The 7 Greatest Andy Serkis Performances

Digital creatures that rewrote what acting could be, alongside flesh-and-blood villains and quiet scene-stealers. Which one wins?

1

Gollum

His groundbreaking motion-capture turn as the tormented creature in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

1000pts

2

Ian Brady

The chilling real-life Moors murderer he portrayed in the TV drama Longford.

848pts

3

Caesar

The evolving ape leader across the modern Planet of the Apes trilogy, widely called his finest work.

848pts

4

Kino Loy

The prison-shift foreman whose quiet defiance electrified the Star Wars series Andor.

521pts

5

King Kong

The giant ape he performed through subtle facial capture in Peter Jackson's 2005 epic.

382pts

6

Supreme Leader Snoke

The shadowy First Order ruler he portrayed in the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

382pts

7

Ulysses Klaue

The manic black-market arms dealer he played in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Black Panther.

212pts