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Benedict Cumberbatch
Also known as: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Biography
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born July 19, 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).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1976
Age
50 years old
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Popularity Score
7.7
Filmography
Wife & Dog
2027Movie
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
2026Movie
Confessions II – The Film
Self
2026Movie
How to Live on Earth
Self
2026Movie
The Thing with Feathers
Dad
2025Movie
The Roses
Theo Rose
2025Movie
The Phoenician Scheme
Uncle Nubar
2025Movie
Together for Palestine
Self
2025Movie
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
Self
2025Movie
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025TV
The Roses
Executive Producer
2025Movie
The Book of Clarence
Benjamin
2024Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
2024Movie
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Self
2024Movie
Eric
Vincent
2024TV
We Live in Time
Executive Producer
2024Movie
Eric
Executive Producer
2024TV
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
2023Movie
Mog's Christmas
Mr. Thomas (voice)
2023Movie
Poison
Harry Pope
2023Movie
The End We Start From
AB
2023Movie
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Narrator
2023Movie
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Self (archive footage)
2023Movie
The End We Start From
Executive Producer
2023Movie
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022Movie
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Minions & More Volume 1
The Grinch (voice)
2022Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
2022Movie
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Stephen Strange
2022Movie
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Daddy (voice)
2022Movie
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
2022Movie
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Self
2022TV
Super/Natural
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022TV
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
2021Movie
The Power of the Dog
Phil Burbank
2021Movie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Louis Wain
2021Movie
The Mauritanian
Lt. Stuart Couch
2021Movie
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange
2021Movie
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021Movie
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
2021Movie
What If...?
Doctor Strange (voice)
2021TV
Marvel Studios Legends
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021TV
The Mauritanian
Producer
2021Movie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Executive Producer
2021Movie
The Courier
Greville Wynne
2020Movie
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020Movie
Antarctica
Self - Narrator
2020Movie
The Courier
Executive Producer
2020Movie
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
The Grinch
2019Movie
The Dog Days of Winter
The Grinch (voice)
2019Movie
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Dominic Cummings
2019Movie
1917
Colonel MacKenzie
2019Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch
2019Movie
Avengers: Endgame
Doctor Strange
2019Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019TV
Good Omens
Satan (voice)
2019TV
The Grinch
The Grinch (voice)
2018Movie
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Shere Khan (voice)
2018Movie
The Current War
Thomas Edison
2018Movie
The Child in Time
Stephen Lewis
2018Movie
Avengers: Infinity War
Doctor Strange
2018Movie
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
2018TV
The Child in Time
Executive Producer
2018Movie
Patrick Melrose
Executive Producer
2018TV
Thor: Ragnarok
Doctor Strange
2017Movie
Walk with Me
Narrator (voice)
2017Movie
Zoolander 2
All
2016Movie
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sherlock Holmes
2016Movie
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
2016Movie
Naples '44
Norman Lewis (voice)
2016Movie
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
2016Movie
Doctor Strange
Dr. Stephen Strange
2016Movie
Black Mass
Billy Bulger
2015Movie
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Hamlet
2015Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015TV
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
2014Movie
The Imitation Game
Alan Turing
2014Movie
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Narrator
2014Movie
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
2014Movie
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
Narrator (Voice)
2014Movie
Penguins of Madagascar
Classified (voice)
2014Movie
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Agent Classified (voice)
2014Movie
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
2014Movie
9 Kisses
Man at Costume Party
2014Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014TV
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Sherlock Holmes
2013Movie
Star Trek Into Darkness
John Harrison / Khan
2013Movie
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Smaug / Sauron
2013Movie
12 Years a Slave
William Ford
2013Movie
August: Osage County
Little Charles Aiken
2013Movie
The Fifth Estate
Julian Assange
2013Movie
Little Favour
Wallace
2013Movie
Jerusalem
Narrator (voice)
2013Movie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Rosencrantz
2013Movie
Little Favour
Producer
2013Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Necromancer
2012Movie
Girlfriend in a Coma
Dante (voice)
2012Movie
Sherlock: Uncovered
Sherlock, Self
2012Movie
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
2012Movie
The Dreams of William Golding
Reader
2012Movie
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Narrator (voice)
2012TV
Parade's End
Christopher Tietjens
2012TV
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
Narrator (Voice)
2012TV
The Hollow Crown
Richard
2012TV
Why did you come to Japan?
Self
2012TV
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Guillam
2011Movie
War Horse
Maj. Jamie Stewart
2011Movie
Wreckers
David
2011Movie
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2011Movie
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011Movie
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011TV
Four Lions
Negotiator
2010Movie
The Whistleblower
Nick Kaufman
2010Movie
Third Star
James
2010Movie
Burlesque Fairytales
Henry Clark
2010Movie
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Vincent Van Gogh
2010Movie
Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
2010Movie
Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes
2010TV
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
2010TV
Conan
Self - Guest
2010TV
Creation
Joseph Dalton Hooker
2009Movie
The Turning Point
Guy Burgess
2009Movie
Small Island
Bernard
2009TV
South Pacific
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009TV
The Other Boleyn Girl
William Carey
2008Movie
The Last Enemy
Stephen Ezard
2008TV
Atonement
Paul Marshall
2007Movie
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Alexander Masters
2007Movie
Inseparable
Joe / Charlie
2007Movie
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
Starter for 10
Patrick Watts
2006Movie
Amazing Grace
William Pitt
2006Movie
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006TV
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
Narrator (voice)
2005Movie
Broken News
Will Parker
2005TV
To the Ends of the Earth
Edmund Talbot
2005TV
Nathan Barley
Robin
2005TV
The Colbert Report
Smaug (voice)
2005TV
Hawking
Stephen Hawking
2004Movie
Agatha Christie's Marple
Luke Fitzwilliam
2004TV
Dunkirk
Lt Jimmy Langley
2004TV
To Kill a King
Royalist
2003Movie
Fortysomething
Rory Slippery
2003TV
Cambridge Spies
Edward Hand
2003TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003TV
Fields of Gold
Jeremy
2002Movie
Hills Like White Elephants
The Man
2002Movie
Spooks
Jim North
2002TV
Tipping the Velvet
Freddy
2002TV
Timeshift
self
2002TV
Top Gear
Self
2002TV
Leute heute
Self
1997TV
The View
Self - Guest
1997TV
Silent Witness
Warren Reid
1996TV
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996TV
GMTV
Self
1993TV
Heartbeat
Toby Fisher
1992TV
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990TV
The Simpsons
Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1989TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988TV
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Blood on Snow
The Fisherman
—Movie
Morning
Frank
—Movie
Last Flight
Kirk Wallace Johnson
—Movie
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
—TV
Rogue Male
Producer
—Movie
Migrations
Producer
—Movie
Last Flight
Executive Producer
—Movie
Morning
Executive Producer
—Movie