Andy Serkis is married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne. He has three children from his marriage. His net worth is $28 million. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards in his career.
Andrew Clement Serkis was born on April 20, 1964, in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK. He is English as far as his nationality, and is of mixed ethnicity. He is the son born to Lylie (born Weech) and Clement Serkis.
Andy Serkis’ father was an Iraqi-born gynecologist of American descent and his mother was an English teacher who taught disabled children. He grew up in Britain, with regular holidays in the Middle Eastn (Tyre, Sidon, Damascus, and Baghdad). …show more content…
Benedict’s School, Ealing in his early days. Later, he went to the Lancaster University, where he studied visual arts. He chose theatre as a secondary subject so that he could design posters.
Serkis was a part of the student radio station called Bailrigg FM and was a member of the County College at the time. He joined the Nuffield Studio, and was actively involved in designing and producing plays.
Andy Serkis performed in a couple of productions at the end of his first year. He played the lead role of a rebellious teenager holding a teacher hostage in Barrie Keeffe’s play titled Gotcha.
Serkis changed his major subject to acting and constructed his Independent Studies Degree around acting and set design. He studied Konstantin Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht including minor modules in art and visual