Benedict Cumberbatch

Known for ActingBorn 1976-07-19 (age 49)Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Cindy-Lou's Yule Log

Sherlock: Uncovered

Sherlock

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Infinity War

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

What If...?

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

Good Omens

1917

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

The Imitation Game

WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig

12 Years a Slave

Unlocking Sherlock

Hills Like White Elephants

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

South Pacific

The Simpsons

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

Agatha Christie's Marple

Thor: Ragnarok

Broken News

Spooks

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Patrick Melrose

Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Atonement

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

The Mauritanian

Top Gear

Doctor Strange

The Hollow Crown

Marvel Studios Legends

Fortysomething

Mog's Christmas

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Super/Natural

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Silent Witness

Star Trek Into Darkness

Stuart: A Life Backwards