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Born · July 19, 1976 (48 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK
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).
Dad
0.0
2025
Mr. Thomas (voice)
7.3
2023
Harry Pope
6.9
2023
Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
7.2
2023
The Grinch (voice)
7.0
2022
Self (archive footage)
6.7
2022
Self (archive footage)
6.1
2022
0.0
2022
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
7.0
2021
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
7.3
2014
Alan Turing
8.0
2014
Narrator
7.5
2014
Little Charles Aiken
6.8
2013
Sherlock Holmes
8.0
2013
Narrator (Prehistoric Planet 3D Version)
6.2
2013
Smaug / Sauron
7.6
2013
William Ford
7.9
2013
Julian Assange
6.0
2013
John Harrison / Khan
7.3
2013
Narrator
6.0
2013
Necromancer
7.4
2012
Dante (Voice)
6.8
2012
Maj. Jamie Stewart
7.3
2011
David
5.3
2011
Peter Guillam
6.6
2011
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
8.0
2011
Nick Kaufman
6.7
2010
James
7.1
2010
The Negotiator
7.0
2010
Henry Clark
5.6
2010
Joseph Dalton Hooker
6.4
2009
William Carey
6.7
2008
Alexander Masters
7.4
2007
Joe / Charlie
7.0
2007
Paul Marshall
7.6
2007
William Pitt
6.9
2006
Patrick Watts
6.4
2006
Narrator (voice)
6.0
2005
Stephen Hawking
7.0
2004
Frank
0.0
Lewis
0.0
0.0
Doctor Strange
0.0
2026
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry
7.4
2024
Benjamin
5.8
2024
AB
5.8
2023
Narrator
9.0
2023
Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
7.2
2022
Doctor Stephen Strange
7.3
2022
The Grinch
10.0
2019
The Grinch (voice)
5.8
2019
Shere Khan (voice)
6.5
2018
Grinch (voice)
6.9
2018
Stephen Lewis
5.9
2018
Doctor Strange
8.2
2018
Thomas Edison
6.7
2018
Doctor Strange
7.6
2017
Narrator (voice)
5.7
2017
Norman Lewis (voice)
5.7
2016
Self - Performer
7.5
2016
All
4.9
2016
Himself
7.3
2016
Sherlock Holmes
7.8
2016
Hamlet
7.4
2015
Billy Bulger
6.5
2015
Man at Costume Party
6.2
2014
Classified (voice)
6.5
2014
Narrator (Voice)
6.0
2014
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
7.8
2014
Narrator (voice)
6.7
2013
Wallace
6.6
2013
Rosencrantz
7.0
2013
Vincent Van Gogh
7.3
2010
0.0
Sherlock, Self
0.0
2012
Theo
0.0
Doctor Stephen Strange
0.0
Jasper Maskelyne
0.0
Jeremy
0.0
2002
Uncle Nubar
0.0
0.0
Guy Burgess
0.0
2009
Royalist
5.8
2003
0.0
Daddy (voice)
6.4
2022
Doctor Strange
8.0
2021
Phil Burbank
6.8
2021
Louis Wain
6.9
2021
Doctor Strange (voice) · (3 episodes)
8.1
2021
Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2021
Self
7.0
2021
7.5
2021
Lt. Stuart Couch
7.4
2021
Self - Narrator
10.0
2020
Self
8.1
2020
Greville Wynne
7.1
2020
Colonel MacKenzie
8.0
2019
Benedict Cumberbatch
6.0
2019
Doctor Strange
8.2
2019
Dominic Cummings
6.6
2019
Grinch (voice)
6.1
2018
Doctor Strange (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Dr. Stephen Strange
7.4
2016
Agent Classified (voice)
6.4
2014
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
6.0
2012
Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
7.6
2012
Christopher Tietjens · (5 episodes)
6.6
2012
Self · (1 episode)
4.8
2011
Himself
6.5
2010
Sherlock Holmes · (15 episodes)
8.5
2010
Bernard · (2 episodes)
5.8
2009
Stephen Ezard · (5 episodes)
6.8
2008
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.6
2006
Will Parker · (6 episodes)
7.3
2005
Luke Fitzwilliam · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
The Man
0.0
2002
0.0
Edmund Talbot · (3 episodes)
6.1
2005
Rory Slippery · (6 episodes)
7.3
2003
Jim North · (1 episode)
7.6
2002
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Warren Reid · (2 episodes)
7.5
1996
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Toby Fisher · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Tom · (1 episode)
0.0
Vincent · (6 episodes)
7.1
2024
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
7.1
2022
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2022
Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2021
Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice) · (1 episode)
8.1
2021
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
7.4
2021
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2020
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
Satan (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
2019
Patrick Melrose · (5 episodes)
7.5
2018
Self · (3 episodes)
4.4
2014
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
Self · (2 episodes)
5.8
2014
(1 episode)
5.8
2014
Narrator (Voice) · (2 episodes)
8.0
2012
Richard · (1 episode)
7.4
2012
Richard III · (1 episode)
7.4
2012
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2012
(1 episode)
0.0
2012
Self · (1 episode)
8.5
2010
Self / Sherlock Holmes · (1 episode)
8.5
2010
Stephen Hawking · (3 episodes)
7.8
2010
Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
7.8
2009
Self · (7 episodes)
7.2
2007
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Robin · (2 episodes)
7.2
2005
Lt Jimmy Langley · (3 episodes)
6.3
2004
Edward Hand · (1 episode)
6.4
2003
(1 episode)
5.5
2003
Freddy · (1 episode)
6.9
2002
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2002
self · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Self · (1 episode)
3.0
1997
Charles · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Quilloughby (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
(2 episodes)
5.2
1988
Self - Host · (2 episodes)
6.9
1975
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953
Richard Hannay · (1 episode)
1.0
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.0
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975