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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.

Andy Serkis

Krypto the Superdog
for Krypto the Superdog in Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2013)
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Clark Kent begins his first year as Superman, emerging as Earth’s symbol of hope while balancing his life at the Daily Planet with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. A cosmic threat arrives: Brainiac, the collector of civilizations, seeking to add Earth and its greatest minds to his collection alongside the bottled city of Kandor. In the depths of Brainiac’s ship, Clark discovers Kandor still intact — and among Brainiac’s prisoners, a lone Kryptonian girl in stasis: Kara Zor-El, his cousin, sent from Krypton before its destruction. With her is Krypto, the loyal superdog who was part of an early Kryptonian rocket experiment. Clark frees Kara and Krypto, and as Kara awakens, she struggles to understand this new world and the loss of their home. Together, the cousins stand against Brainiac, whose cold logic sees Kryptonians as rare specimens to be preserved, not free. Clark’s compassion and Kara’s raw strength become the key to defeating Brainiac, not through power alone, but through proving the worth of free will and hope. Superman, Supergirl, and Krypto ensure Kandor’s safety, though the city remains trapped in its bottled state, promising future challenges. Post Credits: In the shadows of another city, a Batarang embeds into a monitor as Gotham news outlets report on Superman’s heroic rise.