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Louis Ashbourne Serkis – Netflix’s “Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle” UK Special Screening – Arrivals – Curzon Mayfair, 2018 – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Louis George Ashbourne Serkis
Place of Birth: Haringey, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 19 June, 2004
Ethnicity: * father – Armenian, English, Iraqi Arab * mother – English
Louis Ashbourne Serkis, also known as Louis Serkis, is an English actor. He starred as the title character in the film The Kid Who Would Be King . His roles also include the films Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Mary and the Witch’s Flower , The Current War , Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle , Allelujah , and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple ; and the series Noddy, Toyland Detective ; Taboo , SS-GB , The Queen’s Gambit , No Return , Out There , and Wild Cherry .
Louis is the son of actress Lorraine Ashbourne and actor, director, and author Andy Serkis . He is the brother of actors Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis. His aunt, Jayne Ashbourne, has also acted.
Louis’s paternal grandfather was named Clement F./Georgis/George Serkis. Clement was from Iraq, and was of Armenian descent.
Louis’s paternal grandmother was Lylie Alice Mina Weech (the daughter of George Strudwick Weech and Jeanne/Jean S. Sayegh). Lylie was born in Cuckfield, Sussex, England. George was born in Fulham, London, the son of William James Weech and Lilie Alice/Eleanor Hatche/Hatchett. Jeanne was of Iraqi descent. The surname Sayegh is usually of Arab origin.
Louis’s maternal grandfather is Gerald Ashbourne (the son of George William Ashbourne and Mary Winifred Gregory). Gerald was born in Manchester North, Lancashire, England. Louis’s great-grandfather George was the son of Thomas Ashbourne/Ashburner and Betsy Dutton.
Louis’s maternal grandmother is named Jean Mansfield.
Sources: https://www.theguardian.com
Death records of Louis’s father’s family – https://www.findagrave.com