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Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English film actor, director and author. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as: Gollum in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy (2001–2003) and ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in ''Rise'' (2011) and ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014), and Captain Haddock in Steven Spielberg's ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (2011). Upcoming motion capture roles include Supreme Leader Snoke in ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), Caesar in ''War for the Planet of the Apes'' (2017), and Baloo in ''Jungle Book: Origins'' (2017). Serkis' film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed, and he has been called the "godfather of motion capture."〔("Oscars debate for computerised stars makes a monkey out of movie actors" ). New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 11 January 2015〕〔("Should Oscar go to Andy Serkis or the computer that turned him into an ape?" ). The Independent. Retrieved 11 January 2015〕〔("Does Andy Serkis's motion capture acting deserve an Oscar?" ). The Telegraph. Retrieves 11 January 2015〕 Serkis has received an Empire Award, a National Board of Review Award, two Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his motion capture work. Serkis also earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film ''Longford'' (2006); and he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' (2010). In 2015, he had a small role in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''. Serkis has his own motion capture workshop, The Imaginarium Studios in London, and is set to use the technology with his directing debut, ''Jungle Book: Origins'', in 2017. ==Early life== Serkis was born and brought up in Ruislip Manor in Middlesex. His mother, Lylie (née Weech), was English and taught disabled children. His father, Clement Serkis, was an Iraqi gynaecologist of Armenian ethnicity. His ancestors' original surname was Serkisian. His father often worked away in the Middle East, while Serkis and his siblings were raised in Britain, with regular holidays in the Middle East including to Tyre, Sidon, Damascus and Baghdad.〔 Serkis was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, and then studied visual arts at Lancaster University. He chose theatre as a secondary subject so that he could design posters. Serkis was a member of the County College, and part of the student radio station Bailrigg FM. He joined the Nuffield Studio, getting involved in designing and producing plays. Having agreed to act in a couple of productions, towards the end of his first year Serkis played the lead role in Barrie Keeffe's play ''Gotcha'', as a rebellious teenager holding a teacher hostage. As a result, he changed his major subject to acting, constructing his Independent Studies Degree around acting and set design, studying Stanislavski and Brecht, and including minor modules in art and visual graphics. In his final year at Lancaster he adapted Raymond Briggs's graphic novel ''The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman'', a satire about the Falklands War, as a one-man show which he performed to acclaim. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Serkis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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