Andy Serkis
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
Credits
- 2026 · The Batman - Part II as Alfred
- 2024 · Venom: The Last Dance as Knull (voice)
- 2023 · Luther: The Fallen Sun as David Robey
- 2023 · Creature as (voice)
- 2022 · Star Wars: Andor as Kino Loy
- 2022 · Vengeance in the Making as Self
- 2022 · The Batman as Alfred
- 2021 · Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Ulysses Klaue (voice)
- 2021 · SAS: Red Notice as George Clements
- 2020 · Once Upon a Time in Iraq as Narrator
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Count Rugen
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · FX's A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past
- 2019 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Snoke (voice)
- 2019 · The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor as Himself
- 2019 · Long Shot as Parker Wembley
- 2018 · Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen as Self
- 2018 · Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Baloo (voice)
- 2018 · The Director and the Jedi as Self
- 2018 · Black Panther as Ulysses Klaue
- 2017 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Supreme Leader Snoke
- 2017 · War for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- 2015 · Fungus The Bogeyman as
- 2015 · Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · We Are Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Avengers: Age of Ultron as Ulysses Klaue
- 2014 · Dawn of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
- 2014 · The Wil Wheaton Project as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · The Magnificent Lion Boy as Umberto Farini
- 2013 · The Frame as Caesar
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Gollum
- 2012 · London: The Modern Babylon as Spoken Quotations (voice)
- 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
- 2010 · Brighton Rock as Mr. Colleoni
- 2008 · Inkheart as Capricorn
- 2008 · Einstein and Eddington as Albert Einstein
- 2008 · Little Dorrit as Rigaud
- 2008 · The Cottage as David
- 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
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Gollum
- 2002 · Deathwatch as Pvt. Thomas Quinn
- 2002 · Spooks as Riff
- 2002 · Icons as
- 2002 · 24 Hour Party People as Martin Hannett
- 2001 · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gollum
- 2000 · Arabian Nights as Kasim
- 1999 · Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
- 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
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Cleanie (voice)
- 1989 · Streetwise as Owen
- 1987 · The New Statesman as Peter Moran
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum as Gollum / Smeagol
- 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)
- 2020 · A Christmas Carol as Marley's Ghost (voice)
- 2020 · The Savoy as Self
- 2018 · Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors as Himself - Presenter
- 2018 · GQ Presents: Iconic Characters as Self
- 2017 · Great Performers: Horror Show as The Demented Clown
- 2016 · Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey as Self
- 2015 · Fungus the Bogeyman as Narrator
- 2012 · The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · Death of a Superhero as Dr. Adrian King
- 2010 · Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Ian Dury
- 2007 · Sugarhouse as Hoodwink
- 2007 · Extraordinary Rendition as Maro, Interrogator
- 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
- 2005 · King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries as Self
- 2005 · Ringers: Lord of the Fans as Self
- 2004 · Stories of Lost Souls as Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
- 2004 · The Present as Self
- 2004 · Blessed as Father Carlo
- 2004 · Standing Room Only as Granny
- 2003 · The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' as Self
- 2003 · Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories as Self
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2002 · The Escapist as Ricky Barnes
- 2001 · Pandaemonium as John Thelwall
- 2000 · Five Seconds to Spare as Chester
- 2000 · Shiner as Mel
- 2000 · The Jolly Boys' Last Stand as Anthony 'Spider' Dale
- 1999 · Topsy-Turvy as John D'Auban
- 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 · Loop as Bill
- 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
- Future · A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' as Self
- Future · The Man Who Saved Paris as Chevenchy
- Future · The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Heinrich Himmler
- Future · Animal Farm as Benjamin (voice)
- Future · Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel as Captain Haddock
- 1994 · Grushko as Pyotr
- 1994 · Royal Deceit as Torsten