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Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such 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 the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), Baloo in his self-directed film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), also portraying Kino Loy in the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor (2022). Serkis's film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned a BAFTA and a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006). He was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for The Letter for the King (2020). Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018), as well as the Disney+ series What If...? (2021). He also played Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022). Serkis has his own production company and motion-capture workshop, The Imaginarium, in London, which he used for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe and also directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andy Serkis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Five years have passed since the Bat-Signal last lit up the clouds of Gotham. In the wake of a devastating tragedy that shattered the Bat-family, Bruce Wayne has become a ghost, a recluse haunted by a past he cannot outrun. But the city has grown darker in his absence. Under the cold grip of A.R.G.U.S., the infamous Arkham district has been walled off, turned into "Arkham State'', a sovereign military zone ruled by the iron fist of Dr. Hugo Strange. Strange’s mandate is simple: total containment. But rumors of "Protocol 10" and horrific biological experiments suggest a much more sinister agenda. When a classified leak reveals a personal connection to Bruce’s past trapped within the walls, the Dark Knight is forced to don the cowl once more. The film plunges the audience in media res into the snowy, blood-soaked streets of the walled-off city. Batman is already inside, and he isn't alone. In a move that defies every moral code he once held, he has liberated The Joker. Told through a fragmented, non-linear narrative, the audience must piece together why Batman has chosen to work with his greatest enemy. As the "Deadly Duo" carves a path through Strange’s private army and the grotesque "Monster Men" stalking the ruins, the Joker plays a sadistic game of psychological warfare, peeling back the layers of Bruce’s trauma. In this claustrophobic descent into madness, the mission is clear: find the heart of Strange’s operation and shut it down. But in a city built on secrets and fueled by vengeance, the greatest threat isn't the monsters behind the glass, it's the fragile bond between two enemies who have nothing left to lose.
