1964-04-20 Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
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.
Luther: The Fallen Sun | David Robey | 2023-02-24 | |
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants | Narrator (voice) | 2023-05-25 | |
Creature | (voice) | 2023-02-23 | |
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2022-09-08 | |
The Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | 2022-03-01 | |
Polycephaly in D | (archive footage) | 2021-09-10 | |
SAS: Red Notice | George Clements | 2021-08-11 | |
A Christmas Carol | Marley's Ghost (voice) | 2020-12-04 | |
A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Past | 2019-12-19 | |
Long Shot | Parker Wembley | 2019-05-02 | |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Snoke (voice) | 2019-12-18 | |
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor | Himself | 2019-07-11 | |
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Baloo | 2018-11-25 | |
The Director and the Jedi | Self | 2018-03-12 | |
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen | Self | 2018-12-31 | |
Black Panther | Ulysses Klaue | 2018-02-13 | |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Supreme Leader Snoke | 2017-12-13 | |
Great Performers: Horror Show | The Demented Clown | 2017-12-07 | |
War for the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | 2017-07-11 | |
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey | Self | 2016-04-16 | |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Supreme Leader Snoke | 2015-12-15 | |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | Ulysses Klaue | 2015-04-22 | |
We Are Stars | Narrator (voice) | 2015-07-01 | |
Fungus The Bogeyman | 2015-12-27 | ||
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | 2014-07-08 | |
The Magnificent Lion Boy | Umberto Farini | 2013-05-21 | |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Gollum | 2012-12-12 | |
London: The Modern Babylon | Spoken Quotations (voice) | 2012-08-03 | |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | 2011-08-03 | |
Arthur Christmas | Lead Elf (voice) | 2011-11-10 | |
Death of a Superhero | Dr. Adrian King | 2011-05-04 | |
Wild Bill | Glen | 2011-10-21 | |
The Adventures of Tintin | Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice) | 2011-10-24 | |
Burke & Hare | William Hare | 2010-10-29 | |
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge | 2010-11-30 | ||
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Ian Dury | 2010-01-08 | |
Brighton Rock | Mr. Colleoni | 2010-09-13 | |
Inkheart | Capricorn | 2008-12-11 | |
The Cottage | David | 2008-02-07 | |
Einstein and Eddington | Albert Einstein | 2008-11-29 | |
Extraordinary Rendition | Maro, Interrogator | 2007-08-20 | |
Sugarhouse | Hoodwink | 2007-08-24 | |
The Prestige | Alley | 2006-10-19 | |
Stormbreaker | Mr. Grin | 2006-07-21 | |
Flushed Away | Spike (voice) | 2006-10-22 | |
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' | Self | 2006-11-14 | |
Longford | Ian Brady | 2006-10-26 | |
King Kong | Kong / Lumpy | 2005-12-12 | |
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries | Self | 2005-12-13 | |
Ringers: Lord of the Fans | Self | 2005-01-21 | |
Blessed | Father Carlo | 2004-05-16 | |
Stories of Lost Souls | Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson | 2004-11-12 | |
13 Going on 30 | Richard Kneeland | 2004-04-13 | |
The Present | Self | 2004-10-31 | |
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories | Himself | 2003-01-01 | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Gollum / Smeagol | 2003-12-01 | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Gollum / Smeagol | 2002-12-18 | |
24 Hour Party People | Martin Hannett | 2002-02-13 | |
Deathwatch | Pvt. Thomas Quinn | 2002-10-06 | |
The Escapist | Ricky Barnes | 2002-04-12 | |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Gollum | 2001-12-18 | |
Pandaemonium | John Thelwall | 2001-06-29 | |
Shiner | Mel | 2000-09-22 | |
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand | Anthony 'Spider' Dale | 2000-08-18 | |
Five Seconds to Spare | Chester | 2000-10-30 | |
Topsy-Turvy | John D'Auban | 1999-12-15 | |
Insomnia | Harry | 1999-01-01 | |
Sweety Barrett | Leo King | 1999-04-16 | |
Among Giants | Bob | 1998-06-24 | |
Loop | Bill | 1997-09-19 | |
Stella Does Tricks | Fitz | 1997-11-06 | |
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse | Sergeant Corrigan | 1997-07-01 | |
Mojo | Potts | 1997-09-02 | |
Career Girls | Mr. Evans | 1997-06-01 | |
The Near Room | Bunny | 1997-04-11 | |
Prince of Jutland | Torsten | 1994-02-23 | |
Grushko | Pyotr | 1994-03-24 | |
Animal Farm | Benjamin (voice) | ||
The Man Who Saved Paris | Chevenchy |