who acts as gollum in lord of the rings
Andrew Clement Serkis
title: Andy Serkis text: Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and film director. 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 "" (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the "Planet of the Apes" reboot series (2011–17), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the first two "Star Wars" sequel trilogy films, "" (2015) and "" (2017). title: Francesco Vairano text: Francesco Vairano Francesco Vairano (born January 11, 1944) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Born in Naples, Vairano began his career in the late 1960s working as a theatre actor. He also made a small appearance on television in 1977 and again in 1988. He is generally well known to the Italian public as a voice dubber. He is best known for providing the Italian voices of Severus Snape from the "Harry Potter" film franchise and Gollum from both "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit". Vairano is also known for dubbing Dr. Bunsen Honeydew in "The Muppets". title: Andy Serkis text: director Mike Leigh's ensemble for two film productions, and appeared in the romantic comedy "Loop" (1997) alongside Susannah York. Serkis first came to wide public notice for his performance as Sméagol / Gollum, in "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy (2001–2003), for which he provided motion capture movements and voice for the CGI character. His work on "The Lord of the Rings" started a debate on the legitimacy of CGI-assisted acting. Some critics felt Serkis should have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, since his voice, body language, and facial expressions were used. Serkis has title: Martin Hannett text: Records and The Haçienda nightclub. In the DVD commentary, Wilson notes a review that described Hannett as Serkis' "strangest role" and points out that Serkis is best known for his portrayal of Gollum in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Wilson concludes that the reviewer's implication is correct, that indeed, Hannett was far stranger than the "Lord of the Rings" character. Hannett was portrayed by Ben Naylor in Anton Corbijn's film "Control" (2007). Martin Hannett James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991), initially credited as Martin Zero, was an English record producer and an original title: Gollum text: Kari Väänänen portrayed Gollum () in the 1993 live-action television miniseries "Hobitit" [The Hobbits] that was produced and broadcast by the Finnish network Yle. In Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Gollum is a CGI character voiced and performed by actor Andy Serkis. He is smaller than both Frodo and Sam. Barely glimpsed in "" (2001), he becomes a central character in "" (2002) and "" (2003). The CGI character was built around Serkis' facial features, voice, and acting choices. Serkis based the iconic ""gollum"" throat noise on the sound of his cat coughing up hairballs. Using