Biography
Andrew Clement Serkis - theater and cinema actor, director, dubling actor and Pioneer Motion Capture method. Despite the fact that in the filmography of the artist, many blockbusters, Andrew, rarely recognize on the streets and ask for an autograph: Thanks to the capture technology of his heroes, the performer itself is very much.Childhood and youth
Serkis was born on April 20, 1964 in the Administrative District of the United Kingdom - London. His childhood and youth passed in the town of Ruizlip, located in Hillingdon. The boy grew in an ordinary family, in which there were no creative people, no more actors. In addition to Andy, his parents raised four more children.
Mother, Englishwoman Lily, worked as a defectologist and teach children with disabilities, and Father Clement Serkis was a gynecologist of Armenian origin from Iraq. According to rumors, the grandfather and grandmother Andy lived in the USSR. Initially, the surname of the ancestors of the actor sounded like Sargsyan, but after moving to another country, she began to pronounce in English manner.
Creative vein thanks to Armenian roots manifested itself from Andy early. The young man wanted to become a great expressionist as Francis Bacon, so in his spare time he was painting. Andy studied at the Saint Benedict School. Having received a certificate of maturity, Serkis continued his studies at Lancaster University, where he fastened the Aza artistic craft.
Theater and films
Andy theatrical art chose an optional subject to be able to draw posters to the upcoming performances. In the future, the young man began to go to the scene as an actor: he performed a major role in the play of English playwright Barry Kiffa "Quick". In his youth, the artist played the "Faust" of Johann Goethe and Macbeth William Shakespeare.A low actor (the growth of Andy - 173 cm, the weight is about 70 kg) every year he received proposals from the famous directors and moved wide steps to the expanses of cinema, nomadsya from one project to another. For his skills, he was not nominated for a number of prestigious premiums - the Golden Globe and Emmy.
In 2001, Andy caught good luck for the tail: appeared in a large-budget cult film on the novel by John Tolkina "The Lord of the Rings: Brotherhood of the Ring", which received world recognition and glory among critics and fans of the cinema. He played a cult character of the trilogy - a depleted Wolfish Hollum, who was pretended by "his treasure".
To create this fictional creature, Motion Capture technology was used: Serkis was dressed in a special suit with sensors, and its television traffic was recorded by a computer program and converted into a 3D model. Although Andy was not present in the film "Personally," to reincarnate in the mysterious Hollum was really difficult.
First, the Sägola has intermittent and jumping speech, as well as a hoarse and extravagant voice in which the smallest emotions are transferred, be it lust, fear or hatred. Secondly, the hero experiences a split personality, and thirdly, he is unusually plastic: Hollum constantly spinning and jumped.
After the exit "The Lord of the Rings: The Brotherhood of the Ring" Kinoman believed that Andy deserves Oscar, but the Film Academy did not consider it possible to reward it, since, according to the Commission, this role is not suitable for all evaluation criteria.
In addition, Serkis made an actor in the capture of movement in the new part of King Cong and the fantastic film "The uprising of the planet of the monkeys", where Caesar's primacy was played by a monkey rebel.
Attention deserves the image of the Supreme Leader of Snowka, which the artist embodied in "Star Wars: Awakening of Power". The project was created at full secrecy, so Serkis, like many other performers, learned about his participation practically before filming. The film was recognized as one of the most cash offices in the history of world cinema: fees amounted to more than $ 2 billion.
In 2006, Andy smiled again Fortune. He appeared in the sensational thriller Christopher Nolan "Prestige", where the stars of the world scale were played: Hugh Jackman, Michael Kane and Scarlett Johansson. The project was distinguished by its scale: to persuade David Bowie for the role of Nikola Tesla, the director flew to negotiate New York. Serkis became the last artist who joined the scenic group.
In the film "Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll", Serkis not only reincarnated in the main character - the musician Ian Dury, but also acted as a producer. The image was close to the artist - in his youth Rocker studied painting under the leadership of Peter Blake.
Later, the film "Avengers: Era Altron" was added to the list of work of the artist. In the superhero blockbuster, Andy embodied on the screen the image of Ulysses CLO. This character, Serkis, also played in the Black Panther, where Martin Freimen was delivered by his partner.
In 2017, Andy debuted as director. He released the melodrama "I breathe for us." The film is devoted to the biography of an English lawyer, which after the suffering disease turned out to be completely paralyzed and translated into the apparatus of artificial respiration.
After a year, Serkis has presented the adventure drama "Mowgli", in which he himself took part in the dubbing role of the bear ball. A whole village was built for the film in South Africa. Part of the filming took place in the studio in the UK. The project premiere took place on the Netflix Stregnation Service.
The role of the ball is not the first in Serkis's career as an actor of visualing. Her voice is spoken by the characters "Simpsons", the animation film "Union of Beasts" and others.
For an outstanding contribution to Andy's British cinema was awarded BAFTA award. According to the organizers of the award, Serkis became the "Pioneer of the developing art Performance Capture and expanded the concept of" acting work "in the XXI century."
Personal life
In the life of Andy Serkis - a cheerful man, accustomed to giving journalists, fans and close people with a radiant smile, as evidenced by numerous photos in "Instagram".
The actor is not deprived of a sense of humor: on one of the American programs, Andy was brilliantly born in the image and read the "Twitter" Donald Trump with Hollum's voice, and in the role of Prime Minister of Britain, Teresa Mei, he said about breczite.
It is known that Serkis is an exemplary family man, his personal life has happened happily. In the summer of 2002, Andy married Actress Lorrain Eshborn. Together with his wife, he settled in London. The couple became parents of three children - the daughters of Ruby and Sons of Sonny and Louis.
Andy Serkis now
In 2021, Serkis completed the next director's project - "Venom: May Carnazh", the second film franchise. In the superhero militant, Tom Hardy played the main character. The shooting took place in Atlanta and on the streets of New York. The executor of the leading role practically did not fulfill the tricks, it was duplicated to 10 cascaders.Now Andy continues to actively film and serials. He participated in the creation of a project about Batman, who became the first film restarting the superhero franchise. Because of the pandemic of coronavirus infection, the premiere was postponed for 2022.
In addition, the production company Serkis IMAGINARIUM PRODUCTIONS has acquired the rights to the decree not yet released Catriona Ward The Last House on Needless Street. It is assumed that Andy will undertake to direct or produce the project.
Filmography
- 1994 - "Prince of Jutland"
- 1997 - "Career"
- 1998 - "Among the giants"
- 2001-2003 - "The Lord of the Rings"
- 2005 - King Kong
- 2006 - "Prestige"
- 2008 - "Dorriton"
- 2011 - "Rise of the planet of the monkeys"
- 2015 - "Star Wars: Awakening of Power"
- 2017 - "Planet Monkeys: War"
- 2018 - "Black Panther"
- 2019 - "That more couple"
- 2019 - "Christmas Song"
- 2020 - "letter of king"
- 2021 - "Special services: alarm"