10.0
10.0
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
2019
as The Grinch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Also known as: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
Acting
Born:July 19, 1976(age 50)
Birthplace:Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Height:6'0" (183 cm)
Education:Brambletye School, Harrow School, University of Manchester, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Victoria University of Manchester
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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).
Filmography (105 movies)
9.0
9.0
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
2023
as Narrator
8.2
8.2
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Doctor Strange
8.2
8.2
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Doctor Strange
8.1
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self
8.0
8.0
1917
2019
as Colonel MacKenzie
8.0
8.0
The Imitation Game
2014
as Alan Turing
7.9
7.9
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Doctor Strange
7.9
7.9
12 Years a Slave
2013
as William Ford
7.9
7.9
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
as Sherlock Holmes
7.8
7.8
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Sherlock Holmes
7.8
7.8
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
7.8
7.8
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
7.6
7.6
Atonement
2007
as Paul Marshall
7.6
7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Doctor Strange
7.6
7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Smaug / Sauron
7.5
7.5
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Hamlet
7.5
7.5
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
7.5
7.5
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
2014
as Narrator
7.4
7.4
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Stephen Strange
7.4
7.4
The Mauritanian
2021
Producer
7.4
7.4
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007
as Alexander Masters
7.3
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
7.3
7.3
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
as John Harrison / Khan
7.3
7.3
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
7.3
7.3
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
as Vincent Van Gogh
7.3
7.3
War Horse
2011
as Maj. Jamie Stewart
7.3
7.3
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Mr. Thomas (voice)
7.2
7.2
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
7.2
7.2
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Doctor Stephen Strange
7.2
7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
7.2
7.2
We Live in Time
2024
Executive Producer
7.1
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
7.1
7.1
Inseparable
2007
as Joe / Charlie
7.1
7.1
Third Star
2010
as James
7.0
7.0
Hawking
2004
as Stephen Hawking
7.0
7.0
The Courier
2020
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
7.0
7.0
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
as The Grinch (voice)
7.0
7.0
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
7.0
7.0
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Executive Producer
6.9
6.9
Four Lions
2010
as Negotiator
6.9
6.9
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
Amazing Grace
2006
as William Pitt
6.9
6.9
The Grinch
2018
as Grinch (voice)
6.9
6.9
Poison
2023
as Harry Pope
6.9
6.9
August: Osage County
2013
as Little Charles Aiken
6.8
6.8
Jerusalem
2013
as Narrator (voice)
6.8
6.8
The Power of the Dog
2021
as Phil Burbank
6.8
6.8
The Roses
2025
Executive Producer
6.7
6.7
The Whistleblower
2010
as Nick Kaufman
6.7
6.7
The Current War
2018
as Thomas Edison
6.7
6.7
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as William Carey
6.7
6.7
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Uncle Nubar
6.6
6.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Peter Guillam
6.6
6.6
The Thing with Feathers
2025
as Dad
6.6
6.6
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Dominic Cummings
6.5
6.5
Black Mass
2015
as Billy Bulger
6.5
6.5
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Classified (voice)
6.5
6.5
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
6.5
6.5
Little Favour
2013
as Wallace
6.5
6.5
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
6.5
6.5
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
as Shere Khan (voice)
6.4
6.4
Creation
2009
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
6.4
6.4
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022
as Daddy (voice)
6.4
6.4
Starter for 10
2006
as Patrick Watts
6.3
6.3
Antarctica
2020
as Self - Narrator
6.3
6.3
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
2014
as Agent Classified (voice)
6.2
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Rosencrantz
6.1
6.1
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
2022
as Self (archive footage)
6.1
6.1
The Grinch Mini-Movies
2018
as Grinch (voice)
6.0
6.0
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Julian Assange
6.0
6.0
Solar Superstorms
2013
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
2005
as Narrator (voice)
5.9
5.9
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Benedict Cumberbatch
5.9
5.9
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Benjamin
5.8
5.8
The End We Start From
2023
Executive Producer
5.8
5.8
The Dog Days of Winter
2019
as The Grinch (voice)
5.8
5.8
Walk with Me
2017
as Narrator (voice)
5.8
5.8
The Child in Time
2018
Executive Producer
5.7
5.7
Naples '44
2016
as Norman Lewis (voice)
5.6
5.6
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Henry Clark
5.2
5.2
Wreckers
2011
as David
4.9
4.9
Zoolander 2
2016
as All
Wife & Dog
TBA
Blood on Snow
TBA
as The Fisherman
Morning
TBA
as Frank
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
2014
as Self
Gypsy Boy
TBA
Sherlock: Uncovered
2012
as Sherlock, Self
Hills Like White Elephants
2002
as The Man
Placebo: This Search For Meaning
2024
as Self
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
The Dreams of William Golding
2012
as Reader
Supermarket slave trail
TBA
as Narrator
Poison
TBA
M4's The Hobbit Book Edit
2021
as Smaug
The Turning Point
2009
as Guy Burgess
Rogue Male
TBA
Producer
Fields of Gold
2002
as Jeremy
The War Magician
TBA
Producer
Migrations
TBA
Producer
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