Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis is a British actor and director known for his motion-capture roles such as Gollum from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Snoke from Star Wars and Caesar from Planet of the Apes.
Serkis won an Emmy Award for his guest role in The Letter for the King. He also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his acting in Longford and an Emmy nomination for his performance in Little Dorit.
Andy Serkis provides examples of the following tropes:
- Serkis Folk: Trope Namer. Serkis is known for his motion-capture roles beginning with his performance in The Lord of the Rings.
- Chronically-Killed Actor: Several villainous characters Serkis portrays don't survive to the end of their respective media.
- Man With a Thousand Voices: Andy Serkis has voiced a wide variety of characters, both motion-captured and not, from Gollum in The Lord of the Rings to Captain Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin to Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Andy Serkis has performed in the following roles:
- Caesar from Planet of the Apes (2011-17)
- Gollum from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2001-03, 2012)
- Haddock from The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
- King Kong and Lumpy from King Kong (2005)
- Klaw from Marvel Cinematic Universe (2015-18)
- Snoke from Star Wars (2015-19)
- Richard Kneelan from 13 Going on 30 (2004)
- Mr. Alley from The Prestige (2006)
- Spike from Flushed Away (2006)
- Ian Brady from Longford (2006)
- Rigaud from Little Dorrit (2008)
- Baloo from Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
- Mayor of Mistrinaut from The Letter for the King (2020)
- Alfred Pennyworth from The Batman (2022)
- Kino Loy from Andor (2022)