Andy Serkis 1964 61
Andy Serkis 1964 61
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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2028 Shadow the Hedgehog Director
2027 Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Gollum / Smeagol Director, Executive Producer
2027 Untitled The Batman Sequel as Alfred
2025 Animal Farm as Benjamin (voice) Producer, Director
2025 The Man Who Saved Paris as Chevenchy
2025 Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel as Captain Haddock
2025 The Giant's House Director
2025 The Monster Tale Executive Producer
2025 The Last House on Needless Street Producer
2025 The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Heinrich Himmler
2025 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as Renoir
2024 Hitpig! as Newscaster (voice)
2024 Venom: The Last Dance as Knull (voice)
2023 Next Goal Wins Executive Producer
2023 Blue Whales: Return of the Giants as Narrator (voice)
2023 Luther: The Fallen Sun as David Robey
2023 Creature as (voice)
2022 Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 The Batman as Alfred
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Director
2021 No One Gets Out Alive Executive Producer
2021 SAS: Red Notice as George Clements
2020 A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
2019 FX's A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Snoke (voice)
2019 The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor as Himself
2019 Long Shot as Parker Wembley
2018 Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen as Self
2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo (voice) Director, Producer
2018 The Ruins of Empires Director
2018 The Director and the Jedi as Self
2018 Black Panther as Ulysses Klaue
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Snoke
2017 Great Performers: Horror Show as The Demented Clown
2017 Breathe Director
2017 The Ritual Producer
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
2016 Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey as Self
2015 Fungus The Bogeyman
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke
2015 We Are Stars as Narrator (voice)
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron as Ulysses Klaue
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Second Unit Director
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
2013 The Magnificent Lion Boy as Umberto Farini
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gollum Second Unit Director
2012 London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
2011 Arthur Christmas as Lead Elf (voice)
2011 The Adventures of Tintin as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
2011 Wild Bill as Glen
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
2011 Death of a Superhero as Dr. Adrian King
2010 The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge as Eadweard Muybridge
2010 Burke & Hare as William Hare
2010 Brighton Rock as Mr. Colleoni
2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Ian Dury
2008 Inkheart as Capricorn
2008 Einstein and Eddington as Albert Einstein
2008 The Cottage as David
2007 Sugarhouse as Hoodwink
2007 Extraordinary Rendition as Maro, Interrogator
2006 Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
2006 Longford as Ian Brady
2006 Flushed Away as Spike (voice)
2006 The Prestige as Alley
2006 Stormbreaker as Mr. Grin
2005 King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
2005 King Kong as Kong / Lumpy
2005 Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
2004 A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
2004 Stories of Lost Souls as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
2004 The Present as Self Director, Cinematography
2004 Blessed as Father Carlo
2004 13 Going on 30 as Richard Kneeland
2004 The Making of the Return of the King as Self
2004 Standing Room Only as Granny
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gollum / Smeagol
2003 The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' as Self
2003 The Making of The Two Towers
2003 The Long and Short of It Assistant Location Manager
2003 Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gollum
2002 Deathwatch as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
2002 The Escapist as Ricky Barnes
2002 24 Hour Party People as Martin Hannett
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gollum
2001 Pandaemonium as John Thelwall
2000 Five Seconds to Spare as Chester
2000 Shiner as Mel
2000 The Jolly Boys' Last Stand as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
1999 Topsy-Turvy as John D'Auban
1999 Sweety Barrett as Leo King
1999 Insomnia as Harry
1998 Among Giants as Bob
1997 Stella Does Tricks as Fitz
1997 Loop as Bill
1997 Mojo as Potts
1997 Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Sergeant Corrigan
1997 Career Girls as Mr. Evans
1997 The Near Room as Bunny
1994 Grushko as Pyotr
1994 Prince of Jutland as Torsten