Andy Serkis

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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Filmography (133 Appearances)

Animal Farm

Upcoming (2026)

Young Washington

Upcoming (2026)

Untitled The Batman Sequel

Upcoming (2027)

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum

Upcoming (2027)

LouisMax dreams of being an adult

TBA

The Man Who Saved Paris

TBA

The Man with the Miraculous Hands

TBA

Hitpig!

2024

Venom: The Last Dance

2024

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants

2023

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023

Creature

2023

Andor

2022

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look

2022

The Batman

2022

Animal

2021

What If...?

2021

SAS: Red Notice

2021

A Christmas Carol

2020

The Savoy

2020

Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah

2020

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

2020

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

2020

Reunited Apart

2020

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019

Long Shot

2019

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen

2018

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

2018

Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors

2018

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

2018

The Director and the Jedi

2018

Black Panther

2018

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

2016

Fungus The Bogeyman

2015

Fungus the Bogeyman

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

We Are Stars

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

The Wil Wheaton Project

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Magnificent Lion Boy

2013

The Frame

2013

The Last Leg

2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

London: The Modern Babylon

2012

The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World

2012

Arthur Christmas

2011

The Adventures of Tintin

2011

Wild Bill

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011

Death of a Superhero

2011

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

2010

Accused

2010

Burke & Hare

2010

Brighton Rock

2010

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

2010

Inkheart

2008

Einstein and Eddington

2008

Little Dorrit

2008

The Cottage

2008

Sugarhouse

2007

Extraordinary Rendition

2007

Monkey Life

2007

Underground

2007

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

2006

Longford

2006

Flushed Away

2006

Simon Schama's Power of Art

2006

The Prestige

2006

Stormbreaker

2006

Stingray

2006

King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries

2005

King Kong

2005

Ringers: Lord of the Fans

2005

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

2004

Stories of Lost Souls

2004

The Culture Show

2004

The Present

2004

Blessed

2004

13 Going on 30

2004

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

2004

Standing Room Only

2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'

2003

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

Deathwatch

2002

HypaSpace

2002

Spooks

2002

Icons

2002

The Escapist

2002

24 Hour Party People

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001

Pandaemonium

2001

Five Seconds to Spare

2000

Shiner

2000

The Jolly Boys' Last Stand

2000

Arabian Nights

2000

Topsy-Turvy

1999

Oliver Twist

1999

Sweety Barrett

1999

Shooting the Past

1999

Insomnia

1999

The Jump

1998

Among Giants

1998

Stella Does Tricks

1997

Loop

1997

Mojo

1997

Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse

1997

Career Girls

1997

The Near Room

1997

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996

Finney

1994

Grushko

1994

Pie in the Sky

1994

Prince of Jutland

1994 Debut

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

GMTV

1993

The Chief

1990

The Simpsons

1989

Streetwise

1989

The New Statesman

1987

The Bill

1984

Natural World

1983
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