Andy Serkis Career Retrospective | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

Career Q&A with Andy Serkis. Moderated by Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
Biography
Andy Serkis is known to millions of fans for his portrayal of the depraved creature Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, as the giant ape Kong in Jackson's King Kong and as Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. For his portrayal of the revolutionary chimpanzee Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Andy received a Virtuoso Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and was nominated as Best Supporting Actor by the film critics associations of Houston, San Diego and the Washington Area as well as the 2011 Satellite Awards and the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards. He reprised his role as Caesar in 2014's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Andy earned the Evening Standard Film Award for Best Actor for his tour-de-force portrayal of rocker Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. He scored nominations for the Emmy and the Golden Globe for playing murderer Ian Brady in Longford and earned the Empire Award for Best British Actor for The Return of the King. Along the way he's portrayed Albert Einstein, Vincent van Gogh and, in Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy, the madcap choreographer John D'Auban.
In recent years, Andy has branched into other aspects of entertainment. He's directed a short film, Snake and a stage play, The Double Bass. He was Second Unit Director of The Hobbit. He's been active as a writer, director and performer in some of the most successful video games.
Andy formed Caveman Films to produce independent films in UK, and The Imaginarium Studios in London to bring performance capture and other technology to bear on the performing arts.

[@super-qf1qh]

Such a remarkable actor with so much talent and diversity, its weird to think he found his passion for acting through stage design. Just shows how unpredictable life can be!

[@lucypayne5786]

I just admire Andy Serkis so unbelievably much and I love acting. He inspires me and its so funny to hear his own stories about his experiences. To meet him would just be a dream come true to be honest.

[@thelucianiancu]

Idk about y'all, but I liked the interviewer, he was laughing too loud sometimes, but I find it funny tho cause the guy was genuinely happy to be there with Andy, his smile was real, and by the smile of Andy, he was having a good time too 😁😁

[@planetpompom]

I love listening to Andy talk, he has such interesting stories and thoughtful opinions.

[@Chocobear555]

And that *voice*. I could listen to him talk all day!

[@_CoasterNinja]

Whoa! Mantz! Just stumbled upon this vid! Cool to see you talking one on one with Serkis.

[@roman-cq1si]

great interview, great answers

[@mirandamirae]

I'm a big fan of Andy's. He is so talented. For the industry to question his talents due to cgi effects is ridiculous. Considering how far effects have come to mimic an actors movements so to a T that it's pretty much them in makeup. Which brings me to the idea that I think Andy Serkis would be a GREAT pick for the lead role if they ever did a biopic about Lon Chaney.

[@micmacnz]

A perfect Mark Hamil impression

[@19jacinta88]

1:05:01 that giggle

[@manyhatcat4924]

Does anyone know who he said was his favorite actor? His voice became so quiet I can't make it out.

[@mathiaslizm9561]

Isnt this interviewer from AMC?

[@Chocobear555]

Who's his favorite actor, again? I couldn't make out the name.

[@annastevens1526]

Phillip Seymour Hoffman

[@WarSwan]

Lol hes from Movie Fights

[@Gam3Junkie]

Smeagol!

[@lynn304]

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[@pacovl46]

Eddie Vedder is so NOT from Metallica! :-)

[@lynn304]

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