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 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1976 |
| From | Hammersmith, London, England, … |