Gollum
Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", and became an important character 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 horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
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). In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, "".