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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Simpsons
Late Night with Seth Meyers
GMTV
The Graham Norton Show
Andor
The Jonathan Ross Show
Pie in the Sky
The One Show
Spooks
What If...?
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Animal
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Arthur Christmas
The Director and the Jedi
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Venom: The Last Dance
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Arabian Nights
Black Panther
Stormbreaker
The Prestige
Grushko
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Little Dorrit
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
The Batman
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Flushed Away
Long Shot
24 Hour Party People
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
King Kong
13 Going on 30
Mojo
Inkheart
Luther: The Fallen Sun
SAS: Red Notice
Untitled The Batman Sequel
Accused
The Adventures of Tintin
FX's A Christmas Carol
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
War for the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Production Credits
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Venom: The Last Dance
Breathe
Next Goal Wins
Brilliant Minds
The Ritual
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
No One Gets Out Alive
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