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Puzzle #782: Laurence Fishburne → Andy Serkis

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Laurence FishburneLaurence Fishburne
Andy SerkisAndy Serkis

On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Laurence Fishburne and Andy Serkis. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 17 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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Play puzzle #782

The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus in The Matrix (1999), which also stars Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith.
  2. Hugo Weaving as Elrond in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), alongside Andy Serkis as Gollum.

The full chain: Laurence Fishburne → The Matrix (1999) → Hugo Weaving → The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) → Andy Serkis.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Laurence Fishburne → Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) → Stan Lee → Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) → Andy Serkis
  • Laurence Fishburne → Apocalypse Now (1979) → Harrison Ford → Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) → Andy Serkis
  • Laurence Fishburne → The Matrix (1999) → David Aston → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) → Andy Serkis

About Laurence Fishburne

Born
July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA
Film career
1979–2025
Widely seen films
68 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Andy Serkis

Born
April 20, 1964 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Film career
1994–2026
Widely seen films
36 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: