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15 March, 2008
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Andy Serkis turns on the Regent Street Christmas Lights
Tuesday, 7 November 2006
Andy Serkis earns eDIT9 Special Achievement Award
Andy Serkis, Ray Harryhausen, and Terry Gilliam were honored at the eDIT 9 Filmmaker’s Festival in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 26, 2006.
The first Filmmaker’s Festival Special Achievement Award, for unique individual contribution to filmmaking, was presented to Serkis for his performances as Gollum in THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and Kong in KING KONG.
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January 8, 2006
Newsweek: Can Apes Win Oscars?
December 22, 2005
Utah Film Critics: Andy Serkis "Best Supporting Actor"
Utah Film Critics honored Andy Serkis as Best Supporting Actor for "Kong". Runner-up was Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man. More
December 22, 2005
Toronto Film Critics Special Award
The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded Andy Serkis a special citation "for his unprecedented work in helping to realize the main character in King Kong."
December 21, 2005
Broadcast Film Critics Association Special Award
December 6, 2005
Photos from the NY Premiere of KING KONG
November 29, 2005
Watch Andy on Access Hollywood (13.4MB MOV)
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November 29, 2005
New section added for Performance Capture
November 27, 2005
New photos of Andy as "Lumpy the Cook" in
the upcoming film King Kong
October 20, 2005
New section added for Andy's directing projects.
June 21, 2005
The American Film Institute announced their choices for "The Top 100 Quotes from U.S. Films," including "My Precious" from The Two Towers
June 22, 2004
Lorraine Ashbourne and Andy Serkis proudly announce the
birth of Louis George Ashbourne Serkis, Saturday 19th June at 8.05pm in
London.
He's their third child. Mother and baby are in good health.
June 11, 2004
Andy Serkis will play the title character in Peter Jackson's film King Kong. Details
April 14, 2004
World Premiere for 13 Going on 30
Photos from the Premiere
February 5, 2004: Andy Serkis receives the Empire Award for "Best British Actor," for his performance as Gollum in Return of the King.
February 1, 2004: Actor Andy Serkis and his wife, actress Lorraine Ashbourne joined children and families at Barnardo’s Spark Centre in Bethnal Green last week, to celebrate the installation of a new IT suite. Details
December 30, 2003: Andy Serkis nominated "Best Supporting Actor" by the Online Film Critics Society
December 1, 2003
Return of the King Premiere in Wellington, NZ
Photos
The publication date is December 1, 2003 for
Gollum
by: Andy Serkis
In the UK: Published by Harper Collins
In the US: Published by Houghton Mifflin
More Details
Archived News:
THE DOUBLE BASS
Directed by Andy Serkis
Opens September 29
Southwark Playhouse, London
Post-show discussions with Andy Serkis on
6th, 7th and 9th October
To celebrate the worldwide success of the video release of The Two Towers, Serkis.com is offering the opportunity to win a beautiful signed photo of Andy Serkis as Gollum. Click here to enter.
19 August 2003:
Andy asks you to support the work of
Hope Foundation
UK
19 July 2003, personal appearance at ComicCon in San Diego
3 June 2003: While filming 13 GOING ON 30 in Hollywood, Andy met Russian pop duo t.A.t.U ("Not Gonna Get Us")
Lena, Andy, Yulia
Los Angeles, May 2003
Photo by Keith Stern
18 May 2003: Winner!
Saturn Award for
Best Supporting Actor
Los Angeles, May 2003
18 March 2003 Newsday:
Shoulda Been A Contender
Hollywood's tiny brain can't quite fathom just what kind of performance Serkis gives. Or whether it's even a "real'' performance. Serkis, you see, plays Gollum, the grotesque, schizoid creature that stalks heroic hobbits Frodo and Sam. Serkis acted out the character in a bodysuit with the other actors. Then he had to record the character's vocals and mime his actions in another studio so that all you would see on screen is a computer-generated gargoyle that both frightens you and breaks your heart. One would have thought that Serkis' heroic physical and imaginative exertions, along with their astonishing result, were enough to guarantee a nomination. One should know better. Maybe next year, when "LOTR'' winds down, they'll know better. - Gene Seymour, Newsday
Sunday March 16, 2003, Book Soup, West Hollywood
Andy signed copies of
The Lord of the Rings: The Art of The Two Towers
Photos Here
6 March, 2003 Andy Serkis nominated for Saturn Award, Best Supporting Actor
February 18, 2003 Gollum: Dissed by the Oscars?
February 5, 2003: Andy Serkis nominated for Best Supporting Actor by International Online Film Critics
January 31, 2003: Andy Serkis at Theater Neo Q&A
January 31, 2003: The Man Behind the Gollum
January 30, 2003: AICN Interview
January 29, 2003: The Hot Button
January 29, 2003: Empire Awards Nominate Andy Serkis for Best British Actor
January 28, 2003: Andy Serkis nominated for SAG Award as part of "Outstanding Performance by a Cast"
January 27, 2003: FilmForce Interview
January 17, 2003: Broadcast Film Critics name "Gollum" Best Digital Actor
"Putting a Human Face on It" -- Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2002
Broadcast Film Critics Association nominate "Gollum" for Best Digital Actor Award, December 17, 2002
Cinescape: "The Precious Andy Serkis"
ABC News: "Everybody Loves Gollum"
National Post: "Is Gollum Worthy? Yes"
Excerpt from Daily Variety, 21 November 2002
"Oscar hopeful Serkis 'Towers' over CGI brethren "
As Gollum in 'Rings' sequel, thesp puts his lifeblood into a central figure
By MICHAEL FLEMING
There was never any Oscar buzz for the performances of Jar Jar Binks or Dobby, but New Line is hoping that Gollum will be up for an acting Academy Award in March.
"This all started with an offer to do three weeks of voiceover work as Gollum," said Serkis. "I remember thinking, a voiceover? Why can't I get offered a decent acting role in a major movie? I'm known for being chameleon-like as an actor, and I've played a lot of quirky, physical roles in Mike Leigh's movies. This didn't seem that involved."
Serkis soon learned from Jackson and his screenwriting-producing partner Fran Walsh that vocal skills would be only part of the Gollum job. "Peter had the idea to do something unprecedented," Serkis said. "Even though Gollum would be computer-generated, Peter wanted all the emotion and the physicality to come from a single performance." Instead of three weeks, Serkis worked the better part of the last year, logging more hours than any other actor in the "Rings" ensemble.
"Much the way that John Rhys-Davies hardly looks like the dwarf Gimli after being shrunk and wearing heavy prosthetic makeup, I feel like I'm wearing CG prosthetics. There is a satisfaction in playing one of the great literary character creations, being able to play Gollum without being pinned down by him for the rest of my life. Some anonymity is the actor's greatest weapon."
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