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He also worked with game developers Ninja Theory on the 2007 release Heavenly Sword, providing the motion capture and voice for King Bohan (the game's main villain).[17][18].
[3][4][5] He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting.
This pertinent thriller addresses a great humanitarian scandal of our age, the practice whereby a state delivers criminal suspects to foreign soil to evade the prohibitions of its own country's laws.
Star Wars is back in a big way. [9] His father often worked abroad in the Middle East, while Serkis and his siblings were raised in Britain, with regular holidays in the Middle East including to Tyre, Sidon, Damascus and Baghdad.[11]. [34] In addition to starring in the film, Serkis will serve as producer and director. In 2001, he was cast as the voice of Gollum in Peter Jackson's epic fantasy adventure film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [33], In late 2015, it was announced that Serkis was working on a modern film adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin, titled Steelskin. Andrew Clement Serkis[1][2] (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, narrator and film director. [7][8][9] His ancestors' original surname was "Sarkisian". [31] He reprised the role in Marvel Studios' Black Panther (2018).
[10] Both of his parents were Roman Catholics. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe. He provided voice and motion capture for the role again in the 2014 sequel and the 2017 final film of the trilogy. Johnson expands on the casualties-of-war theme, making magnificent, roaring action sequences and leading the viewer through a blood-stained moral labyrinth. [12] Serkis was a member of The County College and part of the student radio station Bailrigg FM. Not since Indy's third outing has Spielberg felt so fresh and unshackled; it feels like a hark back to the heyday of 1980s adventure cinema. 2000) and Louis (b.
He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters 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 Adventu… The film premiered at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival and released in the UK on 24 August. He also made an appearance in the music video for Neneh Cherry's "Woman", portraying an abusive boyfriend. Ten years after the events of 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, simian leader Caesar (Serkis) must work with human leader Malcolm (Clarke) to forge an alliance between apes and men. The final instalment of Jackson's Middle-earth adventures features moments of spirited action and some terrific performances, but like the other Hobbit films it pales in comparison to the episodes of the previous trilogy. Another live-action retelling of Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book, this time directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis. He studied visual arts and theatre as part of his degree at Lancaster University and graduated in 1985. Serkis married actress Lorraine Ashbourne in July 2002. 2004), all of whom are actors. [35] On 20 October 2012, the studio acquired rights to The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon and a new motion capture adaptation of Animal Farm, which Serkis will direct.
Andy Serkis - Jego ojciec pracował jako lekarz w Iraku, matka była nauczycielką … [37] In August 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Serkis would direct Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the sequel to Venom, scheduled for release on 25 June 2021. On 2 July 2020 HarperCollinsUK[50] announced that Serkis would professionally narrate The Hobbit again to be published for Audible. His other voice and motion capture work includes King Bohan in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword, Kong in Peter Jackson's 2005 film King Kong, and Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Serkis reunited with Peter Jackson, as a cast member in Jackson's and Steven Spielberg's Tintin trilogy, based on The Adventures of Tintin. [23] In 2010, 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. [48] Louis also voiced Bhoot in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, which was directed by and co-starred his father as Baloo.
The non-linear chronology interweaves the three stories of Rupert Angier (Jackman) and Alfred Borden's (Bale) magic tuition, Angier's journey to meet a mad scientist (Bowie), and Borden awaiting the…, Family films in cinemas this week include Two by Two and The Secret Garden, Enter the competition for a chance to hangout with The Rock. [43], During the COVID-19 lockdown, on VE Day, Serkis read the entire book of The Hobbit to raise money for NHS Charities Together and Best Beginnings, a pregnancy charity he has been an ambassador of. Serkis was born and brought up in Ruislip Manor in Middlesex (now within Greater London). In 2015, Serkis collaborated with rock band Coldplay in the making of the music video for "Adventure of a Lifetime" (which saw the group perform as chimpanzees) with Serkis acting as a performance capture consultant. In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema.[6]. Franco plays a scientist on the hunt for the cure for Alzheimer's whose experiments result in a test ape developing human-like…. Serkis joined director Mike Leigh's ensemble for two film productions, and appeared in the romantic comedy Loop (1997) alongside Susannah York. Back to back screenings of Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, Serkis read out loud the entirety of the classic J. R. R. Tolkien book, The Hobbit to raise money for charity. Serkis started acting in the late 1980's with small roles on the television series Morris Minor and His Marvellous Motors (1989), and The New Statesman (1989) before being cast as Owen in Streetwise from 1989–1992. [39], In December 2018, he appeared in a video for People's Vote as UK Prime Minister Theresa May using the voice of Gollum, spoofing May's Brexit deal. Serkis also starred alongside Ruby, and they played father and daughter. A darkly comic retelling of the tale of Edinburgh's most notorious murderous residents, Williams Burke (Pegg) and Hare (Serkis), and their quest to supply doctors with fresh bodies for their experiments, from director Landis who proved he had a deft touch with horror comedy in An American Werewolf in London. In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. Director Joffe's bold adaptation more than holds its own against the 1947 version. He will also direct Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters. [44] He also recorded an audiobook of the novel that came out in September. Driver returns with a vengeance, Dern is terrific and it hits the sweet spot between nostalgia and…. Cast: Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Noel Clarke, Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, Bill Milner; In this amusing biopic of Ian Drury, Whitecross sets up the story as a vaudeville act fronted by the musician in which fantasy, dreams and realism are mixed to discuss Drury's life in a thematic rather than chronological manner. It's basically a well-constructed B-movie, with scenes of brutality unaccountably played for laughs…, Iain Softley's long-shelved adaptation of Cornelia Funke's children's novel sees Fraser plays Mo Flockart, aka Silvertongue, blessed with the magical ability to bring stories to life by reading them aloud. In 2007, he appeared in Sugarhouse, a low-budget independently made film, playing local crime lord Hoodwink, who terrorises an east London housing estate. [25] Serkis was acclaimed for his performance as Caesar in 2011, 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 called “performance capture,” and it is time that Serkis gets credit for the innovative artist that he is. Another actor steps up to play dour old Batman.
He played Caesar in the 20th Century Fox science-fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018). During that time, he also co-starred in the films The Escapist (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004) and lent his voice to the 2006 computer-animated film Flushed Away. Serkis supplied the voice and motion capture performance of Captain Haddock (adopting a Scottish accent) as well as his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock. With daughter Meggie (Bennett) in tow, Mo traverses Europe in search of 'Inkheart', an ultra-rare book. He joined the Nuffield Studio, getting involved in designing and producing plays. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters 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), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films, The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker. ", "Andy Serkis Grabs a Banana and Becomes King of 'Planet of the Apes, "Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis sign up for The Hobbit", "Review: New 'Planet of the Apes' Makes You Root Against Your Species", "Godzilla: Andy Serkis on Mo Cap & Monster's Motives — WonderCon 2014", "Godzilla Director on Making the Monster Scary Again — IGN Conversations", "Motion Capture Maestro Andy Serkis on 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' and Revolutionizing Cinema", "Steven Knight To Adapt Charles Dickens Novels For BBC One; Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy Exec Producing", "Andy Serkis Is Making a Movie About Rumpelstiltskin, One of the Few Villainous Creatures Left for Him to Play", "Andy Serkis: from Gollum to studio boss", "Andy Serkis to Direct 'Jungle Book' for Warner Bros", "Coldplay Monkeys Around in 'Adventure of a Lifetime' Video: Watch", "Andy Serkis reprises Gollum for Theresa May Brexit deal parody", "Gollum star Andy Serkis releases hilarious Brexit deal parody of Theresa May", https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-josh-gad-reunites-stars-of-lord-of-the-rings-while-raising-money-for-kids-in-need/, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52568497, https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Hobbit-Audiobook/0008433844/, https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Hobbit-Audiobook/1705009050/, "Coronavirus: Andy Serkis reads entire Hobbit live online for charity", Official website for The Imaginarium Studios, Andy Serkis on Inkheart and Tintin at AMCtv.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andy_Serkis&oldid=986698923, BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Armenian-language text, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Actor, narrator, film director, film producer, This page was last edited on 2 November 2020, at 13:34. Having agreed to act in a couple of productions towards the end of his first year, Serkis played the lead role in Barrie Keeffe's play, Gotcha, as a rebellious teenager holding a teacher hostage.