Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor, director and producer. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001â2003) and
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the
Planet of the Apes reboot trilogy (2011â2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's
The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the
Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and
The Last Jedi (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the
Star Wars Disney+ series
Andor (2022).