Person Details

Birthday: 1976-07-19 11:16:35

Aliases: 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 , 班奈狄克·康柏拜區 , Μπένεντικτ Κάμπερμπατς , 本尼迪克特·康伯巴奇

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 85

TV Involvements: 33


Most Famous Work

Biography

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. 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. His television work includes appearances in Silent Witness (2002) and Fortysomething (2003) before playing Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking (2004). He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2010. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016) and Patrick Melrose (2018). In film, he has starred in Amazing Grace (2006), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013), and The Imitation Game (2014). He also made a brief appearance in 1917 (2019). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit film series. In superhero films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played Dr Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has received numerous accolades, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Frankenstein, and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Sherlock. His performance in The Imitation Game earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2015, he was appointed a CBE in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Benedict Cumberbatch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Silent Witness
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Silent Witness

(1996) Warren Reid
What If...?
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8

What If...?

(2021) Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
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8

Spider-Man: No Way Home

(2021) Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Avengers: Infinity War
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Avengers: Infinity War

(2018) Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Agatha Christie's Marple
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Agatha Christie's Marple

(2004) Luke Fitzwilliam
Sherlock
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9

Sherlock

(2010) Sherlock Holmes
Marvel Studios Legends
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7

Marvel Studios Legends

(2021) Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage)
Spooks
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8

Spooks

(2002) Jim North

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Benjamin
2023 Mr. Thomas (voice)
AB
Narrator
Harry Pope
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman
2022 The Grinch (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Daddy (voice)
Self
Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Dr. Stephen Strange / Sinister Strange / Defender Strange
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
N/A
2021 Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Phil Burbank
Louis Wain
Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
Doctor Strange (voice)
Self
N/A
Lt. Stuart Couch
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage)
2020 Self - Narrator
Self
Greville Wynne
2019 Colonel MacKenzie
Benedict Cumberbatch
N/A
Satan (voice)
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
The Grinch (voice)
Dominic Cummings
2018 Shere Khan
Grinch (voice)
Grinch (voice)
Stephen Lewis
Patrick Melrose
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Thomas Edison
2017 Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Narrator (voice)
2016 Norman Lewis
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
Self - Performer
All
Himself
Sherlock Holmes
2015 Hamlet
Billy Bulger
2014 Self
Man at Costume Party
Smaug / Necromancer (voice)
Classified (voice)
Alan Turing
Narrator (Voice)
Agent Classified
N/A
Self
Self
N/A
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
2013 Little Charles Aiken
Sherlock Holmes
Narrator (Prehistoric Planet 3D Version)
Smaug / Necromancer
Narrator (voice)
Wallace
Rosencrantz
William Ford
Julian Assange
John Harrison / Khan
Narrator
N/A
2012 Necromancer
Dante (Voice)
Narrator (Voice)
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
N/A
Christopher Tietjens
Richard III, King of England
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester
N/A
2011 Maj. Jamie Stewart
David
Peter Guillam
Self
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2010 Nick Kaufman
Himself
Sherlock Holmes
James
The Negotiator
Stephen Hawking
Vincent Van Gogh
Henry Clark
2009 Bernard
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Guy Burgess
Narrator (voice)
2008 William Carey
Stephen Ezard
2007 Alexander Masters
Paul Marshall
Joe / Charlie
Self
Self - Guest
2006 William Pitt
Patrick Watts
Self - Guest
2005 Will Parker
Narrator (voice)
Edmund Talbot
Robin
2004 Luke Fitzwilliam
Stephen Hawking
Lt Jimmy Langley
2003 Rory Slippery
Royalist
Edward Hand
N/A
2002 Freddy
self
Jeremy
The Man
Jim North
1997 Self
Self
1996 Self
Warren Reid
1993 Self
1992 Charles
Toby Fisher
1989 Quilloughby (voice)
Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1988 N/A
1975 Self - Host
1953 Self
Vincent Anderson
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
N/A
Pete Seeger
N/A
Self - Presenter
N/A
N/A
N/A
Tom
Jasper Maskelyne
Lewis
Richard Hannay
Frank
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Executive Producer
2023 Executive Producer
2021 Producer
2020 Executive Producer
2018 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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