Andy Serkis

Acting

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).

Known for:

The Simpsons Hitpig! The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Late Night with Seth Meyers Andor The Graham Norton Show The Late Late Show with James Corden The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring What If...? The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King War for the Planet of the Apes