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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.
Poppy Playtime is a 2025 American psychological horror film based on the video game of the same name developed by Mob Entertainment. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films and The Stone Quarry, it is the first of a three-part adaptation to the game, primarily covering the first two chapters. Directed by Jodie Foster from a screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan and Gore Verbinski, the film stars Piper Rubio as the title character, alongside Emma Roberts, Jeffrey Wright, Tika Sumpter, Andy Serkis, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Hemsworth as Huggy Wuggy, and Jennifer Tilly as Mommy Long Legs. In the film, a former employee of the Playtime Company befriends Poppy Playtime, its titular mascot, and they both go into conflict with the now-hostile creatures living within the company's facility, which has been abandoned for seven years. Released as a Netflix film, Poppy Playtime opened in theaters on December 2nd, 2025; it received generally positive reviews with critics and audiences praising its atmosphere, direction, visual effects, jumpscares, Hans Zimmer's musical score, themes, cinematography, Rubio's performance and the faithfulness to the source material, but critics found the dialogue and Huggy Wuggy's screentime lacking. It was also a box-office success, grossing $813 million worldwide. A sequel entitled Poppy Playtime II: Playcare was released just a year later.
