Benedict Cumberbatch
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1976-07-19
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Benedict Cumberbatch
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).
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Walking with Dinosaurs
Dec 18, 2013
Atonement
Feb 27, 2007
Creation
Sep 25, 2009
Solar Superstorms
Feb 15, 2013
The Other Boleyn Girl
Feb 28, 2008
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Nov 12, 2021
Hawking
Dec 10, 2004
Starter for 10
Sep 13, 2006
Amazing Grace
Sep 16, 2006
Four Lions
May 07, 2010
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
Jan 26, 2022
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dec 12, 2012
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Dec 24, 2013
The Whistleblower
Sep 13, 2010
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Sep 20, 2023
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sep 16, 2011
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Sep 23, 2007
The Thing with Feathers
Oct 17, 2025
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Jan 27, 2022
Star Trek Into Darkness
May 05, 2013
Third Star
Jun 01, 2010
Mog's Christmas
Dec 17, 2023
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Dec 11, 2013
War Horse
Dec 25, 2011
12 Years a Slave
Oct 18, 2013
Wreckers
Dec 16, 2011
Burlesque Fairytales
Jan 01, 2010
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Dec 10, 2014
Inseparable
Mar 15, 2007
August: Osage County
Dec 26, 2013
Minions & More Volume 1
Sep 27, 2022
The Fifth Estate
Oct 11, 2013
Magik
The Imitation Game
Nov 14, 2014
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Mar 17, 2011
Girlfriend in a Coma
Nov 26, 2012
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
May 03, 2022
Poison
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Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Jun 01, 2014
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Jul 07, 2022
Little Favour
Nov 05, 2013
Unlocking Sherlock
Jan 19, 2014
Jerusalem
Nov 16, 2013
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
Sep 20, 2014
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Apr 05, 2010
Penguins of Madagascar
Nov 22, 2014
Black Mass
Sep 17, 2015
The End We Start From
Dec 08, 2023
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Dec 01, 2023
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
Feb 05, 2019
The Dog Days of Winter
Feb 05, 2019
Sherlock: Uncovered
May 22, 2012
9 Kisses
Dec 11, 2014
The Book of Clarence
Jan 11, 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Mar 14, 2024
The Roses
Aug 27, 2025
Zoolander 2
Feb 06, 2016
The War Magician
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Jan 01, 2016
The Grinch
Nov 08, 2018
Fields of Gold
Jun 08, 2002
The Phoenician Scheme
May 23, 2025
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Apr 23, 2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Oct 15, 2015
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Nov 25, 2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Oct 02, 2017
Rogue Male
The Current War
Feb 01, 2018
Naples '44
Dec 15, 2016
The Turning Point
Aug 12, 2009
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Nov 02, 2013
Walk with Me
May 11, 2017
The Child in Time
Jul 05, 2018
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
May 04, 2022
Avengers: Infinity War
Apr 25, 2018
To Kill a King
May 16, 2003
Gypsy Boy
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Jan 11, 2016
The Courier
Jan 24, 2020
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Jan 19, 2019
1917
Dec 25, 2019
The Power of the Dog
Oct 25, 2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Oct 21, 2021
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Sep 20, 2019
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Sep 14, 2022
The Mauritanian
Feb 12, 2021
Doctor Strange
Oct 25, 2016
Avengers: Endgame
Apr 24, 2019
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Oct 31, 2012
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Aug 30, 2020
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dec 15, 2021
The Grinch Mini-Movies
Nov 22, 2018
Hills Like White Elephants
Jun 01, 2002
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Mar 15, 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Mar 22, 2021
Antarctica
Oct 08, 2020
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
Jul 22, 2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Aug 30, 2010
Walking to Nam Kok Hotel
Jul 13, 2018
Wife & Dog
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Dec 06, 2023
Avengers: Secret Wars
Dec 17, 2027
Blood on Snow
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Jan 12, 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: 10th Anniversary Special
May 14, 2024
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
Jul 28, 2011
Morning
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Silent Witness
Feb 21, 1996
Broken News
Oct 31, 2005
Heartbeat
Apr 10, 1992
Spooks
May 13, 2002
Agatha Christie's Marple
Dec 12, 2004
The Last Enemy
Feb 17, 2008
The Jonathan Ross Show
Sep 03, 2011
Sherlock
Jul 25, 2010
Fortysomething
Jun 29, 2003
GMTV
Jan 01, 1993
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Sep 13, 2012
Small Island
Dec 06, 2009
To the Ends of the Earth
Jul 06, 2005
Parade's End
Aug 24, 2012
What If...?
Aug 11, 2021
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
How to Stop Time
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
What If...?
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Marvel Studios Legends
Jan 08, 2021
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Jul 25, 2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Nathan Barley
Feb 11, 2005
Dunkirk
Feb 18, 2004
Super/Natural
Sep 21, 2022
Patrick Melrose
May 12, 2018
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Cambridge Spies
May 09, 2003
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig
Nov 08, 2012
South Pacific
May 10, 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Apr 25, 2010
Leute heute
Jul 23, 1997
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Tipping the Velvet
Dec 09, 2002
What If...?
Aug 11, 2021
Heartbeat
Apr 10, 1992
What If...?
Aug 11, 2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
빈센트 반 고흐: 편지로 만나는 그의 삶과 그림
May 31, 2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Hollow Crown
Jun 30, 2012
The Hollow Crown
Jun 30, 2012
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Good Omens
May 31, 2019
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Eric
May 30, 2024
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Why did you come to Japan?
Jun 30, 2012
Timeshift
Oct 10, 2002
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
