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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
Gorilla Grodd
for Gorilla Grodd in The Flash (Season II)
Suggested by g0thamite
Iris' nephew Wally develops super speed similar to Barry's (some version of a new origin would be done here, I don't want him to just have the "stages the same accident as Barry" origin). So Flash takes him under his wing as Kid Flash. Gorilla Grodd comes to Central City demanding Barry surrender himself to him. Barry is (soundly) defeated by Grodd, and taken back to Gorilla City. Wally, now without his mentor, is forced to team up with Captain Cold and Heatwave to go rescue his mentor. Grodd tells Barry he wants his Speed Force as Grodd is dying and believes it can save him (he also thinks it is his birthright). Wally, Snart and Rory get to Gorilla City, rescue Barry and escape Grodd. They are helped by Congorilla and others sparking a revolution in the City. At some point in the movie Iris and Barry start dating. We see all the DC apes in this; Grodd, Congorilla, Silverback, Ultra-Humanite, Primeape and Solovar. [Plot by u/shablam96 on Reddit]
