Andy Serkis
Date of birth: 1964-04-20
Place of birth: Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: أندي سركيس, 앤디 서키스, アンディ・サーキス, 安迪·瑟克斯, اندی سرکیس, Энди Серкис
Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis (born April 20, 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).
Movie Credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003-12-17
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forc
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002-12-18
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001-12-18
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his
King Kong
2005-12-12
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel
The Prestige
2006-10-17
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supre
Inkheart
2008-12-11
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will he
Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023-02-24
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther s
13 Going on 30
2004-04-13
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's
24 Hour Party People
2002-02-13
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a wa
Blessed
2004-05-16
Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, s
Deathwatch
2002-10-06
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from t
Creature
2023-02-23
On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet’s cha
Stormbreaker
2006-07-21
Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle
The Cottage
2008-02-07
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four cen
Shiner
2000-09-22
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
Longford
2006-10-26
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulte
Einstein and Eddington
2008-11-29
Brilliant physicist Albert Einstein, and English scientist Arthur Eddington form an unlikely friends
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010-01-08
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becom
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011-08-03
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he
Brighton Rock
2010-09-13
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death w
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022-09-08
Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.
Topsy-Turvy
1999-12-15
After their latest production, "Princess Ida", meets with less-than-stunning reception, Gilbert and
The Adventures of Tintin
2011-10-24
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012-12-12
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and
Career Girls
1997-06-01
A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the fo
The Escapist
2002-04-12
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a
Burke & Hare
2010-10-29
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable busin
Sugarhouse
2007-08-24
Determined to kill his wife's lover, a middle-class accountant attempts to purchase a .38 from an in
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
2005-12-13
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to
Five Seconds to Spare
2000-10-30
A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a biza
Stories of Lost Souls
2004-11-12
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to ove
Death of a Superhero
2011-05-04
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Wild Bill
2011-10-21
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons
Extraordinary Rendition
2007-08-20
A man is abducted from the streets of London and transported via secret flights to an unknown countr
The Man Who Saved Paris
The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore th
Flushed Away
2006-10-22
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
2006-11-14
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (200
Mojo
1997-09-02
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and
Among Giants
1998-06-24
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tensi
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
2023-05-25
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world o
Stella Does Tricks
1997-11-06
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014-07-08
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is w
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
2003-01-01
From the very beginning of the design process on the film trilogy, right up to the summer months pri
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015-12-15
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the
The Present
2004-10-31
A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birt
We Are Stars
2015-07-01
What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and ou
Animal Farm
2025-11-14
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015-04-22
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mighti
Black Panther
2018-02-13
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to s
Insomnia
1999-01-01
In his private battle with insomnia and the elements, Harry's paranoid mind begins to play cruel and
The Near Room
1997-04-11
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the to
Fungus The Bogeyman
2015-12-27
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when t
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
2027-12-16
A new film based on the novels.
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Felix Kersten, a renowned, apolitical medical masseuse, becomes the personal doctor of one of the mo
Sweety Barrett
1999-04-16
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Swee
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
1997-07-01
Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004-12-14
A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.
The Making of 'The Long and Short of It'
2003-08-26
A documentary about the making of 'The Long and Short of It'.
Untitled The Batman Sequel
2027-10-01
Sequel to the 2022 film The Batman.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017-12-13
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018-11-25
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as
Pandaemonium
2001-06-29
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wo
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017-07-11
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colon
Hitpig!
2024-11-01
A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initia
The Magnificent Lion Boy
2013-05-21
Whilst leading an expedition to Africa, anthropologist Leonard Orlov discovers a feral child living
London: The Modern Babylon
2012-08-03
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the h
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
2016-04-16
An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuri
Arthur Christmas
2011-11-10
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its membe
Standing Room Only
2004-01-12
A group of theatre-goers wait in line to see a show by the "Man of a Thousand Faces". Throughout the
Untitled Adventures of Tintin Sequel
Based on the comic book Prisoners of the Sun, where Tintin and Haddock head to South America to find
Loop
1997-09-19
Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfrien
Prince of Jutland
1994-02-23
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
Long Shot
2019-05-02
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most infl
The Director and the Jedi
2018-03-12
An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
2000-08-18
The story revolves around a group of "Lads". The "leader" of this group of twenty somethings starts
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018-12-31
Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustra
A Christmas Carol
2020-12-04
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary
The Batman
2022-03-01
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his
Grushko
1994-03-24
A restaurant is fire-bombed, a TV journalist and a member of a local mafia are murdered, and a valua
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Damero
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019-12-19
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010-11-30
Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian e
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2019-07-11
The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a wor
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005-01-21
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings
SAS: Red Notice
2021-08-11
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the
Venom: The Last Dance
2024-10-22
Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo
The Making of The Two Towers
2003-04-01
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by
The Making of the Return of the King
2004-04-01
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Cr
Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah
2020-07-15
In this documentary from filmmaker James Bluemel (“Once Upon a Time in Iraq,” “Exodus”), U.S. Marine
Young Washington
2026-07-04
Against the frontier of colonial America, the untold origin story of a 22-year-old George Washington
Stingray
2006-03-18
Struggling writer Kurt has just lost another book pitch. After vividly reliving the experience he vi