Terry Notary (born August 14, 1968 in San Rafael, California) is an American actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and movement coach.
He started his career at the Cirque du Soleil, and went on to become a prominent specialist of Motion Capture and Serkis Folk.
Selected filmography:
- Avatar (2009) - MoCap for the Banshees
- Planet of the Apes as Rocket
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) note
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- The Hobbit
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as the Great Goblin (MoCap)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) as a Goblin and Yazneg
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as a Laketown refugee
- Warcraft (2016) as Grommash "Grom" Hellscream.
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) - MoCap for Kong
- Marvel Cinematic Universe as Cull Obsidian
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- The Call of the Wild (2020) - Some MoCap for Buck / Railway worker
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- Adam Westing: He has a role in The Square where he appeared not in motion capture but in the flesh... as a performance artist pretending to be an ape man.
- Serkis Folk: He's especially good at performing both Motion Capture and acting for apes and hulking humanoids.
