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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Acting
Born: Jul 19, 1976
From: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
The Thing with Feathers Dad 2025 6.5
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist 2023 7.247
Mog's Christmas Mr. Thomas (voice) 2023 7.3
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog 2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion Self (archive footage) 2022 6.1
Minions & More Volume 1 The Grinch (voice) 2022 7.0
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange … 2021 6.906
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Smaug / Sauron (voice) 2014 7.331
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns Sherlock Holmes 2013 8.0
Star Trek Into Darkness John Harrison / Khan 2013 7.319
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Smaug / Sauron 2013 7.577
12 Years a Slave William Ford 2013 7.932
August: Osage County Little Charles Aiken 2013 6.858
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Necromancer 2012 7.37
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Peter Guillam 2011 6.627
War Horse Maj. Jamie Stewart 2011 7.3
Wreckers David 2011 5.2
Four Lions Negotiator 2010 6.959
The Whistleblower Nick Kaufman 2010 6.738
Third Star James 2010 7.0
Burlesque Fairytales Henry Clark 2010 5.6
Creation Joseph Dalton Hooker 2009 6.412
The Other Boleyn Girl William Carey 2008 6.695
Atonement Paul Marshall 2007 7.635
Stuart: A Life Backwards Alexander Masters 2007 7.372
Inseparable Joe / Charlie 2007 7.136
Starter for 10 Patrick Watts 2006 6.381
Amazing Grace William Pitt 2006 6.909
The Man Who Predicted 9/11 Narrator (voice) 2005 7.0
Hawking Stephen Hawking 2004 7.051
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1976
FromHammersmith, London, England, …