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| name= Andy Serkis
| name= Andy Serkis
| lifetime= [[April 20]], [[1964]]
| lifetime= [[20 April|April 20]], [[1964]]
| played= [[Gollum]]
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| film= [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]
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| imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785227/ Profile]
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'''Andy Serkis''' played [[Gollum]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]. He also appeared as Sméagol in [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King|The Return of the King]], and is rumoured to reprise his role in [[Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit]]. He based the gulping swallow sound "gollum" on his pet cat coughing up a furball.  
'''Andy Serkis''' is an English actor. He portrayed [[Gollum]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'']] and [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]], as well as providing voices for various characters in ''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series). He was the second unit director for ''The Hobbit'' (film series). In [[2020]], he narrated ''[[The Hobbit]]'' audiobook,<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/andy-serkis-records-audiobook-hobbit-harpercollins-1208925|articlename=Andy Serkis records audiobook of The Hobbit for HarperCollins|dated=July 2, 2020|website=[http://www.thebookseller.com/ The Bookseller]|accessed=}}</ref> and followed this up with an audiobook narration of all three ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' books in [[2021]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/andy-serkis-records-lord-rings-audiobooks-harpercollins-1267526|articlename=Andy Serkis records Lord of the Rings audiobooks for HarperCollins|dated=July 7, 2021|website=[http://www.thebookseller.com/ The Bookseller]|accessed=}}</ref> Since 2002, he has been married to actress [[Lorraine Ashbourne]], and together they have three children.


Serkis also provided voices for various [[Orcs]] in [[Peter Jackson's The Two Towers|The Two Towers]] and the [[Witch-king of Angmar]] in The Return of the King.  
==Gollum==
When he heard from his agent that [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399193/ John Hubbard] wanted to hear him as the voice of an animated character, Serkis originally felt dismayed. When told it was Gollum, it changed little: he had read ''[[The Hobbit]]'' when he was eight, but nothing else. Not until his (later) wife Lorraine convinced him to go to the audition did he actually think of doing it.  


Together with [[Gary Russell]], he wrote a book about his acting experience, titled ''[[Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic]]''.  
He recorded a demo, in which he portrayed Gollum full of self-pity and guilt, and he based the gulping swallow sound "gollum" on his cat Diz coughing up a furball.
 
At the advice of [[Fran Walsh]], he kept a diary, and this diary was later edited to become ''[[Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic]]''. It details his casting, the shooting, the additional motion capture, and the voice dubbing pick-ups.
 
Serkis spent a total of five years in [[New Zealand]], and did extra work later in London. He dubbed most of his lines as Gollum there, and also provided an eerie voice for the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]]. Together with [[Jim Dunk]], he also voiced most of the [[Uruk-hai]] in [[Uglúk]]'s troop.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
{{quote|They're only scorned because they're into something popular. But it's just the same as supporting a football team or being madly into Picasso or Brahms. And it's certainly a lot more fun than chess.| Andy Serkis on [[Tolkien fandom]]}}
{{quote|They're only scorned because they're into something popular. But it's just the same as supporting a football team or being madly into Picasso or Brahms. And it's certainly a lot more fun than chess.| Andy Serkis on [[Tolkien fandom]], [http://tinyurl.com/6lxkxr Interview]}}
{{quote|This must be totally bizarre to them. I mean, at least when I look up at them I see [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and I just play off them, but when they look at me, all they must see is a man in a gimp suit, with a face that makes Jim Carrey's look relaxed and a voice that sounds like a cat being sick.|Andy Serkis on filming with [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Sean Astin]], ''[[Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic]]''.}}


==Roles==
==Roles==
* ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king
* [[2021]] - ''The Return of the King'' (audiobook) - Narrator
* ''[[Peter Jackson's The Two Towers]]'' - Gollum, Orcs
* [[2021]] - ''The Two Towers'' (audiobook) - Narrator
* ''[[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king
* [[2021]] - ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (audiobook) - Narrator
* ''[[Ringers: Lord of the Fans]]'' - Himself
* [[2020]] - ''The Hobbit'' (audiobook) - Narrator
* ''[[The Making of "The Lord of the Rings"]]'' - Himself
* [[2012]] - ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' - Gollum  
* ''[[The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king
* [[2006]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|EA's The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king
* ''[[The Return of the King (game)]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king (archive footage)
* [[2005]] - ''[[Ringers: Lord of the Fans]]'' - Himself
* ''[[The Third Age|The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age]]'' - Gollum (archive footage)  
* [[2004]] - ''[[Gollum's acceptance speech]]'' - Himself, Gollum
* [[2004]] - ''[[EA's The Third Age]]'' - Gollum (archive footage)
* [[2004]] - ''[[DNZ: The Real Middle Earth]]'' - Himself, Gollem (sic)
* [[2003]] - ''[[EA's The Return of the King]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king (archive footage)
* [[2003]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' - Sméagol, Gollum, Witch-king
* [[2002]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' - Gollum, Orcs, [[Snaga (orc of Isengard)|Snaga]] (voice), [[Mauhúr]] (voice)
* [[2002]] - ''[[The Making of The Lord of the Rings]]'' - Himself
* [[2001]] - ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Gollum, Witch-king, Black Riders (voice)


==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[2002]] - '''[http://www.cinemaclips.com/PFCS.htm PFCS Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
* [[2002]] - '''[http://www.cinemaclips.com/PFCS.htm PFCS Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
* [[2003]] - '''[http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/ OFCS Award]''', Best Ensemble, ''[[Peter Jackson's The Two Towers]]''  
* [[2003]] - '''[http://ofcs.rottentomatoes.com/ OFCS Award]''', Best Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''  
* 2003 - '''PFCS Award''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''
* 2003 - '''PFCS Award''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''
* 2003 - '''[http://www.vesawards.com/awards/ VES Award]''', Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* 2003 - '''[http://www.vesawards.com/awards/ VES Award]''', Best Performance by an Actor in an Effects Film, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* 2003 - '''[http://www.saturnawards.org/ Saturn Award]''', Best Supporting Actor, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* 2003 - '''[http://www.saturnawards.org/ Saturn Award]''', Best Supporting Actor, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* 2003 - '''[http://www.mtv.com/ MTV Movie Award]''', Best On-Screen Team, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* 2003 - '''[http://www.mtv.com/ MTV Movie Award]''', Best On-Screen Team, ''Peter Jackson's The Two Towers''  
* [[2004]] - '''[http://www.bfca.org/ Critics' Choice Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]]''
* [[2004]] - '''[http://www.bfca.org/ Critics' Choice Award]''', Best Acting Ensemble, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.nbrmp.org/ NBR Award]''', Best Acting by an Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.nbrmp.org/ NBR Award]''', Best Acting by an Ensemble, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.empireonline.com/ Empire Award, UK]''', Best British Actor, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.empireonline.com/ Empire Award, UK]''', Best British Actor, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.sagawards.org/ SAG Award]''', Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
* 2004 - '''[http://www.sagawards.org/ SAG Award]''', Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, ''Peter Jackson's The Return of the King''
==Bibliography, selected==
===Books===
*[[2003]]: ''[[Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic]]''
===Articles===
*[[2003]]: ''[[The Art of The Two Towers]]''
** "Afterword"
*[[2013]]: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
** "Introduction"


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.serkis.com/ Official website]
* '''[http://www.serkis.com/ Official website]'''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Serkis Wikipedia Profile]
* {{WP|Andy Serkis}}
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/03/16/sv_andyserkis.xml Interview]


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Andy Serkis.jpg
Andy Serkis
LifetimeApril 20, 1964
PortrayedGollum in:
 The Lord of the Rings (film series)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
PortrayedWitch-king of Angmar (voice) in:
 The Lord of the Rings (film series)
IMDbProfile

Andy Serkis is an English actor. He portrayed Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (film series), as well as providing voices for various characters in The Lord of the Rings (film series). He was the second unit director for The Hobbit (film series). In 2020, he narrated The Hobbit audiobook,[1] and followed this up with an audiobook narration of all three The Lord of the Rings books in 2021.[2] Since 2002, he has been married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne, and together they have three children.

Gollum[edit | edit source]

When he heard from his agent that John Hubbard wanted to hear him as the voice of an animated character, Serkis originally felt dismayed. When told it was Gollum, it changed little: he had read The Hobbit when he was eight, but nothing else. Not until his (later) wife Lorraine convinced him to go to the audition did he actually think of doing it.

He recorded a demo, in which he portrayed Gollum full of self-pity and guilt, and he based the gulping swallow sound "gollum" on his cat Diz coughing up a furball.

At the advice of Fran Walsh, he kept a diary, and this diary was later edited to become Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic. It details his casting, the shooting, the additional motion capture, and the voice dubbing pick-ups.

Serkis spent a total of five years in New Zealand, and did extra work later in London. He dubbed most of his lines as Gollum there, and also provided an eerie voice for the Witch-king of Angmar. Together with Jim Dunk, he also voiced most of the Uruk-hai in Uglúk's troop.

Quotes[edit | edit source]

"They're only scorned because they're into something popular. But it's just the same as supporting a football team or being madly into Picasso or Brahms. And it's certainly a lot more fun than chess."
― Andy Serkis on Tolkien fandom, Interview
"This must be totally bizarre to them. I mean, at least when I look up at them I see Frodo and Sam, and I just play off them, but when they look at me, all they must see is a man in a gimp suit, with a face that makes Jim Carrey's look relaxed and a voice that sounds like a cat being sick."
― Andy Serkis on filming with Elijah Wood and Sean Astin, Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic.

Roles[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Bibliography, selected[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Articles[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

References

  1. ↑ "Andy Serkis records audiobook of The Hobbit for HarperCollins" dated 2 July 2020, The Bookseller (accessed 23 April 2024)
  2. ↑ "Andy Serkis records Lord of the Rings audiobooks for HarperCollins" dated 7 July 2021, The Bookseller (accessed 23 April 2024)
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