Louis Ashbourne Serkis

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Louis Ashbourne Serkis
Born
Louis George Ashbourne Serkis [1]

(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 19)
Haringey, London, England [2]
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
Parents
Relatives Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (sister)

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 . [3]

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Early life

Ashbourne Serkis was born on 19 June 2004 in Haringey, North London. He is the youngest son of actor and director Andy Serkis and actress Lorraine Ashbourne [4] with an older sister, Ruby, and an older brother, Sonny. He attended Highgate School. [5]

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 . [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Cute Young HobbitExtended 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

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Endeavour Tommy CorkEpisode: "Neverland"
2016–2017 Noddy, Toyland Detective Noddy6 episodes
2017 Taboo Robert
SS-GB Douggie Archer3 episodes
2020 The Queen's Gambit Georgi GirevEpisode 4
2022No ReturnNoah4 episodes

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