Topic: Andy Serkis
Quotes
Elijah was given the ring from 'Fellowship of the Ring,
Serkis gets to keep 'precious' ring Jan 26, 2004
I do the Gollum voice when they don't go to bed
Family Serkis Jan 12, 2004
All the scenes that you see in the ['Apes'] movie are co-acted by everyone you see. Performance-capture, all it is, really, is a tool. There is no differentiation at all between live-action actors and performance-capture actors. It's all acting. ... What happens after the performance is a whole other area of wizardry
Franco, Serkis lured by 'Apes' technology and script Aug 15, 2011
It was a real challenge, a totally different character from anything I'd done before, regardless of the fact it's a similar species to a certain character I'd played before
Franco, Serkis lured by 'Apes' technology and script Aug 15, 2011
Andrew Clement G. "Andy" Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is a British actor, director and author. He is popularly known for playing Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he earned several award nominations, including the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He also played the title role in the 2005 King Kong remake and earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his portrayal of Ian Brady in the British television film Longford.
Serkis plays Caesar in the 2011 film, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Serkis will also co-star as Captain Haddock in the upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn film. In 2012, he will reprise the role of Gollum for The Hobbit.
Many of Serkis' most prominent roles, including those in Lord of the Rings, King Kong and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, have involved him being the subject of motion capture to animate and voice a computer generated character.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Andy Serkis."