English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is 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), the eponymous King Kong in the 2005 film ...

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 'motion capture,' and it is time that Serkis gets credit ...

[In the "Fall of Smeagol" flashback, after Smeagol had killed Deagol for the ring, Smeagol is stumbling along a stony area, railing noisely and in anguish at being exiled by his own family]

Sep 12, 2023 · While plenty of fans might know that Gollum was originally Sméagol, how many can name the actor who played both characters. Here's who brought the two to life.

For his role as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film series, he won the Empire Award for Best British Actor, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, sharing the latter with the cast.

Jan 4, 2025 · Andy Serkis is an English actor. He portrayed Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (film series), as well as providing voices for various characters in The Lord of the Rings (film series). He was the second unit director for The Hobbit (film series).

Dec 1, 2021 · Actor Andy Serkis played Gollum in The Two Towers and Return of the King through motion capture. But WETA visual effects animators and Serkis himself redid the character multiple times to get...

Andy Serkis is a British actor, director, and author of Iraqi and Armenian descent, known for his groundbreaking portrayal as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, alongside other roles.

Smeagol or Gollum, the latter being his evil alter ego, is played by Andy Serkis both in voice and motion capture. He helps Frodo make it to Mordor but is a slave to the One Ring and would do anything to have it again.

In Peter Jackson's first trilogy, Gollum is a CGI creature voiced and acted by actor Andy Serkis, who also provided the voices of some of the Nazgûl and Orcs. Barely glimpsed in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), he becomes a central character in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings ...