Benedict Cumberbatch
Acting
- Born:
- 1976-07-19
- Place of birth:
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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).
Known For
Filmography
Wife & Dog
How to Live on Earth
Confessions II – The Film
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
The Thing with Feathers
Together for Palestine
The Roses
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
The Phoenician Scheme
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Eric
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
The Book of Clarence
Mog's Christmas
The End We Start From
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Poison
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Minions & More Volume 1
Super/Natural
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
The Power of the Dog
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
What If...?
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
The Mauritanian
Marvel Studios Legends
Antarctica
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
The Courier
1917
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Good Omens
Avengers: Endgame
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
The Dog Days of Winter
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
The Grinch
The Child in Time
Patrick Melrose
Avengers: Infinity War
The Current War
Thor: Ragnarok
Walk with Me
Naples '44
Doctor Strange
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Zoolander 2
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Black Mass
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Penguins of Madagascar
The Imitation Game
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
9 Kisses
Unlocking Sherlock
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
August: Osage County
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jerusalem
Little Favour
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
12 Years a Slave
The Fifth Estate
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Girlfriend in a Coma
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Parade's End
The Hollow Crown
Why did you come to Japan?
Sherlock: Uncovered
The Dreams of William Golding
War Horse
Wreckers
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Conan
The Whistleblower
Unlocking Sherlock
Sherlock
Third Star
Four Lions
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Burlesque Fairytales
Small Island
Creation
The Turning Point
South Pacific
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Last Enemy
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Inseparable
Atonement
Amazing Grace
The Graham Norton Show
Starter for 10
The One Show
Broken News
The Colbert Report
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
To the Ends of the Earth
Nathan Barley
Agatha Christie's Marple
Hawking
Dunkirk
Fortysomething
To Kill a King
Cambridge Spies
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tipping the Velvet
Top Gear
Timeshift
Fields of Gold
Hills Like White Elephants
Spooks
The View
Leute heute
Glastonbury
The Daily Show
Silent Witness
GMTV
Heartbeat
Have I Got News for You
The Simpsons
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The South Bank Show
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Blood on Snow
Morning
Last Flight
Untitled Doctor Strange Movie
Have I Got a Bit More News for You