Caesar is the main protagonist of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and its sequels: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and War for the Planet of the Apes.
He was portrayed through full motion capture performance by Andy Serkis, who also played the villain Gollum of the Lord of the Rings series and the anti-hero King Kong in the 2005 remake both through motion capture, and Captain Archibald Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin.