Andy Serkis is a British actor known for his role as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Let’s discover Andy Serkis wife here.

He is also famous for his role in Caesar in the Dawn of the planet of the Apes films.

Andy Serkis Biography

Andy Serkis was born on 20th April 1964 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, the United Kingdom

Since his childhood, he wanted to be an artist because he was a painting and drawing buff.

He studied visual arts at Lancaster University and opted theater as a secondary subject in his course as he had no interest in acting at that time.

He developed his interest in acting when he played the lead role of a rebellious teenager holding a teacher hostage in Barrie Keeffe’s play titled “Gotcha.” He got a lot of appreciation and motivation from others, which prompted him to choose acting as his primary subject.

He follows vegetarianism. However, during the filming of The Lord of the Rings, he began consuming fish and no other meat.

He joined The Royal Court Theater and participated in a plethora of hit plays viz Dogboy, Bill Sikes in a television film of Oliver Twist, Wilson Milam’s production of Hurlyburly, and Shaftesbury Avenue.

After gaining a lot of experience in theater, he went on to make his career in the Television industry and did his debut on the TV show “The New Statesman,” playing the role of Peter Moran in 1989.

Andy did multitudinous small roles in many TV shows and films out of which some of his famous ones are- Greville in an episode of The Darling Buds of May in 1992, Albert Einstein in BBC/HBO production of Einstein and Eddington, and as Bill in the film Loop in 1997.

Andy started his acting career and joined a local theater team named Duke’s Playhouse as a backstage member to earn an Equity card.

He rose to fame after his splendid performance as Gollum in the trilogy series of The Lord of the Rings based on the novel of same title from 2001-2003.

Andy also voiced three Computer Generated Imagery characters named Robbie Magasiva, Jed Brophy, and Brent McIntyre.

He has three children, a daughter, Ruby, and two sons, Sonny and Louis Ashbourne Serkis (born 19 June, 2004), the latter of whom starred in the film The Kid Who Would Be King (2019).

Andy Serkis net worth as of 2020 is estimated at around $31 million dollars.

His father is Clement Serkis and his mother is Lylie Serkis.

His father who was a gynecologist was kept in prison under Saddam Hussein’s rule when he opened a hospital in Baghdad.

His father is of Armenian descent but is Iraqi. Their family’s name is originally “Serkisian”

Andy Serkis siblings have also caught attention due to his popularity. However, the actor has not discussed his private details in the media.

There are four Andy Serkis siblings as per a source. The performer has three sisters and one brother. Sadly, the names of Andy Serkis siblings are not available.

The Serkis family frequently visited the Middle East, and for the first ten years of his life, Andy traveled between Baghdad and London with his father, Clement Serkis, an ethnic Armenian physician whose actual surname was Serkissian.

Andy Serkis siblings were raised by au pairs since their mother Lylie, a British-born special education teacher of disabled children, was too busy to care for them.

Andy Serkis Wife:

On 22 July 2002, Ashbourne married actor Andy Serkis.

Luther star Andy Serkis revealed the strange way he met his famous wife on The Jonathan Ross Show. Andy Serkis was cheered on by his loving family, including his wife of 18 years, Lorraine Ashbourne, as he went to accept his award.