Benedict Cumberbatch
Known for Acting · 155 credits
- Born
- 1976-07-19 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
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).
Known For
TV Shows (50)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989
as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice) / Quilloughby (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self / Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Silent Witness
1996
as Warren Reid
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Sherlock
2010
as Sherlock Holmes
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
GMTV
1993
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Luke Fitzwilliam
Heartbeat
1992
as Toby Fisher / Charles
What If...?
2021
as Doctor Strange (voice) / Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice) / Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice) / Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
Spooks
2002
as Jim North
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
Good Omens
2019
as Satan (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Why did you come to Japan?
2012
as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
Timeshift
2002
as self
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Richard / Richard III
Patrick Melrose
2018
as Patrick Melrose
Nathan Barley
2005
as Robin
Super/Natural
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022
as Self
Eric
2024
as Vincent
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Edmund Talbot
South Pacific
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Parade's End
2012
as Christopher Tietjens
Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Freddy
Fortysomething
2003
as Rory Slippery
The Last Enemy
2008
as Stephen Ezard
Small Island
2009
as Bernard
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
2010
as Stephen Hawking
Broken News
2005
as Will Parker
Cambridge Spies
2003
as Edward Hand
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Dunkirk
2004
as Lt Jimmy Langley
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
2012
as Narrator (Voice)
Movies (105)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Doctor Strange
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Doctor Strange
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Doctor Stephen Strange
The Imitation Game
2014
as Alan Turing
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Doctor Strange
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Stephen Strange
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Smaug / Sauron
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Classified (voice)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Necromancer
12 Years a Slave
2013
as William Ford
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
as John Harrison / Khan
1917
2019
as Colonel MacKenzie
War Horse
2011
as Maj. Jamie Stewart
Atonement
2007
as Paul Marshall
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
as The Grinch (voice)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
as Shere Khan (voice)
August: Osage County
2013
as Little Charles Aiken
The Roses
2025
as Theo Rose
The Grinch
2018
as Grinch (voice)
The Power of the Dog
2021
as Phil Burbank
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Peter Guillam
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Poison
2023
as Harry Pope
Black Mass
2015
as Billy Bulger
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Uncle Nubar
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Sherlock Holmes
The Current War
2018
as Thomas Edison
The Mauritanian
2021
as Lt. Stuart Couch
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Julian Assange
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as William Carey
Confessions II – The Film
2026
as Self
The Whistleblower
2010
as Nick Kaufman
Zoolander 2
2016
as All
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
as Self
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Benedict Cumberbatch
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007
as Alexander Masters
The Courier
2020
as Greville Wynne
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
9 Kisses
2014
as Man at Costume Party
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
Jerusalem
2013
as Narrator (voice)
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Benjamin
Four Lions
2010
as Negotiator
The Child in Time
2018
as Stephen Lewis
Third Star
2010
as James
Walk with Me
2017
as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Hamlet
Amazing Grace
2006
as William Pitt
Wreckers
2011
as David
Wife & Dog
2027
Starter for 10
2006
as Patrick Watts
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
The End We Start From
2023
as AB
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
as Vincent Van Gogh
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012
as Dante (voice)
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Dominic Cummings
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Louis Wain
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
2014
as Agent Classified (voice)
Blood on Snow
as The Fisherman
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Henry Clark
Morning
as Frank
The Dog Days of Winter
2019
as The Grinch (voice)
Naples '44
2016
as Norman Lewis (voice)
Together for Palestine
2025
as Self
Inseparable
2007
as Joe / Charlie
Fields of Gold
2002
as Jeremy
The Thing with Feathers
2025
as Dad
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Rosencrantz
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
The Turning Point
2009
as Guy Burgess
Creation
2009
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022
as Daddy (voice)
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
Sherlock: Uncovered
2012
as Sherlock, Self
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
Little Favour
2013
as Wallace
To Kill a King
2003
as Royalist
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Last Flight
as Kirk Wallace Johnson
Antarctica
2020
as Self - Narrator
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024
as Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Hawking
2004
as Stephen Hawking
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
How to Live on Earth
2026
as Self
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
2005
as Narrator (voice)
The Dreams of William Golding
2012
as Reader
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Mr. Thomas (voice)
Hills Like White Elephants
2002
as The Man
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
2014
as Narrator
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
2023
as Narrator
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
2019
as The Grinch
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
2025
as Self
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
as Sherlock Holmes
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
About Benedict Cumberbatch
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 o… With 155 credits spanning from 1953 to 2027, Benedict Cumberbatch has appeared in 105 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Benedict Cumberbatch Movies
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — as Doctor Strange
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Doctor Strange
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) — as Doctor Stephen Strange
- The Imitation Game (2014) — as Alan Turing
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