Lord Of The Rings Gollum Actor

English film actor director and author andy serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting animation and voice work for such computer generated characters as gollum in the lord of the rings film trilogy 2001 2003 and the hobbit.

Lord of the rings gollum actor. English film actor director and author andy serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting animation and voice work for such computer generated characters as gollum in the lord of the rings film trilogy 2001 2003 and the hobbit. Gollum is a fictional character from j. The ring obsessed stoor hobbit. It is unknown how he crossed the bridge of khazad.

He was recipient of the 2020 bafta outstanding contribution to cinema award. An unexpected journey 2012. On january 15 3019 the fellowship was divided when gandalf disappeared while fighting a balrog though he later returned. It is hard for me to believe that gollum as he is portrait in the movies would be possible without computer animation.

Gollum met and started following the fellowship of the ring in moria and was spotted and heard by frodo on several occasions. Lord of the rings movies. Andy serkis gollum andy serkis is an english actor narrator and film director who is famous for his character gollum in the lord of the rings. Wikipedia says gollum was played by andy serkis but he seems quite unreal to me.

Andy serkis got married to lorraine ashbourne in july 2002 and has three children. War for the planet of the apes. Serkis 56 played the corrupted character gollum in the big budget film trilogies lord of the rings and the hobbit directed by peter jackson. An unexpected journey 2012 the eponymous king kong in the 2005 film caesar.

While some actors were paid a few hundred thousand dollars for being in the lord of the rings films others like andy serkis made roughly one million dollars for signing on the dotted line. Tolkien s middle earth legendarium he was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel the hobbit and became important in its sequel the lord of the rings gollum was a stoor hobbit of the river folk who lived near the gladden fields originally known as sméagol he was corrupted by the one ring and later named gollum after his habit of making a. Andy serkis is a british actor director and author of iraqi and armenian descent known for his groundbreaking portrayal as gollum in the lord of the rings films alongside other roles. Is gollum played by an actor or is he computer made.

He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting animation and voice work for such computer generated characters as gollum in the lord of the rings film trilogy 2001 2003 and the hobbit. Recently amidst quarantine serkis read aloud the whole of j r r. His character now lives in infamy through hilarious memes like the my precious memes. An unexpected journey 2012 king kong in the eponymous 2005 film caesar in.

Tolkien s the hobbit on his youtube channel. Andy is one of the highest grossing actors of all time who received an empire award and two saturn awards.