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Andy Serkis
2 FOLLOWERS • 54 CREDITS • APR 20, 1964 • 60
Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director and producer of Iraqi and Armenian descent. He is best known for his performance 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), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.
Serkis is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, number ten, and his 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 Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006) and 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 films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018). 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. He directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
Known For
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Simpsons
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Graham Norton Show
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Star Wars: Andor
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The Jonathan Ross Show
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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Spooks
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What If...?
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Home Movie: The Princess Bride
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Animal
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Arthur Christmas
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The Director and the Jedi
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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Black Panther
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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
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Stormbreaker
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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The Batman
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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24 Hour Party People
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Flushed Away
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The Prestige
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Long Shot
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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King Kong
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13 Going on 30
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
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SAS: Red Notice
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Luther: The Fallen Sun
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The Batman - Part II
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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The Adventures of Tintin
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Accused
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War for the Planet of the Apes
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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