Benedict Cumberbatch

DOB: 1976-07-19

DOD: -

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).

Starred In

2007
Movie

Atonement

2009
Movie

Creation

2013
Movie

Solar Superstorms

2004
Movie

Hawking

2006
Movie

Starter for 10

2006
Movie

Amazing Grace

2010
Movie

Four Lions

2010
Movie

The Whistleblower

2010
Movie

Third Star

2023
Movie

Mog's Christmas

2011
Movie

War Horse

2013
Movie

12 Years a Slave

2011
Movie

Wreckers

2007
Movie

Inseparable

2013
Movie

The Fifth Estate

NaN
Movie

Magik

2014
Movie

The Imitation Game

2023
Movie

Poison

2013
Movie

Little Favour

2014
Movie

Unlocking Sherlock

2013
Movie

Jerusalem

2015
Movie

Black Mass

2014
Movie

9 Kisses

2025
Movie

The Roses

2016
Movie

Zoolander 2

NaN
Movie

The War Magician

2018
Movie

The Grinch

2002
Movie

Fields of Gold

2017
Movie

Thor: Ragnarok

NaN
Movie

Rogue Male

2018
Movie

The Current War

2016
Movie

Naples '44

2009
Movie

The Turning Point

2017
Movie

Walk with Me

2018
Movie

The Child in Time

2003
Movie

To Kill a King

NaN
Movie

Gypsy Boy

2020
Movie

The Courier

2019
Movie

1917

2021
Movie

The Mauritanian

2016
Movie

Doctor Strange

2019
Movie

Avengers: Endgame

2020
Movie

Antarctica

2010
Movie

Unlocking Sherlock

NaN
Movie

Wife & Dog

NaN
Movie

Blood on Snow

NaN
Movie

Morning

2006
Tv

The One Show

2005
Tv

Broken News

1992
Tv

Heartbeat

2002
Tv

Spooks

2010
Tv

Sherlock

1993
Tv

GMTV

2009
Tv

Small Island

2012
Tv

Parade's End

2021
Tv

What If...?

1989
Tv

The Simpsons

2021
Tv

What If...?

2005
Tv

Nathan Barley

2004
Tv

Dunkirk

2022
Tv

Super/Natural

1953
Tv

The Oscars

2009
Tv

South Pacific

1997
Tv

Leute heute

2021
Tv

What If...?

1992
Tv

Heartbeat

2021
Tv

What If...?

2019
Tv

Good Omens

1997
Tv

The View

2024
Tv

Eric

1989
Tv

The Simpsons

2002
Tv

Timeshift

2002
Tv

Top Gear