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