Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2027 · The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Gollum / Smeagol
- 2025 · Animal Farm as Old Major / Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
- 2024 · Venom: The Last Dance as Knull (voice)
- 2023 · Luther: The Fallen Sun as David Robey
- 2023 · Creature as (voice)
- 2022 · Andor as Kino Loy
- 2022 · The Batman as Alfred
- 2021 · What If...? as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
- 2021 · SAS: Red Notice as George Clements
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Count Rugen
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Snoke (voice)
- 2019 · Long Shot as Parker Wembley
- 2018 · Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo (voice)
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2018 · Black Panther as Ulysses Klaue
- 2017 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Snoke
- 2017 · War for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- 2015 · Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Ulysses Klaue
- 2014 · Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · The Frame as Caesar
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gollum
- 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 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- 2010 · The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge as Eadweard Muybridge
- 2010 · Accused as Liam Black
- 2010 · Burke & Hare as William Hare
- 2008 · Inkheart as Capricorn
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Rigaud
- 2008 · The Cottage as David
- 2007 · Extraordinary Rendition as Maro, Interrogator
- 2007 · Monkey Life as Self (Voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Flushed Away as Spike (voice)
- 2006 · The Prestige as Alley
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Stormbreaker as Mr. Grin
- 2005 · King Kong as Kong / Lumpy
- 2004 · The Culture Show as Self
- 2004 · 13 Going on 30 as Richard Kneeland
- 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
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gollum
- 2002 · Spooks as Riff
- 2002 · Icons as
- 2002 · The Escapist as Ricky Barnes
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gollum
- 2000 · Five Seconds to Spare as Chester
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Kasim
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as John D'Auban
- 1997 · Loop as Bill
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
- 1994 · Pie in the Sky as Maxwell
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1990 · The Chief as Jacko Dolan
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Cleanie (voice)
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Peter Moran
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · The Man Who Saved Paris as Chevenchy
- 2027 · Untitled The Batman Sequel as Alfred
- 2026 · Young Washington as General Edward Braddock
- 2024 · Hitpig! as Newscaster (voice)
- 2023 · Blue Whales: Return of the Giants as Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
- 2020 · The Savoy as Self
- 2020 · Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah as Narrator
- 2020 · Once Upon a Time in Iraq as Narrator
- 2019 · FX's A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 2019 · The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor as Self
- 2018 · Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen as Self
- 2018 · Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors as Self - Presenter
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2016 · Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey as Self
- 2015 · Fungus The Bogeyman as
- 2015 · Fungus the Bogeyman as Narrator
- 2015 · We Are Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Wil Wheaton Project as Self
- 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Umberto Farini
- 2012 · London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
- 2012 · The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · Death of a Superhero as Dr. Adrian King
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Mr. Colleoni
- 2010 · Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Ian Dury
- 2008 · Einstein and Eddington as Albert Einstein
- 2007 · Sugarhouse as Hoodwink
- 2006 · Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' as Self
- 2006 · Longford as Ian Brady
- 2006 · Simon Schama's Power of Art as
- 2006 · Stingray as Stingray (voice)
- 2005 · King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
- 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
- 2004 · Blessed as Father Carlo
- 2004 · The Making of the Return of the King as Self
- 2004 · Standing Room Only as Granny
- 2003 · The Making of The Two Towers as
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2002 · Deathwatch as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · 24 Hour Party People as Martin Hannett
- 2001 · Pandaemonium as John Thelwall
- 2000 · Shiner as Mel
- 2000 · The Jolly Boys' Last Stand as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
- 1999 · Sweety Barrett as Leo King
- 1999 · Shooting the Past as Styeman
- 1999 · Insomnia as Harry
- 1998 · The Jump as Steven Brunos
- 1998 · Among Giants as Bob
- 1997 · Stella Does Tricks as Fitz
- 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 · Finney as Tom Finney
- 1994 · Grushko as Pyotr
- 1994 · Prince of Jutland as Torsten
- 1989 · Streetwise as Owen
- Future · Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel as Captain Haddock
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Heinrich Himmler