Andy Serkis is known as an English actor and movie director. He is most famous for his performances as unique computer graphic roles like Gollum in Lord of the Rings and Cesar in Planet of The Apes.
Background
Andrew Clement Serkis was born on April 20, 1964 in Ruislip, United Kingdom
Career
Andy has had roles in many large blockbuster movies during his career. He played the evil Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). He played the speaking ape leader in the 2005 movie, Caesar in Rise (2011) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He was the menacing evil Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).
Serkis earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his depiction of serial killer Ian Brady in the British TV film Longford (2006), and was assigned for a BAFTA Award for his depiction of new wave and punk shake musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll (2010). In 2015, he had a little job in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Serkis has his very own motion capturing studio, The Imaginarium Studios in London, which he will use for his directorial debut, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018).
Birth Date: | 20 Apr, 1964 |
Age: | 56 yrs |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Ruislip |
Education: | University of Lancaster St Benedict's School |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | British actor, director and author |
Spouse: | Lorraine Ashbourne [M. 2002] |
Net Worth 2021: | 28 million |