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Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and director. He is best known for his critically acclaimed 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 (20…
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entertainment · English actor (born 1964) · television actor · film actor · film director · actor · voice actor · stage actor · director · producer · also Andy Serkis, Andrew C. G. Serkis, Serkis
Born 20 April 1964 · Q206922
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While times are tough, I want to take you on one of the greatest fantasy adventures ever written, a 12-hour armchair marathon across Middle Earth whilst raising money for two amazing charities which are doing extraordinary work right now to help those most in need.
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2026· 11 entries
“While times are tough, I want to take you on one of the greatest fantasy adventures ever written, a 12-hour armchair marathon across Middle Earth whilst raising money for two amazing charities which are doing extraordinary work right now to help those most in need.”
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The Guardian: Animal Farm review – Andy Serkis’ Orwell adaptation slaughters the classic farmyard satire with sugar
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Public attention spiked: 14,965 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 3,597, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Animal Farm review – Andy Serkis’ Orwell adaptation slaughters the classic farmyard satire with sugar” (The Guardian).
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USA TODAY: 'Lord of the Rings' star Andy Serkis defends new movie's 'very white' cast
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Yahoo: The Lord of the Rings director Andy Serkis says AI is used for "some of the de-aging" in Hunt for Gollum, b...
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Yahoo: Andy Serkis confirms he won't direct Stephen Colbert's Lord of the Rings movie
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BBC: Andy Serkis defends lack of diversity in Lord of the Rings cast
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Variety: Andy Serkis on U.S. ‘Outrage’ Over His ‘Animal Farm’ Movie, AI Use in ‘Hunt for Gollum’ and Wanting Oscars to Recognize Motion Capture: ‘It’s Been a Long Time ...
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Yardbarker: Andy Serkis joins 'The Legend of Vox Machina' Season 4 — Here's who fans think he'll play
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Comic Book Movie: The Batman Part II Star Andy Serkis Reveals That He Nearly Had To Drop Out Of The Sequel
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Hunt for Gollum: are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?
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The Guardian: The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film
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2022· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A video shows actor Andy Serkis reading "The Lord of the Rings" and switching his voice to recite the part of the character Gollum.” True.
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Serkis returned to the Star Wars franchise in a different, non-CGI role in the Disney+ television series Andor, as Kino Loy
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Serkis recorded a new audiobook version of the Terry Pratchett Discworld book Small Gods with Bill Nighy and Peter Serafinowicz
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2021· 2 entries
Won a Daytime Emmy Award for the series The Letter for the King (2020)
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For his role as Mayor of Mistrinaut, the father of his real life daughter Ruby's character, in the Netflix fantasy series The Letter for the King
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2020· 1 entry
Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
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2019· 1 entry
It was announced that Serkis would play Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022)
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2015· 1 entry
Serkis collaborated with rock band Coldplay in the making of the music video for "Adventure of a Lifetime"
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2014· 1 entry
Serkis reprised his role as Caesar in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and again in 2017 for War for the Planet of the Apes, the last of the trilogy
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2012· 1 entry
And the follow-ups were released in 2013 and 2014
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2011· 2 entries
And in a high-profile campaign by 20th Century Fox for him to be honoured with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, his co-star James Franco stated: "Andy Serkis is the undisputed master of the newest kind of acting
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Serkis founded The Imaginarium with film producer Jonathan Cavendish
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2010· 3 entries
Serkis played 1970s new wave singer Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
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Serkis was cast as William Hare, with Simon Pegg as Burke, in the John Landis black comedy film Burke and Hare based on the Burke and Hare murders in Scotland in 1828
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Serkis played Monkey, the lead character along with Lindsey Shaw in the videogame Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
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2009· 1 entry
Serkis voiced the role of the demon Screwtape in Focus on the Family's Radio Theatre audio adaptation of C
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2008· 1 entry
Serkis appeared as Rigaud in the BBC Television adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit and as Capricorn in Inkheart, the film adaptation of Cornelia Funke's novel
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2007· 1 entry
Appeared in Sugarhouse, a low-budget independently made film, playing local crime lord Hoodwink, who terrorises an east London housing estate
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2006· 1 entry
Serkis starred as serial killer Ian Brady in the BAFTA-nominated Longford, co-starring Samantha Morton as Myra Hindley and Jim Broadbent as Lord Longford
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1999· 1 entry
Serkis played Bill Sikes in ITV's adaptation of Oliver Twist
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-04-20.
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