Benedict Cumberbatch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

160

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-07-19 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
  • Бенедикт Камбербетч
  • ベネディクト・カンバーバッチ
  • เบเนดิกต์ คัมเบอร์แบตช์
  • بيندكت كامبرباتش
  • 베네딕트 컴버배치
  • Μπένεντικτ Κάμπερμπατς
  • 本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇
  • 班奈狄克·康柏拜區
  • בנדיקט קמברבאץ'

Benedict Cumberbatch

Biography

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 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

Avengers: Infinity War
8.2%

Avengers: Infinity War

Apr 25, 2018

Avengers: Endgame
8.3%

Avengers: Endgame

Apr 24, 2019

Doctor Strange
7.4%

Doctor Strange

Oct 25, 2016

Thor: Ragnarok
7.6%

Thor: Ragnarok

Oct 2, 2017

Spider-Man: No Way Home
8.0%

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Dec 15, 2021

The Imitation Game
8.0%

The Imitation Game

Nov 14, 2014

1917
8.0%

1917

Dec 25, 2019

12 Years a Slave
7.9%

12 Years a Slave

Oct 18, 2013

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
The 39 Steps as Richard Hannay
Magik as Lewis
The War Magician as Jasper Maskelyne
Rogue Male
Gypsy Boy
The Hood
Doctor Strange 3 as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
The Thing With Feathers
Rio
Great Performers: 9 Kisses
Morning as Frank
How to Stop Time as Tom
2024
Eric as Vincent Anderson
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
2024
The Book of Clarence as Benjamin
2023
Mog's Christmas as Mr. Thomas (voice)
2023
The End We Start From as AB
2023
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet as Narrator
2023
Poison as Harry Pope
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman
2022
Minions & More 1 as The Grinch (voice)
2022
Super/Natural as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea as Daddy (voice)
2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge as Self
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Dr. Stephen Strange / Sinister Strange / Defender Strange
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion as Self (archive footage)
2022
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
2021
The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Louis Wain
2021
What If...? as Doctor Strange (voice)
2021
What If...? as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
2021
What If...? as Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
2021
What If...? as Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
The Mauritanian as Lt. Stuart Couch
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage)
2020
Antarctica as Self - Narrator
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2020
The Courier as Greville Wynne
2019
1917 as Colonel MacKenzie
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie as Benedict Cumberbatch
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Good Omens as Satan (voice)
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
2019
The Dog Days of Winter as The Grinch (voice)
2019
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log as The Grinch
2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War as Dominic Cummings
2018
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Sher Khan
2018
The Grinch Mini-Movies as Grinch (voice)
2018
The Grinch as Grinch (voice)
2018
The Child in Time as Stephen Lewis
2018
Patrick Melrose as Patrick Melrose
2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
2018
The Current War as Thomas Edison
2017
Thor: Ragnarok as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
2017
Walk with Me as Narrator (voice)
2016
Naples '44 as Norman Lewis (voice)
2016
Doctor Strange as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
2016
Zoolander 2 as All
2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock as Himself
2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride as Sherlock Holmes
2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet as Hamlet
2015
Black Mass as Billy Bulger
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
9 Kisses as Man at Costume Party
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Smaug / Necromancer (voice)
2014
Penguins of Madagascar as Classified (voice)
2014
The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
2014
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D as Narrator (Voice)
2014
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue as Agent Classified
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet as Narrator
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Unlocking Sherlock as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
2014
Sherlock: His Last Vow as Sherlock Holmes
2013
August: Osage County as Little Charles Aiken
2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns as Sherlock Holmes
2013
Walking with Dinosaurs as Narrator (Prehistoric Planet 3D Version)
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Smaug / Necromancer
2013
Jerusalem as Narrator (voice)
2013
Little Favour as Wallace
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Rosencrantz
2013
12 Years a Slave as William Ford
2013
The Fifth Estate as Julian Assange
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness as John Harrison / Khan
2013
Solar Superstorms as Narrator
2013
Stephen Hawking Biography as Self
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Necromancer
2012
Girlfriend in a Coma as Dante (Voice)
2012
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig as Narrator (Voice)
2012
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
2012
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design as Narrator
2012
Parade's End as Christopher Tietjens
2012
The Hollow Crown as Richard
2012
The Hollow Crown as Richard III
2012
빈센트 반 고흐: 편지로 만나는 그의 삶과 그림
2012
Sherlock: Uncovered as Sherlock, Self
2011
War Horse as Maj. Jamie Stewart
2011
Wreckers as David
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Peter Guillam
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2010
The Whistleblower as Nick Kaufman
2010
Unlocking Sherlock as Himself
2010
Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes
2010
Third Star as James
2010
Four Lions as The Negotiator
2010
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking as Stephen Hawking
2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words as Vincent Van Gogh
2010
Burlesque Fairytales as Henry Clark
2009
Small Island as Bernard
2009
Creation as Joseph Dalton Hooker
2009
The Turning Point as Guy Burgess
2009
South Pacific as Narrator (voice)
2008
The Other Boleyn Girl as William Carey
2008
The Last Enemy as Stephen Ezard
2007
Stuart: A Life Backwards as Alexander Masters
2007
Atonement as Paul Marshall
2007
Inseparable as Joe / Charlie
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
2006
Amazing Grace as William Pitt
2006
Starter for 10 as Patrick Watts
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest
2005
Broken News as Will Parker
2005
The Man Who Predicted 9/11 as Narrator (voice)
2005
To the Ends of the Earth as Edmund Talbot
2005
Nathan Barley as Robin
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Luke Fitzwilliam
2004
Hawking as Stephen Hawking
2004
Dunkirk as Lt Jimmy Langley
2003
Fortysomething as Rory Slippery
2003
To Kill a King as Royalist
2003
Cambridge Spies as Edward Hand
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002
Tipping the Velvet as Freddy
2002
Timeshift as self
2002
Fields of Gold as Jeremy
2002
Hills Like White Elephants as The Man
2002
Spooks as Jim North
1997
The View as Self
1997
Leute heute as Self
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Silent Witness as Warren Reid
1993
GMTV as Self
1992
Heartbeat as Toby Fisher
1992
Heartbeat as Charles
1989
The Simpsons as Quilloughby (voice)
1989
The Simpsons as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self

Production

How to Stop Time as Producer
Migrations as Producer
The War Magician as Producer
Rogue Male as Producer
Morning as Executive Producer
Rio as Producer
The 39 Steps as Executive Producer
2025
We Live in Time as Executive Producer
2024
Eric as Executive Producer
2023
The End We Start From as Executive Producer
2021
The Mauritanian as Producer
2020
The Courier as Executive Producer
2018
The Child in Time as Executive Producer
2018
Patrick Melrose as Executive Producer
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