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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1976
Place of Birth
Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
5.9 Popularity
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
7.4
Dad
The Thing with Feathers
2025
6.7
Theo Rose
The Roses
2025
6.6
Uncle Nubar
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
0.0
Self
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024
7.0
Vincent
Eric
2024
7.4
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
5.9
Benjamin
The Book of Clarence
2024
7.3
Mr. Thomas (voice)
Mog's Christmas
2023
5.9
AB
The End We Start From
2023
7.0
Self (archive footage)
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
Credits
The Thing with Feathers
as Dad
2025
7.4
The Roses
as Theo Rose
2025
6.7
The Phoenician Scheme
as Uncle Nubar
2025
6.6
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
as Self
2024
0.0
Eric
as Vincent
2024
7.0
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
2024
7.4
The Book of Clarence
as Benjamin
2024
5.9
Mog's Christmas
as Mr. Thomas (voice)
2023
7.3
The End We Start From
as AB
2023
5.9
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
as Narrator
2023
9.0
Poison
as Harry Pope
2023
6.9
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
2023
7.2
Minions & More Volume 1
as The Grinch (voice)
2022
7.0
Super/Natural
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
7.3
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
as Daddy (voice)
2022
6.4
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
as Self
2022
6.7
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
2022
7.1
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
as Doctor Stephen Strange
2022
7.2
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.1
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
0.0
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as Doctor Strange
2021
7.9
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
2021
6.9
The Power of the Dog
as Phil Burbank
2021
6.8
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Louis Wain
2021
6.9
What If...?
as Doctor Strange (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
2021
8.1
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2021
7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
7.5
The Mauritanian
as Lt. Stuart Couch
2021
7.4
Marvel Studios Legends
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
Antarctica
as Self - Narrator
2020
6.3
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
2020
8.1
The Courier
as Greville Wynne
2020
7.0
1917
as Colonel MacKenzie
2019
8.0
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
as Benedict Cumberbatch
2019
5.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Good Omens
as Satan (voice)
2019
8.0
Avengers: Endgame
as Doctor Strange
2019
8.2
The Dog Days of Winter
as The Grinch (voice)
2019
5.8
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
as The Grinch
2019
10.0
Brexit: The Uncivil War
as Dominic Cummings
2019
6.6
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
as Shere Khan (voice)
2018
6.5
The Grinch Mini-Movies
as Grinch (voice)
2018
6.1
The Grinch
as Grinch (voice)
2018
6.9
The Child in Time
as Stephen Lewis
2018
5.8
Patrick Melrose
as Patrick Melrose
2018
7.6
Avengers: Infinity War
as Doctor Strange
2018
8.2
The Current War
as Thomas Edison
2018
6.7
Thor: Ragnarok
as Doctor Strange
2017
7.6
Walk with Me
as Narrator (voice)
2017
5.8
Naples '44
as Norman Lewis (voice)
2016
5.7
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Stephen Strange
2016
7.4
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
2016
7.2
Zoolander 2
as All
2016
4.9
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
as Himself
2016
7.3
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
as Sherlock Holmes
2016
7.8
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
as Hamlet
2015
7.5
Black Mass
as Billy Bulger
2015
6.5
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
6.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
2014
7.3
Penguins of Madagascar
as Classified (voice)
2014
6.5
The Imitation Game
as Alan Turing
2014
8.0
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
as Narrator (Voice)
2014
6.5
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
as Agent Classified (voice)
2014
6.3
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
as Narrator
2014
7.5
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
2014
7.9
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
as Self
2014
0.0
Sherlock: His Last Vow
2014
9.0
August: Osage County
as Little Charles Aiken
2013
6.9
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
as Sherlock Holmes
2013
7.9
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Smaug / Sauron
2013
7.6
Jerusalem
as Narrator (voice)
2013
6.8
Little Favour
as Wallace
2013
6.5
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Rosencrantz
2013
6.2
12 Years a Slave
as William Ford
2013
7.9
The Fifth Estate
as Julian Assange
2013
6.0
Star Trek Into Darkness
as John Harrison / Khan
2013
7.3
Solar Superstorms
as Narrator
2013
6.0
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Necromancer
2012
7.4
Girlfriend in a Coma
as Dante (voice)
2012
6.9
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig
as Narrator (Voice)
2012
8.0
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
2012
7.0
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
as Narrator (voice)
2012
7.5
Parade's End
as Christopher Tietjens
2012
6.5
The Hollow Crown
as Richard
2012
7.4
The Hollow Crown
as Richard III
2012
7.4
Why did you come to Japan?
as Self
2012
0.0
Sherlock: Uncovered
as Sherlock, Self
2012
10.0
🎬
The Dreams of William Golding
as Reader
2012
0.0
War Horse
as Maj. Jamie Stewart
2011
7.3
Wreckers
as David
2011
5.2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Peter Guillam
2011
6.6
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
0.0
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2011
7.8
The Whistleblower
as Nick Kaufman
2010
6.7
Unlocking Sherlock
as Himself
2010
6.5
Sherlock
as Sherlock Holmes
2010
8.5
Third Star
as James
2010
7.0
Four Lions
as Negotiator
2010
6.9
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
as Stephen Hawking
2010
7.7
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
as Vincent Van Gogh
2010
7.3
Burlesque Fairytales
as Henry Clark
2010
5.6
Small Island
as Bernard
2009
6.1
Creation
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
2009
6.4
The Turning Point
as Guy Burgess
2009
0.0
South Pacific
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
7.9
The Other Boleyn Girl
as William Carey
2008
6.7
The Last Enemy
as Stephen Ezard
2008
6.7
Stuart: A Life Backwards
as Alexander Masters
2007
7.4
Inseparable
as Joe / Charlie
2007
7.1
Atonement
as Paul Marshall
2007
7.6
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
Amazing Grace
as William Pitt
2006
6.9
Starter for 10
as Patrick Watts
2006
6.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.4
Broken News
as Will Parker
2005
7.3
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
as Narrator (voice)
2005
6.0
To the Ends of the Earth
as Edmund Talbot
2005
6.0
Nathan Barley
as Robin
2005
7.2
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Luke Fitzwilliam
2004
7.8
Hawking
as Stephen Hawking
2004
7.1
Dunkirk
as Lt Jimmy Langley
2004
6.4
Fortysomething
as Rory Slippery
2003
7.5
To Kill a King
as Royalist
2003
5.7
Cambridge Spies
as Edward Hand
2003
6.2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Tipping the Velvet
as Freddy
2002
6.8
Top Gear
as Self
2002
7.5
Timeshift
as self
2002
7.0
🎬
Fields of Gold
as Jeremy
2002
0.0
Hills Like White Elephants
as The Man
2002
0.0
Spooks
as Jim North
2002
7.7
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Silent Witness
as Warren Reid
1996
7.5
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Heartbeat
as Toby Fisher
1992
7.1
Heartbeat
as Charles
1992
7.1
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
1990
7.1
The Simpsons
as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1989
8.0
The Simpsons
as Quilloughby (voice)
1989
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
N/A
7.0
Rogue Male
N/A
0.0
🎬
Wife & Dog
N/A
0.0
Morning
as Frank
N/A
0.0
Gypsy Boy
N/A
0.0
🎬
Blood on Snow
as The Fisherman
N/A
0.0
🎬
How to Stop Time
as Tom
N/A
0.0
Supermarket slave trail
as Narrator
N/A
0.0