Serkis in May 2014

English actor Andy Serkis has been featured in various films, television series, and video games. Serkis started acting in the late 1980s with small roles on the television series Morris Minor and His Marvellous Motors (1989), and The New Statesman (1989) before being cast as Owen in Streetwise from 1989–1992. He then appeared in films such as Prince of Jutland (1994), Career Girls (1997), Pandaemonium (2000). In 2001, he was cast as the voice of Gollum in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy adventure film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Serkis reprised this role in the sequels The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as well as the 2012 prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. During that time, he also co-starred in the films The Escapist (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004) and lent his voice to the 2006 computer-animated film Flushed Away.

In 2011, he provided the voice and motion capture for Caesar in the science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. He provided voice and motion capture for the role again in the 2014 sequel and the 2017 final film of the trilogy. His other voice and motion capture work includes Monkey in the 2010 video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, King Bohan in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword, Kong in Peter Jackson's 2005 film King Kong, and Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).

Film

Serkis in December 2003
Serkis in May 2008
Serkis at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International
Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1994 Prince of Jutland Torsten aka Royal Deceit
1995 The Near Room Bunny
1996 Stella Does Tricks Fitz
1997 Mojo Potts
Career Girls Nick Evans
Loop Bill
1998 Sweety Barrett Leo King
Among Giants Bob
Clueless David Short film
Insomnia Harry Short film
1999 Topsy-Turvy John D'Auban
2000 Jump Shaun Short film
Shiner Mel
Pandaemonium John Thelwall
The Jolly Boys' Last Stand Spider
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Gollum Voice [1]
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Gollum Voice and motion capture [2]
The Escapist Ricky Barnes
Deathwatch Pvt. Thomas Quinn
24 Hour Party People Martin Hannett
2003 Standing Room Only Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Gollum / Sméagol Voice and motion capture of Gollum
2004 Blessed Father Carlo
13 Going on 30 Richard Kneeland
2005 King Kong Kong / Lumpy Motion capture of Kong [3]
2006 Stormbreaker Mr. Grin
The Prestige Mr. Alley
Flushed Away Spike Voice
Longford Ian Brady
2007 Extraordinary Rendition Lead Interrogator
Sugarhouse Hoodwink
2008 The Cottage David
Inkheart Capricorn
2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Ian Dury
Brighton Rock Mr. Colleoni
Animals United Charles Voice; English dub
Burke and Hare William Hare
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Caesar Voice and motion capture [3]
Death of a Superhero Dr. Adrian King
Wild Bill Glen
The Adventures of Tintin Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock Voices and motion capture
Arthur Christmas General Elf Voice; cameo
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Gollum Voice and motion capture
2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Caesar Voice and motion capture [3]
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Ulysses Klaue [4][5]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Supreme Leader Snoke Voice and motion capture [6]
2017 War for the Planet of the Apes Caesar Voice and motion capture
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Supreme Leader Snoke Voice and motion capture [7]
2018 Black Panther Ulysses Klaue
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Baloo Voice and motion capture [8]
2019 Long Shot Parker Wembley
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Supreme Leader Snoke Voice; cameo [9]
2020 A Christmas Carol Marley's Ghost Voice
2021 SAS: Red Notice George Clements [10]
2022 The Batman Alfred Pennyworth
2023 Luther: The Fallen Sun David Robey [11]

Filmmaking credits

Director

Executive producer

Second unit director

Motion capture consultant

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1989 Morris Minor and His Marvellous Motors Sparky Plugg 3 episodes
The New Statesman Peter Moran 2 episodes
Saracen Dudin Episode: "Into Africa"
Made in Spain Hooligan TV movie
1989–1992 Streetwise Owen 25 episodes
1990, 1993 The Bill Dean Platt, Alex Rackin 2 episodes
1992 The Darling Buds of May Greville Episode: "Le Grande Weekend"
1994 Grushko Pyotr 3 episodes
Pie in the Sky Maxwell Episode: "Passion Fruit Fool"
Finney Tom 6 episodes
1996 Kavanagh QC MEM O'Brien Episode: "The Burning Deck"
1997 The Pale Horse Sergeant Corrigan Television film
1998 The Jump Steven Brunos 3 episodes
1999 Oliver Twist Bill Sikes 3 episodes
Shooting the Past Styeman 3 episodes
Touching Evil Michael Lawler 2 episodes
2000 Arabian Nights Kasim 2 episodes
2003 The Simpsons Cleanie (voice) Episode: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
2004 Spooks Riff Episode: "Celebrity"
2006 Simon Schama's Power of Art Vincent van Gogh Episode: "Van Gogh: Wheat Field with Crows"
Longford Ian Brady Television film
2007 Monkey Life Narrator Documentary; 14 episodes
2008 Little Dorrit Rigaud 11 episodes
Einstein and Eddington Albert Einstein Television film
2010 Accused Liam Black Episode: "Liam's Story"
2012 The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World Narrator Documentary; 3 episodes
2015 Fungus the Bogeyman Narrator Miniseries; 3 episodes
2018 Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors Ned Documentary; 2 episodes [12]
2019 A Christmas Carol Ghost of Christmas Past Miniseries; 3 episodes
2020 The Letter for the King Mayor of Mistrinaut 6 episodes
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Count Rugen Episode: "Chapter Seven: The Pit of Despair" [13]
Hilda Kertasníkir (voice) Episode: "The Yule Lads"
Once Upon a Time in Iraq Narrator Documentary; 5 episodes
2021 What If...? Ulysses Klaue (voice) Guest role; Episode: "What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?" [14]
2022 Animal Narrator Documentary series for Netflix; 1 episode [15]
Andor Kino Loy 3 episodes
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself — Executive producer only; 8 episodes [16]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes Refs.
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Gollum Archive voice
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Gollum / The Witch-king
2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Smeagol / Gollum / The Witch-king
2005 King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Lumpy
2006 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king The Witch-king / Gollum [3]
2007 Heavenly Sword King Bohan Also motion capture and dramatic director [3]
2009 Risen The Inquisitor Mendoza
2010 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Monkey / Pyramid Also motion capture
2012 Lego The Lord of the Rings Gollum Archive voice
2014 Lego The Hobbit Gollum Archive voice
2015 Volume Guy Gisborne
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Supreme Leader Snoke Archive voice; uncredited
2022 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters Grand Master Vardan Kai [17]

Stage

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
1995 Mojo Potts Royal Court
1997 The Rover Willmore BBC Open University Productions [18]

Audiobooks

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2008 The Brightonomicon Count Otto Black
2009 The Screwtape Letters Screwtape
2014 The Child Engler
2019 The Beast of Buckingham Palace Lord Protector
2020 The Sandman Matthew the Raven
The Hobbit Narrator / Performer [19]
2021 The Lord of the Rings Narrator / Performer [20]
The Sandman: Act II Matthew the Raven [21]
2022 Small Gods Narrator

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Cavanaugh (29 November 2018). "'The Lord of the Rings' Star Andy Serkis Does His Perfect Gollum Impression". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Joel Meares (17 May 2019). "21 Most Memorable Movie Moments: Gollum talks to Smeagol in The Two Towers (2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Lauren Keating (30 May 2015). "The Many Faces Of Andy Serkis: From Gollum To Snoke And Everything In Between". Tech Times. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' New Stills, Behind-the-Scenes in High Resolution; Serkis Confirmed as Klaw". Stitch Kingdom. February 3, 2015. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Get to Know the 'Avengers' as They Assemble for New Adventure". Inquirer. April 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Dave Trumbore (12 November 2015). "'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': Andy Serkis' Villainous Character Details Unveiled". Collider. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. ↑ Justin Chang. "A tour de force". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ↑ Peter Debruge (8 December 2018). "Film Review: 'Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle'". Variety. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Anthony Breznican; Joanna Robinson (20 December 2019). "25 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cameos You Might Have Missed". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis, More Join Action-Thriller 'SAS: Red Notice', Sky Cinema Boards UK Rights, First Look – EFM". Deadline. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis Join Idris Elba, Neil Cross in 'Luther' Movie for Netflix (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors". BBC Two. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  13. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (June 26, 2020). "Watch the Celebrity-Filled Fan-Film Version of The Princess Bride". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Andy Serkis Teases MCU Return in Marvel's What If?".
  15. ↑ "Netflix Nature Series 'Animal' Gets Release Date; Narrators Include Bryan Cranston, Rashida Jones, Rebel Wilson & Pedro Pascal". 13 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Netflix Unveils New U.K. Projects with Sam Mendes, Rowan Atkinson, Andy Serkis". 13 December 2020.
  17. ↑ Hall, Charlie (8 February 2022). "Andy Serkis is your Space Marine boss in new Warhammer 40K game, Chaos Gate". Polygon. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "The Rover (1997)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  19. ↑ "You Can Now Listen to Andy Serkis Read You the Entirety of the Hobbit".
  20. ↑ "Andy Serkis records Lord of the Rings audiobooks for HarperCollins | the Bookseller".
  21. ↑ "Sandman Audible Drama Adds the Batman, Bridgeton Stars for Act II". 22 July 2021.
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