Andy Serkis
Actor
London, UK
Biography:
Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor, director and producer. He is best known for his performance capture 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 trilogy (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), also portraying Kino Loy in the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor (2022).
Serkis is the eighth highest-grossing actor of all time, and his film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006) and was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for the series The Letter for the King (2020).
Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018), as well as the Disney+ series What If�? (2021). He has played Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022). Serkis has his own production company and motion capture workshop, The Imaginarium in London, which he used for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe. He directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU).
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
-
2024
- Fan Expo San Francisco 2024 - November 29 - December 1, 2024 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show 2024 - October 5-6, 2024 in Villepinte, France
- Fan Expo Denver 2024 - July 4-7, 2024 in Denver, CO, USA
- PopCon Indy 2024 - April 26-28, 2024 in Indianapolis, IN, USA 2023
- Dallas Fan Festival 2023 - October 20-22, 2023 in Irving, TX, USA
- GalaxyCon Austin 2023 - September 1-3, 2023 in Austin, TX, USA
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Fan Expo Chicago 2023 - August 10-13, 2023 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Calgary Expo 2023 - April 27-30, 2023 in Calgary, AB
- Toronto Comicon 2023 - March 17-19, 2023 in Toronto, ON
View Andy Serkis on FanCons.com for 14 additional guest appearances