Andy Serkis

Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkis (English: Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkis, born April 20, 1964) is a British actor, director and writer. He is best known for playing Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He was nominated for several awards for this. His performance in The Lord of the Rings Part II: The Two Cities won him a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. His portrayal of Ian Brady in the British television film Mystery earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Serkis reprized his role as Gollum in The Hobbit Movie Series. Other famous roles include: playing King Kong in "King Kong" in 2005, playing the orangutan Caesar in the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" in 2011, playing Captain Hardak in the live-action animation "The Adventures of Tintin" in 2011, and playing Captain Hardak in the 2015 "Revenge of the Apes". He played arms dealer Ulysses Klaue in "Age of Ultron" and "Black Panther" in 2018, and Snoke, the supreme leader of the villain First Legion in episodes 7 and 8 of the "Star Wars" series in 2015 and 2017.