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