Gollum
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Gollum is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, and became a major character in its sequel, The Lord of the
Sculpture of Gollum catching fish at Wellington Airport, New Zealand, 2013, to mark the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
One suggestion is that Gollum derives from golem, the name of a being in Jewish folklore (Prague golem pictured).
A very large Gollum in Tove Jansson's illustration for the 1962 Swedish translation of The Hobbit, before Tolkien stated that the monster was small
Gollum by Frederic Bennet, 2014 (detail)
Andy Serkis
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Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and director. He is best known for his critically acclaimed roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice acting for computer-generated charact
Gollum
…in Ralph Bakshi's animated film version and the BBC's 1981 radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. He was portrayed through motion capture by Andy Serkis in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The "Gollum and Sméagol" scene in The Two Towers directly…
Serkis at the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Wellington in 2003
Serkis at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Serkis promoting Dawn of the Planet of the Apes at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con
Serkis and his wife Lorraine Ashbourne in 2013