Talk:Andy Serkis

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[edit] Armenian ancestry?

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)

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)

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)

[edit] That Academy Award?

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).

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

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