In this article, the surname is Ashbourne Serkis, not Serkis.

Louis George Ashbourne Serkis (born 19 June 2004) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Alex in the 2019 fantasy adventure film The Kid Who Would Be King.[1]

Early life

Ashbourne Serkis was born on 19 June 2004 in Haringey, north London.[2] He is the youngest son of actor and director Andy Serkis and actress Lorraine Ashbourne[3] with an older sister, Ruby, and an older brother. He attended Highgate School.[4]

Career

Ashbourne Serkis began acting on television. In May 2016, he made his film debut portraying Young Hatter in Alice Through the Looking Glass. In July 2017, he portrayed Peter in the English version of Mary and the Witch's Flower, and also appeared in The Current War. In November 2018, he appeared as the wolf cub Bhoot in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, directed by and co-starring his father. In February 2019, he starred as Alex in The Kid Who Would Be King.[5]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Cute Young Hobbit Extended edition
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Young Tarrant Hightopp
2017 Mary and the Witch's Flower Peter (voice) English dub
The Current War Older Dash
2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle Bhoot (voice) Also motion capture
2019 The Kid Who Would Be King Alex
2022 Allelujah Andy [6]
2023 Path to Ecstasy Adam Short film
Arcade Billy Short film
TBA † Desperate Journey Karl Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Endeavour Tommy Cork Series 2; episode 4: "Neverland"
2016–2019 Noddy, Toyland Detective Noddy Series 1 and 2; 7 episodes
2017 Taboo Robert Episodes 1 and 4–8
SS-GB Douggie Archer Mini-series; episodes 1, 2 and 4
2020 The Queen's Gambit Georgi Girev Mini-series; episode 4: "Middle Game"
2022 No Return Noah Powell Mini-series; episodes 1–4
2025 Out There Johnny Williams Mini-series; episodes 1–6[7]

References

  1. ^ "Joe Cornish on the Brexit parallels of 'The Kid Who Would Be King'". Los Angeles Times. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Andy Serkis admits to embarrassing his daughter on set of Netflix show". Belfasttelegraph.
  3. ^ Drysdale, Jennifer (22 January 2019). "Andy Serkis' Son Louis Shares the Acting Advice He Got From His Dad (Exclusive)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ Angulo Chen, Sandie (28 January 2019). "The star of 'The Kid Who Would Be King' has acting in his blood". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Yes, that is Andy Serkis' son Louis Serkis in The Kid Who Would Be King, and he's incredible". Metro US. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ "first Look Images for Allelujah Starring Judi Dench, Jennifer Saunders". thepeoplesmovies.com. 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/out-there-air-date-itv-newsupdate/
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Ashbourne_Serkis
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