Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkisis an English film actor, director and author. 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 trilogyand The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the eponymous King Kong in the 2005 film, Caesar in Riseand Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintinand Supreme Leader...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 April 1964
CityLondon, England
It is very much a character piece and very much about relationships. A lot of the themes in the film are about isolation and love, with all the characters isolated in some way.
Working with and collaborating with and for Peter Jackson was an incredible experience because he is such a phenomenal filmmaker.
When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth.
In performance capture roles, it's not a committee of animators that author the role, it's the actor. I think that's a significant thing for people to understand.
If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or devastating - what a live-action performance does.
If you're in a motion-capture studio, you have spherical, reflective markers, which are picked up by cameras that emit infrared - it reflects it, and then the cameras pick up the data.
It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.
If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.
I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums.
I've always been really in touch with my primal instincts. In my profession, you have to be.
I'm a shockingly bad sleeper. In bed very late. Awake at the crack of dawn.
I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really!
I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are, and has good and bad sides.
I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects.