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Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Acting July 19, 1976 (50 years old) Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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).

Movies 108

Avengers: Infinity War 8.2

Avengers: Infinity War

as Doctor Strange

2018
Avengers: Endgame 8.2

Avengers: Endgame

as Doctor Strange

2019
Spider-Man: No Way Home 7.9

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as Doctor Strange

2021
The Imitation Game 8.0

The Imitation Game

as Alan Turing

2014
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 7.2

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

as Doctor Stephen Strange

2022
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 7.3

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Smaug / Sauron (voice)

2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 7.4

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Necromancer

2012
Thor: Ragnarok 7.6

Thor: Ragnarok

as Doctor Strange

2017
The Grinch 6.9

The Grinch

as The Grinch (voice)

2018
Doctor Strange 7.4

Doctor Strange

as Dr. Stephen Strange

2016
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 7.6

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Smaug / Sauron

2013
1917 8.0

1917

as Colonel MacKenzie

2019
Penguins of Madagascar 6.6

Penguins of Madagascar

as Classified (voice)

2014
12 Years a Slave 7.9

12 Years a Slave

as William Ford

2013
Atonement 7.6

Atonement

as Paul Marshall

2007
Star Trek Into Darkness 7.3

Star Trek Into Darkness

as Khan

2013
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 6.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

as Peter Guillam

2011
The Phoenician Scheme 6.5

The Phoenician Scheme

as Uncle Nubar

2025
War Horse 7.3

War Horse

as Maj. Jamie Stewart

2011
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle 6.5

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

as Shere Khan (voice)

2018
Black Mass 6.5

Black Mass

as Billy Bulger

2015
The Roses 6.6

The Roses

as Theo Rose

2025
The Other Boleyn Girl 6.7

The Other Boleyn Girl

as William Carey

2008
The Power of the Dog 6.7

The Power of the Dog

as Phil Burbank

2021
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 7.3

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist

2023
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 7.8

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

as Sherlock Holmes

2016
The Mauritanian 7.4

The Mauritanian

as Lt. Stuart Couch

2021
The Courier 7.0

The Courier

as Greville Wynne

2020
August: Osage County 6.9

August: Osage County

as Little Charles Aiken

2013
Zoolander 2 4.9

Zoolander 2

as All

2016
The Fifth Estate 6.0

The Fifth Estate

as Julian Assange

2013
Minions & More Volume 1 7.0

Minions & More Volume 1

as The Grinch (voice)

2022
Wife & Dog

Wife & Dog

2027
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 6.9

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Louis Wain

2021
The Current War 6.7

The Current War

as Thomas Edison

2018
The Thing with Feathers 6.5

The Thing with Feathers

as Dad

2025
Poison 6.8

Poison

as Harry Pope

2023
Four Lions 7.0

Four Lions

as Negotiator

2010
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home 6.8

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The End We Start From 5.8

The End We Start From

as AB

2023
The Book of Clarence 5.8

The Book of Clarence

as Benjamin

2024
Amazing Grace 6.9

Amazing Grace

as William Pitt

2007
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More 7.5

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)

2024
The Whistleblower 6.7

The Whistleblower

as Nick Kaufman

2010
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 7.0

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange

2022
Between Two Ferns: The Movie 5.9

Between Two Ferns: The Movie

as Benedict Cumberbatch

2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War 6.6

Brexit: The Uncivil War

as Dominic Cummings

2019
Stuart: A Life Backwards 7.4

Stuart: A Life Backwards

as Alexander Masters

2007
Creation 6.4

Creation

as Joseph Dalton Hooker

2009
Confessions II – The Film 9.0

Confessions II – The Film

as Self

2026
Starter for 10 6.4

Starter for 10

as Patrick Watts

2006
To Kill a King 5.8

To Kill a King

as Royalist

2003
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein 7.7

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein

2011
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special 6.9

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)

2021
The Child in Time 5.8

The Child in Time

as Stephen Lewis

2018
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 8.1

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self

2020
National Theatre Live: Hamlet 7.5

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

as Hamlet

2015
The Tiger Who Came to Tea 6.3

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

as Daddy (voice)

2022
Hawking 7.1

Hawking

as Stephen Hawking

2004
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth 7.8

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

as Self

2026
The Dog Days of Winter 5.9

The Dog Days of Winter

as The Grinch (voice)

2019
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover 6.3

The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover

as Agent Classified (voice)

2014
Third Star 7.0

Third Star

as James

2010
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet 7.6

Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet

as Narrator

2014
How to Live on Earth

How to Live on Earth

as Self

2026
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 7.4

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

as Self - Performer

2016
Mog's Bad Thing

Mog's Bad Thing

as Mr. Thomas (voice)

2026
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 6.2

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Rosencrantz

2013
Girlfriend in a Coma 6.9

Girlfriend in a Coma

as Dante (voice)

2012
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth 7.0

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth

as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster

2012
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion 6.1

Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Van Gogh: Painted with Words 7.3

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

as Vincent Van Gogh

2010
Morning

Morning

as Frank

Blood on Snow

Blood on Snow

as The Fisherman

Mog's Christmas 7.3

Mog's Christmas

as Mr. Thomas (voice)

2023
Together for Palestine 8.2

Together for Palestine

as Self

2025
Wreckers 5.2

Wreckers

as David

2011
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D 6.5

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D

as Narrator (Voice)

2014
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall 7.5

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021
Jerusalem 6.6

Jerusalem

as Narrator (voice)

2013
The Dreams of William Golding

The Dreams of William Golding

as Reader

2012
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns 7.6

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

as Sherlock Holmes

2013
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder 7.0

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Unlocking Sherlock 7.9

Unlocking Sherlock

as Himself / Sherlock Holmes

2014
Antarctica 6.3

Antarctica

as Self - Narrator

2020
Inseparable 7.1

Inseparable

as Joe / Charlie

2007
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel 7.0

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

as Self

2021
9 Kisses 5.5

9 Kisses

as Man at Costume Party

2014
Untitled Doctor Strange Movie

Untitled Doctor Strange Movie

as Doctor Stephen Strange

Hills Like White Elephants 8.0

Hills Like White Elephants

as The Man

2002
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards

Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards

as Self

2025
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet 7.0

Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

as Narrator

2023
The Man Who Predicted 9/11 7.0

The Man Who Predicted 9/11

as Narrator (voice)

2005
Walk with Me 5.9

Walk with Me

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Naples '44 5.7

Naples '44

as Norman Lewis (voice)

2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock 7.3

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

as Himself

2016
Burlesque Fairytales 5.6

Burlesque Fairytales

as Henry Clark

2010
Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold

as Jeremy

2002
Little Favour 6.5

Little Favour

as Wallace

2013
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog

2022
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective 6.0

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective

as Self

2014
Last Flight

Last Flight

as Kirk Wallace Johnson

Sherlock: Uncovered 10.0

Sherlock: Uncovered

as Sherlock, Self

2012
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log 10.0

Cindy-Lou's Yule Log

as The Grinch

2019
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

as Guy Burgess

2009
Placebo: This Search for Meaning

Placebo: This Search for Meaning

as Self

2024
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch

The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch

2011
Unlocking Sherlock 6.5

Unlocking Sherlock

as Himself

2010

TV Shows 63

The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)

1989
The Simpsons 8.0

The Simpsons

as Quilloughby (voice)

1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show 6.2

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

2019
Sherlock 8.5

Sherlock

as Sherlock Holmes

2010
VisionQuest 8.4

VisionQuest

as Defender Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)

2026
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

2014
The Daily Show 6.4

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

2015
Conan 7.2

Conan

as Self - Guest

2010
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Saturday Night Live 6.9

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975
The Colbert Report 7.0

The Colbert Report

as Smaug (voice)

2005
The View 4.3

The View

as Self - Guest

1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

2003
The Graham Norton Show 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

2007
The Graham Norton Show 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

1988
Leute heute 5.2

Leute heute

as Self

1997
The One Show 4.3

The One Show

as Self - Guest

2006
Have I Got News for You 7.1

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Host

1990
Top Gear 7.6

Top Gear

as Self

2002
GMTV 5.8

GMTV

as Self

1993
The South Bank Show 5.6

The South Bank Show

1978
Silent Witness 7.6

Silent Witness

as Warren Reid

1996
Heartbeat 7.1

Heartbeat

as Toby Fisher

1992
Heartbeat 7.1

Heartbeat

as Charles

1992
Have I Got a Bit More News for You 7.0

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

Spooks 7.7

Spooks

as Jim North

2002
What If...? 8.0

What If...?

as Doctor Strange (voice)

2021
What If...? 8.0

What If...?

as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)

2021
What If...? 8.0

What If...?

as Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)

2021
What If...? 8.0

What If...?

as Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)

2021
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 4.2

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

2014
Agatha Christie's Marple 7.9

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Luke Fitzwilliam

2004
The Jonathan Ross Show 5.2

The Jonathan Ross Show

as Self

2011
Glastonbury

Glastonbury

as Self

1997
Marvel Studios Legends 7.4

Marvel Studios Legends

as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)

2021
The Oscars 7.1

The Oscars

as Self

1953
Good Omens 8.0

Good Omens

as Satan (voice)

2019
Good Hang with Amy Poehler 5.5

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

as Self - Guest

2025
Why did you come to Japan?

Why did you come to Japan?

as Self

2012
Patrick Melrose 7.5

Patrick Melrose

as Patrick Melrose

2018
The Hollow Crown 7.4

The Hollow Crown

as Richard

2012
The Hollow Crown 7.4

The Hollow Crown

as Richard III

2012
Timeshift 7.0

Timeshift

as self

2002
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge 6.5

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

as Self

2022
Eric 6.9

Eric

as Vincent

2024
Tipping the Velvet 6.9

Tipping the Velvet

as Freddy

2002
To the Ends of the Earth 6.1

To the Ends of the Earth

as Edmund Talbot

2005
The Last Enemy 6.7

The Last Enemy

as Stephen Ezard

2008
Super/Natural 7.3

Super/Natural

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Nathan Barley 7.3

Nathan Barley

as Robin

2005
Cambridge Spies 6.4

Cambridge Spies

as Edward Hand

2003
Small Island 6.1

Small Island

as Bernard

2009
Parade's End 6.5

Parade's End

as Christopher Tietjens

2012
Broken News 7.7

Broken News

as Will Parker

2005
South Pacific 7.9

South Pacific

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2009
Fortysomething 7.5

Fortysomething

as Rory Slippery

2003
Dunkirk 6.4

Dunkirk

as Lt Jimmy Langley

2004
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design 7.5

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

as Narrator (voice)

2012
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking 7.8

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

as Stephen Hawking

2010
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig 8.0

WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig

as Narrator (Voice)

2012

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