Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkis (born April 20, 1964 in Ruislip Manor , Middlesex ) is a British actor and director. He became famous for his portrayal of Gollum / Sméagol in the film series The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by director Peter Jackson . In King Kong (2005) Serkis served the giant ape as a movement model, in Planet of the Apes: Prevolution (2011), Planet of the Apes: Revolution (2014) and Planet of the Apes: Survival (2017) the chimpanzee Caesar.
Life
Serkis was born in Ruislip Manor in the UK and grew up there with his parents Lylie (née Weech) and Clement Serkis. His father is an Iraqi of Armenian descent. After leaving school, he attended Lancaster University , where he studied independent studies and was involved in the university's theater group. After graduating in 1985, he performed at the Dukes Theater in Lancaster. Serkis was a vegetarian but began eating fish again while filming the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
On July 22, 2002, he married actress Lorraine Ashbourne . He has three children with her, a daughter and two sons. The family lives in London .
Career
Serkis has appeared in several film roles since the late 1990s. But he only achieved wider fame through his portrayal of Gollum / Sméagol in the 2001 to 2003 film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings . Director Jackson repeatedly emphasized the outstanding role of Serkis in portraying Gollum . Originally Serkis should Gollum merely lend his voice after However, Jackson realized that Serkis' body language a fundamental part of the representation Gollum was that were CGI facial features of Gollum to the adapted by Serkis. In addition, Serkis' representation was used for motion detection whenever possible . Where that was not possible, his game was used as a template for fading. Serkis wrote the book Gollum about the shooting . Magic on the screen , in which he writes about his approach to the role and the motion capture work .
Serkis was able to celebrate further major successes with the films King Kong (2005), in which he again served as a movement model, and as Capricorn in Inkheart (2008).
In addition to acting, Serkis also worked as an assistant for the developer company Ninja Theory on the Heavenly Sword game for the Sony PlayStation 3 . Among other things, he organized the casting, the complete movement scenes and was also integrated into the development of the story. In the game itself, he played the role of King Bohan . He was also involved in the development of the game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and stars as the Monkey .
Serkis took on the role of serial killer William Hare in the 2010 film Burke & Hare , directed by John Landis . The role of William Burke in this film adaptation of the West Port murders was played by his compatriot and comedian Simon Pegg .
The directors and producers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have been working on a three-part Tintin film adaptation since 2009 . The first part, The Adventures of Tintin and Struppi , was released in German cinemas at the end of October 2011. The main roles are Jamie Bell as Tim and Serkis as Captain Haddock to see.
His television work (including The Moor Murderess of Manchester , 2006; Klein Dorrit , 2008) earned Serkis Golden Globe and Emmy nominations .
In 2011, Serkis acted in Planet of the Apes: Prevolution as a movement model for the animated chimpanzee Caesar. In Peter Jackson's adaptation of the Tolkien novel The Hobbit , Serkis played the role of Gollum, as in The Lord of the Rings . He also worked as a director of the second unit .
In 2011, Serkis founded the production company The Imaginarium together with producer Jonathan Cavendish , which focuses, among other things, on films that are made with the help of movement models, i.e. the technique with which Serkis played his roles Gollum, Caesar and King Kong. The Imaginarium's first project, however, is the PC version of the action game "Ryse: Son of Rome" developed by Crytek . In a press release dated October 19, 2012, it was said that a film adaptation of George Orwell's novel Animal Farm , which Andy Serkis would direct, was one of the first projects.
In the 2014 film Planet of the Apes: Revolution he played the chimpanzee Caesar again. In 2015 he was in Avengers: Age of Ultron in the role of the smuggler Ulysses Klaue / Klaw . Three years later he was seen again as Klaw in Black Panther . Also in 2015, Serkis was part of the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Supreme Leader Snoke . He also played this role in the sequel Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017. In addition, his motion capture recordings are the template for the antagonist of the video game Star Citizen .
Serkis made his directorial debut with As long as I breathe . The film premiered on October 4, 2017 as the opening film of the London Film Festival. The release of his second feature film, an adaptation of The Jungle Book under the name Mowgli, was planned for 2018 . After the streaming provider Netflix secured the marketing rights to the film in July 2018 , a worldwide release for the cinema has become unlikely. Instead, the film should have been offered on the streaming service's platform in spring 2019. In November 2018, a small theatrical release was announced at some locations from the end of November and a global Netflix start on December 7, 2018. In addition, the film title was expanded with the subtitle Legend of the Jungle .
In August 2019, it was announced that Serkis would direct the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage , the sequel to the 2018 film Venom starring Tom Hardy .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
- 1994: Prince of Jutland (Prince of Jutland)
- 1995: The Near Room
- 1996: Stella Does Tricks
- 1997: Career Girls (Career Girls)
- 1997: The Pale Horse ( The Pale Horse , TV movie)
- 1997: Mojo
- 1997: Loop
- 1998: Insomnia (short film)
- 1998: Among Giants (Among Giants)
- 1998: Clueless - The Chaos Clique ( Clueless , TV series)
- 1998: The Tale of Sweety Barret
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy - turned upside down (Topsy-Turvy)
- 1999: Five Seconds to Spare
- 2000: The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
- 2000: Shiner
- 2000: Pandaemonium
- 2000: Jump
- 2001: The Escapist
- 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- 2002: 24 Hour Party People
- 2002: Deathwatch
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
- 2002: The Simpsons ( The Simpsons , TV series, episode 14x18, voice of Cleanie )
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- 2004: Blessed - Children of the Devil (Blessed)
- 2004: 30 overnight (13 going on 30)
- 2004: Standing Room Only
- 2004: Spooks - In the sights of MI5 ( Spooks , TV series, episode 3x08)
- 2005: King Kong
- 2006: Prestige - The Masters of Magic (The Prestige)
- 2006: The Moor Murderess of Manchester ( Longford , TV movie)
- 2006: Stormbreaker
- 2006: Flushed Away ( Flushed Away , Voice of Spike )
- 2006: Sugarhouse
- 2008: Einstein and Eddington ( Einstein and Eddington , TV movie)
- 2008: Little Dorrit (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2008: The Cottage
- 2008: Inkheart (Inkheart)
- 2010: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- 2010: Brighton Rock
- 2010: Burke & Hare (Burke and Hare)
- 2010: Conference of Animals (voice of Charles )
- 2011: Planet of the Apes: Prevolution (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
- 2011: The Adventures of Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)
- 2011: Wild Bill - fucked up by life! (Wild Bill)
- 2012: At the end of a far too short day (Death of a Superhero)
- 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- 2014: Planet of the Apes: Revolution (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
- 2015: Avengers: Age of Ultron (The Avengers: Age of Ultron)
- 2015: Star Wars : The Force Awakens
- 2017: Planet of the Apes: Survival (War for the Planet of the Apes)
- 2017: Star Wars : The Last Jedi
- 2018: Black Panther
- 2018: Mowgli: Legend of the jungle ( Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle , Voice)
- 2019: Long Shot - Unlikely, but not impossible (Long Shot)
- 2019: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , voice)
- 2019: A Christmas Carol (TV series)
As a director
- 2017: As long as I breathe (Breathe)
- 2018: Mowgli: Legend of the jungle (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle)
As a producer
- 2017: The Ritual
- 2018: Mowgli: Legend of the jungle (Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle)
Web links
- Literature by and about Andy Serkis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andy Serkis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of Andy Serkis
- “My father was a bastard” - Interview with Andy Serkis , Constantin Magnis, Cicero , February 2010
- Portrait of Andy Serkis on film-zeit.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ ftvdb.bfi.org.uk
- ↑ Unknown world star: The Lord of Points, Spiegel Online, July 13, 2007
- ↑ Burke and Hare at IMDb.com , accessed November 20, 2010
- ^ Steven Spielberg produces "Tintin" with Peter Jackson. (No longer available online.) Klatsch-tratsch.de, January 27, 2009, archived from the original on April 3, 2011 ; Retrieved March 21, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ PC Games Hardware: Ryse PC: Technology Interview
- ↑ Netflix buys "Mowgli": Andy Serkis' jungle blockbuster does not come to the cinema. July 28, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Andy Serkis is directing "Venom 2". spiegel.de, August 6, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Serkis, Andy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Serkis, Andrew CG (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruislip Manor , Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |