Andy Serkis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 20, 1964 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
- Credits
- 143
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).
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Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001Movie
Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003Movie
Gollum / Smeagol
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015Movie
Ulysses Klaue
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002Movie
Gollum
Black Panther
2018Movie
Ulysses Klaue
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Supreme Leader Snoke
Filmography
The Batman: Part II
2028Movie
Alfred
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027Movie
Gollum / Sméagol
Nevatars
2026Movie
Wasam (voice)
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
2026Movie
Self
Young Washington
2026Movie
General Edward Braddock
Animal Farm
2026Movie
Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice)
Hitpig!
2024Movie
Newscaster (voice)
Venom: The Last Dance
2024Movie
Knull (voice)
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
2023Movie
Narrator (voice)
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023Movie
David Robey
Creature
2023Movie
(voice)
Andor
2022TV
Kino Loy
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022Movie
Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Batman
2022Movie
Alfred
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022TV
Gideon (voice)
Animal
2021TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
SAS: Red Notice
2021Movie
George Clements
What If...?
2021TV
Ulysses Klaue (voice)
A Christmas Carol
2020Movie
Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
The Savoy
2020TV
Self
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
2020Movie
Narrator
Once Upon a Time in Iraq
2020TV
Narrator
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020TV
Count Rugen
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2020Movie
Self
Reunited Apart
2020TV
Self
A Christmas Carol
2019TV
Ghost of Christmas Past
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019Movie
Ghost of Christmas Past
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019Movie
Snoke (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Long Shot
2019Movie
Parker Wembley
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018Movie
Self
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018Movie
Baloo (voice)
Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
2018TV
Self - Presenter
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018TV
Self
The Director and the Jedi
2018Movie
Self
Black Panther
2018Movie
Ulysses Klaue
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017Movie
Snoke
Great Performers: Horror Show
2017Movie
The Demented Clown
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017Movie
Caesar
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016Movie
Self
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015Movie
Fungus the Bogeyman
2015TV
Narrator
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015Movie
Supreme Leader Snoke
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
We Are Stars
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015Movie
Ulysses Klaue
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014Movie
Caesar
The Wil Wheaton Project
2014TV
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
Rick and Morty
2013TV
(voice)
The Magnificent Lion Boy
2013Movie
Umberto Farini
The Frame
2013TV
Caesar
The Last Leg
2013TV
Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012Movie
Gollum
London: The Modern Babylon
2012Movie
Spoken Quotations (voice)
The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
2012TV
Self - Narrator
Arthur Christmas
2011Movie
Lead Elf (voice)
The Adventures of Tintin
2011Movie
Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
Wild Bill
2011Movie
Glen
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011TV
Self
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011Movie
Caesar
Death of a Superhero
2011Movie
Dr. Adrian King
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010Movie
Eadweard Muybridge
Accused
2010TV
Liam Black
Burke & Hare
2010Movie
William Hare
Brighton Rock
2010Movie
Mr Colleoni
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010Movie
Ian Dury
Inkheart
2008Movie
Capricorn
Einstein and Eddington
2008Movie
Albert Einstein
Little Dorrit
2008TV
Rigaud
The Cottage
2008Movie
David
Sugarhouse
2007Movie
Hoodwink
Extraordinary Rendition
2007Movie
Maro, Interrogator
Monkey Life
2007TV
Self (Voice)
Underground
2007Movie
The Driver (Narrator)
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006Movie
Self
Longford
2006Movie
Ian Brady
Flushed Away
2006Movie
Spike (voice)
The Prestige
2006Movie
Alley
Simon Schama's Power of Art
2006TV
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006Movie
Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006Movie
Self
Stormbreaker
2006Movie
Mr Grin
Stingray
2006Movie
Stingray (voice)
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005Movie
Self
King Kong
2005Movie
Kong / Lumpy
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005Movie
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004Movie
Self
Stories of Lost Souls
2004Movie
Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
The Culture Show
2004TV
Self
The Present
2004Movie
Self
Blessed
2004Movie
Father Carlo
13 Going on 30
2004Movie
Richard Kneeland
Standing Room Only
2004Movie
Granny
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003Movie
Gollum / Smeagol
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
2003Movie
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002Movie
Gollum
Deathwatch
2002Movie
Pvt. Thomas Quinn
HypaSpace
2002TV
Self
Spooks
2002TV
Riff
Icons
2002TV
The Escapist
2002Movie
Ricky Barnes
24 Hour Party People
2002Movie
Martin
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001Movie
Gollum
Pandaemonium
2001Movie
John Thelwall
Five Seconds to Spare
2000Movie
Chester
Shiner
2000Movie
Mel
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
2000Movie
Anthony 'Spider' Dale
Arabian Nights
2000TV
Kasim
Topsy-Turvy
1999Movie
John D'Auban
Oliver Twist
1999TV
Bill Sikes
Sweety Barrett
1999Movie
Leo King
Shooting the Past
1999TV
Styeman
Insomnia
1999Movie
Harry
The Jump
1998TV
Steven Brunos
Among Giants
1998Movie
Bob
Stella Does Tricks
1997Movie
Fitz
Loop
1997Movie
Bill
Mojo
1997Movie
Potts
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997Movie
Sergeant Corrigan
Career Girls
1997Movie
Mr. Evans
The Near Room
1997Movie
Bunny
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996TV
Self
Finney
1994TV
Tom Finney
Grushko
1994Movie
Pyotr
Pie in the Sky
1994TV
Maxwell
Prince of Jutland
1994Movie
Torsten
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
GMTV
1993TV
Self
The Chief
1990TV
Jacko Dolan
The Simpsons
1989TV
Cleanie (voice)
Streetwise
1989TV
Owen
Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors
1989TV
Sparky Plugg
The New Statesman
1987TV
Peter Moran
The Bill
1984TV
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
The Man Who Saved Paris
Movie
Chevenchy
Untitled The Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Movie
Captain Haddock
LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult
Movie
narrator
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Movie
Heinrich Himmler