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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2028The Batman: Part II — Alfred
• 2027The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum — Gollum / Sméagol, Director, Executive Producer
• 2026Animal Farm — Mr. Jones / Rooster (voice), Producer, Director
• 2026Nevatars — Wasam (voice), Director
• 2026Young Washington — General Edward Braddock
• Brilliant Minds — Executive Producer
• 2024Hitpig! — Newscaster (voice)
• 2024Venom: The Last Dance — Knull (voice)
• 2023Blue Whales: Return of the Giants — Narrator (voice)
• 2023Creature — (voice)
• 2023Luther: The Fallen Sun — David Robey
• 2023Next Goal Wins — Executive Producer
• Andor — Kino Loy
• 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look — Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself — Executive Producer
• 2022The Batman — Alfred
• The Legend of Vox Machina — Gideon (voice)
• 2021No One Gets Out Alive — Executive Producer
• 2021SAS: Red Notice — George Clements
• 2021Venom: Let There Be Carnage — Director
• What If...? — Ulysses Klaue (voice)
• 2020A Christmas Carol — Marley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Count Rugen
• Once Upon a Time in Iraq — Narrator
• 2020Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah — Narrator
• A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Past
• 2019FX's A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Past
• 2019Long Shot — Parker Wembley
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Snoke (voice)
• 2018Black Panther — Ulysses Klaue
• 2018Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle — Baloo (voice), Director, Producer
• 2018The Ruins of Empires — Director
• 2017Breathe — Director
• 2017Great Performers: Horror Show — The Demented Clown
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Snoke
• 2017The Ritual — Producer
• 2017War for the Planet of the Apes — Caesar
• 2015Avengers: Age of Ultron — Ulysses Klaue
• 2015Fungus The Bogeyman
• Fungus the Bogeyman — Narrator
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Supreme Leader Snoke
• 2015We Are Stars — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Caesar
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Second Unit Director
• Rick and Morty — (voice)
• The Frame — Caesar
• 2013The Magnificent Lion Boy — Umberto Farini
• 2012London: The Modern Babylon — Spoken Quotations (voice)
• 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Gollum, Second Unit Director
• 2011Arthur Christmas — Lead Elf (voice)
• 2011Death of a Superhero — Dr. Adrian King
• 2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes — Caesar
• 2011The Adventures of Tintin — Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
• 2011Wild Bill — Glen
• Accused — Liam Black
• 2010Brighton Rock — Mr Colleoni
• 2010Burke & Hare — William Hare
• 2010Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll — Ian Dury, Executive Producer
• 2010The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge — Eadweard Muybridge
• 2008Einstein and Eddington — Albert Einstein
• 2008Inkheart — Capricorn
• Little Dorrit — Rigaud
• 2008The Cottage — David
• 2007Extraordinary Rendition — Maro, Interrogator
• 2007Sugarhouse — Hoodwink
• 2007Underground — The Driver (Narrator)
• 2006Flushed Away — Spike (voice)
• 2006Longford — Ian Brady
• Simon Schama's Power of Art
• 2006Stingray — Stingray (voice)
• 2006Stormbreaker — Mr Grin
• 2006The Prestige — Alley
• 2005King Kong — Kong / Lumpy
• 200413 Going on 30 — Richard Kneeland
• 2004Blessed — Father Carlo
• 2004Standing Room Only — Granny
• 2004Stories of Lost Souls — Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
• 2004The Present — Self, Director, Cinematography
• 2003The Long and Short of It — Assistant Location Manager
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Gollum / Smeagol
• 200224 Hour Party People — Martin
• 2002Deathwatch — Pvt. Thomas Quinn
• Icons
• Spooks — Riff
• 2002The Escapist — Ricky Barnes
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Gollum
• 2001Pandaemonium — John Thelwall
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Gollum
• Arabian Nights — Kasim
• 2000Five Seconds to Spare — Chester
• 2000Shiner — Mel
• 2000The Jolly Boys' Last Stand — Anthony 'Spider' Dale
• 1999Insomnia — Harry
• Oliver Twist — Bill Sikes
• Shooting the Past — Styeman
• 1999Sweety Barrett — Leo King
• 1999Topsy-Turvy — John D'Auban
• 1998Among Giants — Bob
• The Jump — Steven Brunos
• 1997Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse — Sergeant Corrigan
• 1997Career Girls — Mr. Evans
• 1997Loop — Bill
• 1997Mojo — Potts
• 1997Stella Does Tricks — Fitz
• 1997The Near Room — Bunny
• Finney — Tom Finney
• 1994Grushko — Pyotr
• Pie in the Sky — Maxwell
• 1994Prince of Jutland — Torsten
• The Chief — Jacko Dolan
• Morris Minor's Marvellous Motors — Sparky Plugg
• Streetwise — Owen
• The Simpsons — Cleanie (voice)
• The New Statesman — Peter Moran
• The Bill
• Natural World — Narrator
• LouiMax Dreams of Being an Adult — narrator
• The Giant's House — Director
• The Last House on Needless Street — Producer
• The Man Who Saved Paris — Chevenchy
• The Man with the Miraculous Hands — Heinrich Himmler
• The Monster Tale — Executive Producer
• Untitled The Adventures of Tintin Sequel — Captain Haddock

Appearances as themselves (33)

• 2026Robert Richardson: The White Devil — Self
• Animal — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2020The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor — Self
• The Savoy — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors — Self - Presenter
• 2018Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen — Self
• 2018The Director and the Jedi — Self
• 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Wil Wheaton Project — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World — Self - Narrator
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Monkey Life — Self (Voice)
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' — Self
• 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' — Self
• 2005King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries — Self
• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• 2004A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' — Self
• The Culture Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' — Self
• HypaSpace — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self
• GMTV — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest