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Is there a reliable source for him being of Armenian ancestry? Not the name, of course, and not the fan-submitted IMDB and the other trivia sites (NNDB, Netglimpse, etc. etc.), which have now become unreliable to the point of being comically so. Mad Jack 17:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, he was just interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live's Simon Mayo show, and he said that the family name was Serkisian three generations ago, and that his father was Iraqi and that he still has cousins living there, though he last visited the country when he was 14. It should be available on "Listen Again" [1] for the next week, and will probably be on the "Daily Mayo" podcast for 7 November. -- Arwel (talk) 15:23, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Did he actually say that he was of Armenian descent? Or just that his name was Sarkisian? Mad Jack 09:25, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check out this articles, where it clearly states that his father is Armenian:

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5324256.ece  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.152.170.253 (talk) 21:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply] 

One paragraph states that the academy award was not refused due to Gollum being of a CGI nature, whereas the trivia section almost states the opposite. Does it conflict? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Grigzie (talk • contribs) 00:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I was just wondering the same thing. Have added a contradiction tag. --Calair 02:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have altered the trivia section somewhat. AlbertSM 19:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There was no mention that he claimed the entire gollum character was him, basically taking any credit away from the animators. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.64.16.58 (talk) 17:28, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, what? Have you even bothered to read his autobiography on Gollum? At no point does he attempt to take away the animators' credit at all.--CyberGhostface (talk) 17:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Trivia section states: "He owns one of two prop rings used in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The other went to Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins. Prop rings were given to each of the ring bearers at the end of filming."

The last sentence is confusing. There were two other ring bearers in the films: Bilbo Baggins, played by Ian Holm, and Samwise Gamgee, played by Sean Astin. If indeed there were only two prop rings (i.e. of the One Ring) used in the films, then it should be made clear that only two of actors who played ring bearers were given prop rings. Paulannis (talk) 15:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't see any cite. Can someone confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.106.177.22 (talk) 07:47, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. http://atheism.about.com/b/2009/02/16/andy-serkis-on-being-an-atheist-parent.htm

I removed this edit for WP:NOR. However, if Andy taught/teaches at Anna Scher Theatre School that should be in. Is there a source? --Old Moonraker (talk) 13:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The article says that relatives of the Brady/Hindley victims objected to the Longford film and provides a now-dead link to support this. I can only find evidence that the relatives approved of it after being invited to a preview, although they did object to ITV's drama-doc about Brady earlier in the year. Can anyone find evidence to contradict this? If not then I shall rephrase the paragraph and insert a valid link to the point that I am making here, eg: [2] - Sitush (talk) 15:41, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The 15:43, 28 April 2011 Tony1 version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia.--Wing (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here it lists Serkis as playing gollum in all three parts of the hobbit, which he does not, he only does in An Unexpected Journey, as in the book, although he is a second unit director on all three parts. Frogkermit (talk) 23:46, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Source that he's playing Klaw in AOU?

66.203.18.56 (talk) 14:18, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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