Andy Serkis

Personal context

Summary

Andy Serkis is a British actor, director, and producer known for performance-capture roles including Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes films, as well as directing Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and other adaptations. His work often explores the humanity of outsiders and the boundary between human and animal. He has called diversity important in cinema, while saying his Lord of the Rings films will not cast simply to tick boxes; early in his career, he described himself as a young socialist concerned about Thatcherism, unemployment, and racism. His 2017 appearance reading Donald Trump’s tweets as Gollum added a public satirical jab at Trump.