Andy Serkis
Born: 1964-04-20 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis (born April 20, 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).
Filmography
2027
- The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Gollum / Smeagol
- Untitled The Batman Sequel as Alfred
2026
- Young Washington as General Edward Braddock
2025
- Animal Farm as Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
2024
- Venom: The Last Dance as Knull (voice)
- Brilliant Minds ... (Executive Producer)
- Hitpig! as Newscaster (voice)
2023
- Creature as (voice)
- Luther: The Fallen Sun as David Robey
- Blue Whales: Return of the Giants as Narrator (voice)
- Next Goal Wins ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Andor as Kino Loy
- The Batman as Alfred
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- What If...? as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage ... (Director)
- SAS: Red Notice as George Clements
- No One Gets Out Alive ... (Executive Producer)
- Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
- A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Count Rugen
- Reunited Apart as Self
- The Savoy as Self
- Once Upon a Time in Iraq as Narrator
- Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah as Narrator
2019
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Snoke (voice)
- FX's A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Long Shot as Parker Wembley
- The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor as Self
2018
- Black Panther as Ulysses Klaue
- Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo (voice)
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors as Self - Presenter
- The Ruins of Empires ... (Director)
- The Director and the Jedi as Self
- Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen as Self
2017
- War for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Snoke
- The Ritual ... (Producer)
- Breathe ... (Director)
2016
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Avengers: Age of Ultron as Ulysses Klaue
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke
- Fungus the Bogeyman as Narrator
- Fungus The Bogeyman
- We Are Stars as Narrator (voice)
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ... (Second Unit Director)
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- The Wil Wheaton Project as Self
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
- The Frame as Caesar
- The Magnificent Lion Boy as Umberto Farini
2012
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gollum
- London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
- The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World as Self - Narrator
2011
- Arthur Christmas as Lead Elf (voice)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- The Adventures of Tintin as Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
- Wild Bill as Glen
- Death of a Superhero as Dr. Adrian King
2010
- Burke & Hare as William Hare
- Accused as Liam Black
- Brighton Rock as Mr. Colleoni
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Ian Dury
- The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge as Eadweard Muybridge
2008
- Inkheart as Capricorn
- The Cottage as David
- Einstein and Eddington as Albert Einstein
- Little Dorrit as Rigaud
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Extraordinary Rendition as Maro, Interrogator
- Sugarhouse as Hoodwink
- Monkey Life as Self (Voice)
- Underground as The Driver (Narrator)
2006
- The Prestige as Alley
- Flushed Away as Spike (voice)
- Longford as Ian Brady
- Stormbreaker as Mr. Grin
- Stingray as Stingray (voice)
- Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
- Simon Schama's Power of Art
2005
- King Kong as Kong / Lumpy
- Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
- King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
2004
- Blessed as Father Carlo
- 13 Going on 30 as Richard Kneeland
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- Stories of Lost Souls as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- The Culture Show as Self
- Standing Room Only as Granny
- The Present as Self
2003
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Gollum / Smeagol
- The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' as Self
- The Long and Short of It ... (Assistant Location Manager)
- The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2002
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gollum
- Spooks as Riff
- Icons
- Deathwatch as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
- 24 Hour Party People as Martin Hannett
- The Escapist as Ricky Barnes
- HypaSpace as Self
2001
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gollum
- Pandaemonium as John Thelwall
2000
- Shiner as Mel
- Arabian Nights as Kasim
- The Jolly Boys' Last Stand as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
- Five Seconds to Spare as Chester
1999
- Topsy-Turvy as John D'Auban
- Sweety Barrett as Leo King
- Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
- Shooting the Past as Styeman
- Insomnia as Harry
1998
- The Jump as Steven Brunos
- Among Giants as Bob
1997
- Loop as Bill
- Mojo as Potts
- Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse as Sergeant Corrigan
- Career Girls as Mr. Evans
- Stella Does Tricks as Fitz
- The Near Room as Bunny
1996
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Maxwell
- Grushko as Pyotr
- Prince of Jutland as Torsten
- Finney as Tom Finney
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
1990
- The Chief as Jacko Dolan
1989
- The Simpsons as Cleanie (voice)
- Streetwise as Owen
1987
- The New Statesman as Peter Moran
1984
1983
- Natural World as Narrator