Benedict Cumberbatch
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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
Credits
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Doctor Strange
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
as Doctor Strange
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
as Doctor Strange
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
as Doctor Stephen Strange
The Imitation Game (2014)
as Alan Turing
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
as Doctor Strange
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
as Necromancer
1917 (2019)
as Colonel MacKenzie
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
as Smaug / Sauron
Doctor Strange (2016)
as Dr. Stephen Strange
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
as Classified (voice)
The Grinch (2018)
as The Grinch (voice)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
as John Harrison / Khan
Atonement (2007)
as Paul Marshall
12 Years a Slave (2013)
as William Ford
Black Mass (2015)
as Billy Bulger
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
as Uncle Nubar
Poison (2023)
as Harry Pope
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
as Peter Guillam
The Power of the Dog (2021)
as Phil Burbank
The Roses (2025)
as Theo Rose
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
as Shere Khan (voice)
The Mauritanian (2021)
as Lt. Stuart Couch
Zoolander 2 (2016)
as All
War Horse (2011)
as Maj. Jamie Stewart
August: Osage County (2013)
as Little Charles Aiken
The Book of Clarence (2024)
as Benjamin
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
as Sherlock Holmes
Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)
as The Grinch (voice)
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
as William Carey
The Courier (2020)
as Greville Wynne
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Julian Assange
9 Kisses (2014)
as Man at Costume Party
The Current War (2018)
as Thomas Edison
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
as Louis Wain
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth (2026)
as Self
Four Lions (2010)
as Negotiator
The Thing with Feathers (2025)
as Dad
The End We Start From (2023)
as AB
The Whistleblower (2010)
as Nick Kaufman
Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
as Dominic Cummings
Wife & Dog (2027)
Actor
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Unlocking Sherlock (2014)
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
as Benedict Cumberbatch
Confessions II – The Film (2026)
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
as Alexander Masters
Amazing Grace (2007)
as William Pitt
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
Together for Palestine (2025)
as Self
Creation (2009)
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
Starter for 10 (2006)
as Patrick Watts
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel (2021)
as Self
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall (2021)
Actor
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Third Star (2010)
as James
The Dog Days of Winter (2019)
as The Grinch (voice)
The Child in Time (2018)
as Stephen Lewis
Hawking (2004)
as Stephen Hawking
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020)
as Self
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
To Kill a King (2003)
as Royalist
Morning (—)
as Frank
Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)
as Vincent Van Gogh
Jerusalem (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover (2014)
as Agent Classified (voice)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015)
as Hamlet
Walk with Me (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
The Tiger Who Came to Tea (2022)
as Daddy (voice)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
as Self - Performer
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock (2016)
as Himself
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth (2012)
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
as Rosencrantz
Wreckers (2011)
as David
Last Flight (—)
as Kirk Wallace Johnson
Inseparable (2007)
as Joe / Charlie
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014)
as Self
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet (2023)
as Narrator
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns (2013)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Dreams of William Golding (2012)
as Reader
Antarctica (2020)
as Self - Narrator
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet (2014)
as Narrator
Naples '44 (2016)
as Norman Lewis (voice)
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Burlesque Fairytales (2010)
as Henry Clark
Mog's Christmas (2023)
as Mr. Thomas (voice)
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D (2014)
as Narrator (Voice)
Girlfriend in a Coma (2012)
as Dante (voice)
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards (2025)
as Self
Little Favour (2013)
as Wallace
The Turning Point (2009)
as Guy Burgess
How to Live on Earth (2026)
as Self
Placebo: This Search for Meaning (2024)
as Self
The Man Who Predicted 9/11 (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Hills Like White Elephants (2002)
as The Man
Blood on Snow (—)
as The Fisherman
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog (2022)
Actor
Fields of Gold (2002)
as Jeremy
Sherlock: Uncovered (2012)
as Sherlock, Self
Untitled Doctor Strange Movie (—)
as Doctor Stephen Strange
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch (2011)
Actor
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log (2019)
as The Grinch
Unlocking Sherlock (2010)
as Himself
Mog's Bad Thing (2026)
as Mr. Thomas (voice)