2018 · as Self - Presenter
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters2018 · as Self
• Fungus the Bogeyman2015 · as Narrator
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Wil Wheaton Project2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Caesar
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World2012 · as Self - Narrator
• The Jonathan Ross Show2011 · as Self
• Accused2010 · as Liam Black
• Little Dorrit2008 · as Rigaud
• Monkey Life2007 · as Self (Voice)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Simon Schama's Power of Art2006
• The Culture Show2004 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• HypaSpace2002 · as Self
• Spooks2002 · as Riff
• Icons2002
• Arabian Nights2000 · as Kasim
• Oliver Twist1999 · as Bill Sikes
• Shooting the Past1999 · as Styeman
• The Jump1998 · as Steven Brunos
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996 · as Self
• Finney1994 · as Tom Finney
• Pie in the Sky1994 · as Maxwell
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• The Chief1990 · as Jacko Dolan
• The Simpsons1989 · as Cleanie (voice)
• Streetwise1989 · as Owen
• The New Statesman1987 · as Peter Moran
• The Bill1984
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator