Actor Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Cumberbatch won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Frankenstein and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Sherlock. His performances in the dramas The Imitation Game (2014) and The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For playing the title role in five-part drama miniseries Patrick Melrose, he won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2014 Time magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, Cumberbatch continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011). In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre. Cumberbatch's television work includes his performance as Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004. He gained worldwide recognition for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019). In films, Cumberbatch has starred in Amazing Grace (2006) as William Pitt the Younger, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) as Khan, 12 Years a Slave (2013) as William Prince Ford, The Fifth Estate (2013) as Julian Assange, and The Imitation Game (2014) as Alan Turing. He also acted in the historical dramas The Current War (2017), 1917 (2019) and The Courier (2020), and received critical acclaim for his performance in Jane Campion's Western drama The Power of the Dog (2021). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit film series. Cumberbatch portrays Dr. Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with Doctor Strange (2016), and also voiced the character in the animated series What If...? (2021).
Place of birth
London, England, UK London, England, UK
Date of birth
19th July 1976
Movies that starred Benedict Cumberbatch (30 in total)
The End We Start From poster

The End We Start From [2023]

AB
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness poster

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness [2022]

Dr. Stephen Strange / Sinister Strange / Defender Strange
Spider-Man: No Way Home poster

Spider-Man: No Way Home [2021]

Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
The Courier poster

The Courier [2021]

Greville Wynne
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame [2019]

Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
1917 poster

1917 [2019]

Colonel MacKenzie
Brexit: The Uncivil War poster

Brexit: The Uncivil War [2019]

Dominic Cummings
Avengers: Infinity War poster

Avengers: Infinity War [2018]

Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
The Grinch poster

The Grinch [2018]

Grinch (voice)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle poster

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle [2018]

Shere Khan
Thor: Ragnarok poster

Thor: Ragnarok [2017]

Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange poster

Doctor Strange [2016]

Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride poster

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride [2016]

Sherlock Holmes
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC [2016]

Self - Performer
Black Mass poster

Black Mass [2015]

Billy Bulger
National Theatre Live: Hamlet poster

National Theatre Live: Hamlet [2015]

Hamlet
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]

Smaug / Necromancer (voice)
Penguins of Madagascar poster

Penguins of Madagascar [2014]

Classified (voice)
The Imitation Game poster

The Imitation Game [2014]

Alan Turing
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013]

Smaug / Necromancer
Star Trek Into Darkness poster

Star Trek Into Darkness [2013]

Khan Noonien Singh
12 Years a Slave poster

12 Years a Slave [2013]

William Ford
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage poster

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage [2013]

Rosencrantz
War Horse poster

War Horse [2011]

Maj. Jamie Stewart
Van Gogh: Painted with Words poster

Van Gogh: Painted with Words [2010]

Vincent Van Gogh
Creation poster

Creation [2009]

Joseph Dalton Hooker
The Other Boleyn Girl poster

The Other Boleyn Girl [2008]

William Carey
Atonement poster

Atonement [2007]

Paul Marshall
Starter for 10 poster

Starter for 10 [2006]

Patrick Watts
Amazing Grace poster

Amazing Grace [2006]

William Pitt
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