We loved him in 13 Going on 30 when he put his dancing skills to the test and totally rocked the choreography of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. That was an iconic moment in the film! But despite his feel for rhythm, later on Serkis decided to specialize in performance capture roles for computer generated characters like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Supreme Leader Snoke from the First Order in the new Star Wars releases, Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi.