Andy Serkis
Acting • Born 1964-04-20
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
133 credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Movie • 2001
Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Movie • 2002
Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Movie • 2003
Gollum / Smeagol
King Kong
Movie • 2005
Kong / Lumpy
The Prestige
Movie • 2006
Alley
Inkheart
Movie • 2008
Capricorn
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Movie • 2023
David Robey
13 Going on 30
Movie • 2004
Richard Kneeland
24 Hour Party People
Movie • 2002
Martin
Blessed
Movie • 2004
Father Carlo
Deathwatch
Movie • 2002
Pvt. Thomas Quinn
Creature
Movie • 2023
(voice)
Stormbreaker
Movie • 2006
Mr. Grin
The Cottage
Movie • 2008
David
Shiner
Movie • 2000
Mel
Longford
Movie • 2006
Ian Brady
Einstein and Eddington
Movie • 2008
Albert Einstein
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Movie • 2010
Ian Dury
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 2011
Caesar
Brighton Rock
Movie • 2010
Mr. Colleoni
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Movie • 2022
Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Topsy-Turvy
Movie • 1999
John D'Auban
The Adventures of Tintin
Movie • 2011
Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Movie • 2012
Gollum
Career Girls
Movie • 1997
Mr. Evans
The Escapist
Movie • 2002
Ricky Barnes
Burke & Hare
Movie • 2010
William Hare
Sugarhouse
Movie • 2007
Hoodwink
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Movie • 2005
Self
Five Seconds to Spare
Movie • 2000
Chester
Stories of Lost Souls
Movie • 2004
Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
Death of a Superhero
Movie • 2011
Dr. Adrian King
Wild Bill
Movie • 2011
Glen
Extraordinary Rendition
Movie • 2007
Maro, Interrogator
The Man Who Saved Paris
Movie
Chevenchy
Flushed Away
Movie • 2006
Spike (voice)
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Movie • 2006
Self
Mojo
Movie • 1997
Potts
Among Giants
Movie • 1998
Bob
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Movie • 2023
Narrator (voice)
Stella Does Tricks
Movie • 1997
Fitz
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 2014
Caesar
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie • 2015
Supreme Leader Snoke
The Present
Movie • 2004
Self
We Are Stars
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Animal Farm
Movie • 2026
Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie • 2015
Ulysses Klaue
Black Panther
Movie • 2018
Ulysses Klaue
Insomnia
Movie • 1999
Harry
The Near Room
Movie • 1997
Bunny
Fungus The Bogeyman
Movie • 2015
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Movie • 2027
Gollum / Smeagol
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Movie
Heinrich Himmler
Sweety Barrett
Movie • 1999
Leo King
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Movie • 1997
Sergeant Corrigan
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
Movie • 2003
Self
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Movie • 2027
Alfred
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Movie • 2017
Snoke
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Movie • 2018
Baloo (voice)
Pandaemonium
Movie • 2001
John Thelwall
War for the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 2017
Caesar
Hitpig!
Movie • 2024
Newscaster (voice)
The Magnificent Lion Boy
Movie • 2013
Umberto Farini
London: The Modern Babylon
Movie • 2012
Spoken Quotations (voice)
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Movie • 2016
Self
Arthur Christmas
Movie • 2011
Lead Elf (voice)
Standing Room Only
Movie • 2004
Granny
Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Movie
Captain Haddock
Loop
Movie • 1997
Bill
Prince of Jutland
Movie • 1994
Torsten
Long Shot
Movie • 2019
Parker Wembley
The Director and the Jedi
Movie • 2018
Self
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Movie • 2000
Anthony 'Spider' Dale
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Movie • 2018
Self
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2020
Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
The Batman
Movie • 2022
Alfred
Grushko
Movie • 1994
Pyotr
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
Snoke (voice)
FX's A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2019
Ghost of Christmas Past
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Movie • 2010
Eadweard Muybridge
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Movie • 2019
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie • 2005
Self
SAS: Red Notice
Movie • 2021
George Clements
Venom: The Last Dance
Movie • 2024
Knull (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Movie • 2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Movie • 2004
Self
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Young Washington
Movie • 2026
General Edward Braddock
Stingray
Movie • 2006
Stingray (voice)
Underground
Movie • 2007
The Driver (Narrator)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Cleanie (voice)
The Bill
TV • 1984
Icons
TV • 2002
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
Spooks
TV • 2002
Riff
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Little Dorrit
TV • 2008
Rigaud
Oliver Twist
TV • 1999
Bill Sikes
Simon Schama's Power of Art
TV • 2006
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Monkey Life
TV • 2007
Self (Voice)
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
The Jump
TV • 1998
Steven Brunos
What If...?
TV • 2021
Ulysses Klaue (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Fungus the Bogeyman
TV • 2015
Narrator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Maxwell
Animal
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Count Rugen
Arabian Nights
TV • 2000
Kasim
The Savoy
TV • 2020
Self
Finney
TV • 1994
Tom Finney
The New Statesman
TV • 1987
Peter Moran
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
TV • 2018
Self - Presenter
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
TV • 2012
Self - Narrator
The Frame
TV • 2013
Caesar
Accused
TV • 2010
Liam Black
The Culture Show
TV • 2004
Self
Andor
TV • 2022
Kino Loy
Shooting the Past
TV • 1999
Styeman
Streetwise
TV • 1989
Owen
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV • 2018
Self
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
TV • 2020
Narrator
The Wil Wheaton Project
TV • 2014
Self
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
The Chief
TV • 1990
Jacko Dolan
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest