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Andy Serkis

(1964) Television Actor United Kingdom

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Andy Serkis is a television actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Gollum ("Lord of the Rings").

Quick Facts About Andy Serkis

Born: April 20, 1964
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Gollum ("Lord of the Rings")
Spouse: Lorraine Ashbourne

About Andy Serkis

Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and filmmaker. 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 (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).

Biography source: Wikipedia

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The matter is - we are actors playing roles [in Planet Apes] and they happen to be in this instance apes but…

Actors

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J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him.

All time

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I've done a fair amount of that stuff... when we did 'Lord of the Rings' the transformation sequence from Smeagol to Gollum…

Amount

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Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.

Economy

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Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain…

Able

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When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically…

Captured

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You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy,…

Ape

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Second films are, you know, like 'difficult second albums', so it's a tricky position to be in but I think he's made…

Accomplished

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There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the…

Animator

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I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how…

Ape

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We're live in a world that has, in many ways, become desensitized and unable to empathize with other cultures and species. The…

Culture

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I've always been a huge fan of Charles Lawton's performance in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' so somewhere along the line, I've…

Along

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When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down.

About

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Performance capture is a genre of acting which is not going to go away, it's going to proliferate more and more. I'm…

Acting

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance…

Character

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The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The…

Action

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Put it this way: If I had to go back to 1968 and wear the makeup that John Chambers made for the…

Ape

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I've done a lot of films that are purely live-action roles, and even if I hadn't come across performance capture as a…

Across

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There are no rhymes or reason, actually. Having said that, you know, cause there are people who are absolutely single-minded about their…

Atmosphere

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I guess I just tend to feel at home wherever I go.

Feel

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As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role.

Actor

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Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

Amount

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My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off…

Amazing

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Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video…

Age

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I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater…

Back

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