| Acted in King Lear at London's Royal Court Theatre in London in 1990. |
| Began acting professionally at Duke's Playhouse in Lancaster in 1985. |
| Provided the movements for another CGI character, Kong, in Jackson's 2006 release of King Kong. |
| Garnered critical acclaim for his contributions to the character of Gollum in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, but was ruled ineligible for an Academy Award nomination because his char |
| Established himself as a popular television actor during the 1990s, appearing in the British miniseries The King of Jutland. |
| Appeared in Macbeth in Manchester with the Royal Exchange Theatre in 1989. |