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Benedict Cumberbatch

Name in Native Language: "Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch" (English/EN)
Film Producer / Actor | * 07/19/1976 (47) | London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015, he was appointed a CBE for services to performing arts and charity. Cumberbatch studied drama at the Victoria University of Manchester and obtained a Master of Arts in classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He began acting in Shakespearean theatre productions before making his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in Royal National Theatre productions of After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011), winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the latter. 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 film Hawking (2004). He gained wide recogn... ()
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Commander of The Order of The British Empire Laurence Olivier Awards Emmy Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film 2x Academy Award for Best Actor Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor MTV Movie Award for Best Villain 3x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 3x British Academy Television Award for Best Actor BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor 2x Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with Benedict Cumberbatch as Actor(87)

as Lewis2023 Magik
as Frank2023 Morning
as Pete Seeger2023 A Complete Unknown
as Jasper Maskelyne2023 The War Magician
as Harry Pope2023 Poison
as Dr. Stephen Strange / Sinister Strange / Defender Strange2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self (archive footage)2022 Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Daddy (voice)2022 The Tiger Who Came to Tea
as Self (archive footage)2022 Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Greville Wynne2021 The Courier
as Lt. Stuart Couch2021 The Mauritanian
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Phil Burbank2021 The Power of the Dog
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange2021 Untitled Spider-Man 3
as The Grinch (voice)2019 The Dog Days of Winter
as Colonel MacKenzie2019 1917
as Dominic Cummings2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange2019 Avengers: Endgame
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange2018 Avengers: Infinity War
as Thomas Edison2018 The Current War
as Stephen Lewis2018 The Child in Time
as Grinch (voice)2018 The Grinch
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange2017 Thor: Ragnarok
as Narrator (voice)2017 Walk with Me
as All2016 Zoolander 2
as Sherlock Holmes2016 Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Norman Lewis2016 Naples '44
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange2016 Doctor Strange
as Billy Bulger2015 Black Mass
as Smaug / Necromancer (voice)2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Alan Turing2014 The Imitation Game
as Classified (voice)2014 Penguins of Madagascar
as Man at Costume Party2014 9 Kisses
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes2014 Unlocking Sherlock
as John Harrison2013 Star Trek Into Darkness
as Narrator (voice)2013 Jerusalem
as Smaug / Necromancer2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as William Ford2013 12 Years a Slave
as Wallace2013 Little Favour
as Little Charles Aiken2013 August: Osage County
as Narrator (Prehistoric Planet 3D Version)2013 Walking with Dinosaurs
as Narrator2013 Solar Superstorms
as Julian Assange2013 The Fifth Estate
as Dante (Voice)2012 Girlfriend in a Coma
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster2012 Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Peter Guillam2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein2011 National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as Maj. Jamie Stewart2011 War Horse
as David2011 Wreckers
as Nick Kaufman2010 The Whistleblower
as James2010 Third Star
as Henry Clark2010 Burlesque Fairytales
as The Negotiator2010 Four Lions
as Vincent Van Gogh2010 Van Gogh: Painted with Words
as Guy Burgess2009 The Turning Point
as Joseph Dalton Hooker2009 Creation
as William Carey2008 The Other Boleyn Girl
as Alexander Masters2007 Stuart: A Life Backwards
as Joe / Charlie2007 Inseparable
as Paul Marshall2007 Atonement
as William Pitt2006 Amazing Grace
as Patrick Watts2006 Starter for 10
as Narrator (voice)2005 The Man Who Predicted 9/11
as Stephen Hawking2004 Hawking
as Royalist2003 To Kill a King
as Jeremy2002 Fields of Gold

TV Shows/Series with Benedict Cumberbatch as Actor(41)

as Vincent Anderson2024 Eric
as Richard Hannay2024 The 39 Steps
as Narrator (voice)2022 Super/Natural
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)2021 What If...?
as Stephen Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)2021 What If...?
as Satan (voice)2019 Good Omens
as Patrick Melrose2018 Patrick Melrose
as Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester2012 The Hollow Crown
as Richard III, King of England2012 The Hollow Crown
as Narrator (Voice)2012 WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig
as himself2011 The Jonathan Ross Show
as Sherlock Holmes2010 Sherlock
as Narrator (voice)2009 South Pacific
as Bernard2009 Small Island
as Stephen Ezard2008 The Last Enemy
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as Edmund Talbot2005 To the Ends of the Earth
as Robin2005 Nathan Barley
as Will Parker2005 Broken News
as Lt Jimmy Langley2004 Dunkirk
as Luke Fitzwilliam2004 Agatha Christie's Marple
as Edward Hand2003 Cambridge Spies
as Rory Slippery2003 Fortysomething
2002 Spooks
as himself2002 Timeshift
as himself1997 The View
as himself1996 The Daily Show
as himself1993 GMTV
as Toby Fisher1992 Heartbeat
as Charles1992 Heartbeat
as the imaginary Quilloughby and the real Quilloughby (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as Self - Host??? Saturday Night Live

Movies with Benedict Cumberbatch as Crew(9)

Production/Executive Producer2024 We Live In Time
Production/Executive Producer2023 The End We Start From
Production/Executive Producer2023 Morning
Production/Producer2023 Rogue Male
Production/Producer2023 The War Magician
Production/Producer2023 How to Stop Time
Production/Executive Producer2021 The Courier
Production/Producer2021 The Mauritanian
Production/Executive Producer2018 The Child in Time

TV Shows/Series with Benedict Cumberbatch as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Eric
Production/Executive Producer2024 The 39 Steps
Production/Executive Producer2018 Patrick Melrose

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Monday, 07/19 1976 (July) in London, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 47 years + 244 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Brambletye School, Harrow School, University of Manchester, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Victoria University of Manchester
Spouses (current/former): Sophie Irene Hunter
Children: Christopher Cumberbatch
Related to: Richard III of England
Other names for Benedict Cumberbatch (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch"
"Бенедикт Камбербетч"
"ベネディクト・カンバーバッチ"
"เบเนดิกต์ คัมเบอร์แบตช์"
"بيندكت كامبرباتش"
"베네딕트 컴버배치"
"Μπένεντικτ Κάμπερμπατς"
"本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇"
"班奈狄克·康柏拜區"
Benedict Cumberbatch frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (36x, Actor)
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Bill Hader (26x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (23x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Fred Armisen (22x, Actor)
Kenan Thompson (22x, Actor)
Stan Lee (18x, Crew)
Amy Poehler (17x, Actress)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Daniel Radcliffe (16x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024