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Andy Serkis stars as Caesar in the sci-fi actioner "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," a prequel to the "Planet of the Apes" story, with James Franco and Freida Pinto. He also stars as Captain Haddock in Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's movie "Tintin," based on Hergé's French comic book hero. Serkis will also reprise his role as Gollum from the acclaimed "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in the prequels, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" and "The Hobbit: There and Back Again."

Andy Serkis has been working in the film, television and theater industries for over twenty years as an actor, filmmaker, director and pioneer of performance capture. Probably most well known for his aforementioned performance as Gollum and his role as Kong in "King Kong," Serkis has become highly involved in developing the art and craft of performance in the digital realm. He is currently spearheading The Imaginarium, a London-based studio and academy that aims to service film and games, produce its own material and provide a laboratory for emerging visual and performing artists to explore new performance capture applications.

As a stage actor, Serkis has appeared in over 40 productions in London, and in theaters across Britain, most recently as Iago in "Othello" by William Shakespeare. On film and television, Serkis has acted in over 60 productions, receiving great acclaim, nominations and awards for his roles, most recently as Albert Einstein in "Einstein and Eddington," and for his Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated performance in "Longford." Serkis was BAFTA nominated for his role as the legendary British proto-punk Ian Dury in the biopic "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll," and starred alongside Simon Pegg in John Landis' "Burke & Hare."

As director, Serkis has worked across all performance media. He directed performances in Ninja Theory/Sony's hit Playstation 3 title "Heavenly Sword," setting a new benchmark for emotionally engaging characters in videogames. His second game project was "Enslaved," again with Ninja Theory. Serkis directed and produced the short film "Snake, and The Double Bass" for the stage.



In 2009 Serkis teamed up with producer Jonathan Cavendish ("Bridget Jones," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age") to form Caveman Films. He has several feature film projects in development and is planning to shoot his feature directorial debut, "The Giant," in New Zealand in 2011.




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ANDY SERKIS: FACTS

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Age: 48 years old
Birthday: April 20, 1964
Height: 5' 8"
Nickname: Gollum
Birthplace: Ruislip, London, England, UK
Wife: Lorraine Ashbourne (7/22/2002, 3 children)





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ANDY SERKIS: TWITTER
May 24, 2012
@anana_nubia Nick Cage is awesome in Drive Angry, Simon Pegg & #AndySerkis in Burke & Hare, and crazy people try to rob a bank in Flypaper.
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Andy Serkis nude, hot damn!
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@TobiZelazny I even miss #AndySerkis XD
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Served one of my favorite actors last night: #AndySerkis aka Gollum, King Kong and Caesar (Rise of the Planet of the Apes). What a nice guy!
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