Benedict Cumberbatch
Acting
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).
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Doctor Stephen Strange
Age 45 (now 49)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Sherlock Holmes
Age 39 (now 49)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Smaug / Sauron
Age 37 (now 49)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Age 47 (now 49)
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
Age 49
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
Age 47 (now 49)
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
as Self (archive footage)
Age 47 (now 49)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Age 47 (now 49)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Age 45 (now 49) Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Doctor Stephen Strange
Age 45 (now 49)
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
Age 45 (now 49)
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Age 45 (now 49)
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Louis Wain
Age 45 (now 49) The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Executive Producer
Age 45 (now 49)
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
Age 44 (now 49)
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
Age 44 (now 49)
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Benedict Cumberbatch
Age 43 (now 49)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Shere Khan (voice)
Age 42 (now 49)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Age 39 (now 49)
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
as Himself
Age 39 (now 49) Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Sherlock Holmes
Age 39 (now 49)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Age 38 (now 49)
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
as Narrator (Voice)
Age 38 (now 49)
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
as Agent Classified (voice)
Age 38 (now 49)
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
as Narrator
Age 37 (now 49)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self
Age 37 (now 49)
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
as Sherlock Holmes
Age 37 (now 49) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Smaug / Sauron
Age 37 (now 49)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Rosencrantz
Age 37 (now 49)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Necromancer
Age 36 (now 49)
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
Age 36 (now 49)
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Age 34 (now 49)
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
as Vincent Van Gogh
Age 33 (now 49)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
as Self
Age 46 (now 49)
Marvel Studios Legends
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 44 (now 49)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Age 39 (now 49)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 38 (now 49)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Age 37 (now 49)
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
as Narrator (Voice)
Age 36 (now 49)
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
as Narrator (voice)
Age 36 (now 49)
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
as Stephen Hawking
Age 33 (now 49)
Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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