Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Acting
Born 1976-07-19Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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).

Titles

The Thing with Feathers
The Thing with Feathers
Dad • 2025
Film
7/10
The Roses
The Roses
Theo Rose • 2025
Film
7/10
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme
Uncle Nubar • 2025
Film
7/10
Den fantastiske historien om Henry Sugar og tre andre
Den fantastiske historien om Henry Sugar og tre andre
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage) • 2024
Film
7/10
Eric
Eric
Vincent • 2024
Serie
7/10
The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence
Benjamin • 2024
Film
6/10
Den fantastiske historien om Henry Sugar
Den fantastiske historien om Henry Sugar
Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist • 2023
Film
7/10
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Self (archive footage) • 2023
Film
7/10
Poison
Poison
Harry Pope • 2023
Film
7/10
The End We Start From
The End We Start From
AB • 2023
Film
6/10
Doctor Strange 2 - In The Multiverse Of Madness
Doctor Strange 2 - In The Multiverse Of Madness
Doctor Stephen Strange • 2022
Film
7/10
Spider-Man: Ingen Vei Hjem
Spider-Man: Ingen Vei Hjem
Doctor Strange • 2021
Film
8/10
The Mauritanian
The Mauritanian
Lt. Stuart Couch • 2021
Film
7/10
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Louis Wain • 2021
Film
7/10
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog
Phil Burbank • 2021
Film
7/10
The Courier
The Courier
Greville Wynne • 2020
Film
7/10
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame
Doctor Strange • 2019
Film
8/10
1917
1917
Colonel MacKenzie • 2019
Film
8/10
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Dominic Cummings • 2019
Film
7/10
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch • 2019
Film
6/10
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War
Doctor Strange • 2018
Film
8/10
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose • 2018
Serie
8/10
Grinchen
Grinchen
Grinch (voice) • 2018
Film
7/10
The Current War
The Current War
Thomas Edison • 2018
Film
7/10
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Shere Khan (voice) • 2018
Film
6/10
The Child in Time
The Child in Time
Stephen Lewis • 2018
Film
6/10
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok
Doctor Strange • 2017
Film
8/10
Walk with Me
Walk with Me
Narrator (voice) • 2017
Film
6/10
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
Dr. Stephen Strange • 2016
Film
7/10
Zoolander 2
Zoolander 2
All • 2016
Film
5/10
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Hamlet • 2015
Film
8/10
Black Mass
Black Mass
Billy Bulger • 2015
Film
7/10
Imitasjonsspillet
Imitasjonsspillet
Alan Turing • 2014
Film
8/10
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Narrator • 2014
Film
8/10
Hobbiten: Slaget om de fem arméene
Hobbiten: Slaget om de fem arméene
Smaug / Sauron (voice) • 2014
Film
7/10
Madagaskarpingvinene
Madagaskarpingvinene
Classified (voice) • 2014
Film
7/10
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
William Ford • 2013
Film
8/10
Hobbit: Smaugs ødeleggelse
Hobbit: Smaugs ødeleggelse
Smaug / Sauron • 2013
Film
8/10
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
John Harrison / Khan • 2013
Film
7/10
Familien
Familien
Little Charles Aiken • 2013
Film
7/10
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Narrator (voice) • 2013
Film
7/10
The Fifth Estate
The Fifth Estate
Julian Assange • 2013
Film
6/10
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Narrator (voice) • 2012
Serie
7/10
Parade's End
Parade's End
Christopher Tietjens • 2012
Serie
7/10
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein • 2011
Film
8/10
War Horse
War Horse
Maj. Jamie Stewart • 2011
Film
7/10
Muldvarpen
Muldvarpen
Peter Guillam • 2011
Film
7/10
Wreckers
Wreckers
David • 2011
Film
5/10