He was ruled ineligible for a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 2003 Academy Awards because his character Gollum in Lord of the Rings onscreen was computer generated.

Based the voice of Gollum on the sounds his cats made while coughing up furballs.

His father was a doctor in Iraq. His mother taught handicapped children.

His family name, Serkis, is of Armenian descent like Mikhail Vartanov's and Sergei Parajanov's but originally would have been Sarkisian, Vartaniantz and Parajanian (respectively)

He went to St Benedict's School, London, UK.

Has three children, two sons and a daughter.

Completing and Directing Motion Capture for Playstation 3's game 'Heavenly Sword' at Weta Digital in Wellington, New Zealand. Plays the Character of 'King' in the game.

His performance as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is ranked #10 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Uses his "Gollum" voice on his children, for fun and/or when they misbehave.

Children: Sonny, Ruby and Louis George (born 19th June 2004).

Has three sisters and a brother.

Was required to don a wetsuit and flail around in literally freezing water during re-shoots for _Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)_.

His last day of filming on the Lord of the Rings trilogy was only a few weeks before the theatrical release of _Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)_. On the carpet of Peter Jackson's living room, they filmed the facial reaction of Smeagol/Gollum when he realizes Frodo intends to destroy the ring. The resulting video was e-mailed to Weta Digital so the animators could replicate the shot with the CGI character.

September 2004 - Attended the Armaggeddon Pulp Culture Expo Convention in Wellington, New Zealand as a Lord of the Rings guest

Is a vegetarian.

Owns one of two prop rings used in "Lord of the Rings." The other went to Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins.