Benedict Cumberbatch
Acting
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
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movieThe Roses
2025
Theo Rose
movieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
Uncle Nubar
tvEric
2024
Vincent
movieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
movieThe Book of Clarence
2024
Benjamin
movieMog's Christmas
2023
Mr. Thomas (voice)
movieJames Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
Self (archive footage)
moviePoison
2023
Harry Pope
movieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
movieMinions & More Volume 1
2022
The Grinch (voice)
tvSuper/Natural
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022
Daddy (voice)
movieMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
movieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
Doctor Stephen Strange
movieBehind the Scenes with Jane Campion
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieSpider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Doctor Strange
movieMarvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
movieThe Power of the Dog
2021
Phil Burbank
tvWhat If...?
2021
Doctor Strange (voice) / Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice) / Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice) / Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
movieThe Mauritanian
2021
Lt. Stuart Couch
tvMarvel Studios Legends
2021
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAntarctica
2020
Self - Narrator
movieThe Courier
2020
Greville Wynne
movie1917
2019
Colonel MacKenzie
movieBetween Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
Benedict Cumberbatch
tvGood Omens
2019
Satan (voice)
movieAvengers: Endgame
2019
Doctor Strange
movieCindy-Lou's Yule Log
2019
The Grinch
movieThe Dog Days of Winter
2019
The Grinch (voice)
movieBrexit: The Uncivil War
2019
Dominic Cummings
movieMowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
Shere Khan (voice)
movieThe Grinch
2018
Grinch (voice)
movieThe Child in Time
2018
Stephen Lewis
tvPatrick Melrose
2018
Patrick Melrose
movieAvengers: Infinity War
2018
Doctor Strange
movieThe Current War
2018
Thomas Edison
movieThor: Ragnarok
2017
Doctor Strange
movieWalk with Me
2017
Narrator (voice)
movieNaples '44
2016
Norman Lewis (voice)
movieDoctor Strange
2016
Dr. Stephen Strange
movieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
Self - Performer
movieSherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
Sherlock Holmes
movieBlack Mass
2015
Billy Bulger
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
moviePenguins of Madagascar
2014
Classified (voice)
movieThe Imitation Game
2014
Alan Turing
movieWalking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
2014
Narrator (Voice)
movieThe Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
2014
Agent Classified (voice)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movie9 Kisses
2014
Man at Costume Party
movieUnlocking Sherlock
2014
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
movieAugust: Osage County
2013
Little Charles Aiken
movieSherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
Sherlock Holmes
movieThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
Smaug / Sauron
movieJerusalem
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieLittle Favour
2013
Wallace
movie12 Years a Slave
2013
William Ford
movieThe Fifth Estate
2013
Julian Assange
movieStar Trek Into Darkness
2013
John Harrison / Khan
movieThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
Necromancer
movieGirlfriend in a Coma
2012
Dante (voice)
tvWWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
2012
Narrator (Voice)
movieFrankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
tvStephen Hawking's Grand Design
2012
Narrator (voice)
tvParade's End
2012
Christopher Tietjens
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Richard / Richard III
movieSherlock: Uncovered
2012
Sherlock, Self
movieWar Horse
2011
Maj. Jamie Stewart
movieWreckers
2011
David
movieTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
Peter Guillam
movieNational Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
tvConan
2010
Self - Guest
movieThe Whistleblower
2010
Nick Kaufman
movieUnlocking Sherlock
2010
Himself
tvSherlock
2010
Sherlock Holmes
movieThird Star
2010
James
movieFour Lions
2010
Negotiator
tvInto the Universe with Stephen Hawking
2010
Stephen Hawking
movieVan Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
Vincent Van Gogh
movieBurlesque Fairytales
2010
Henry Clark
tvSmall Island
2009
Bernard
movieCreation
2009
Joseph Dalton Hooker
movieThe Turning Point
2009
Guy Burgess
tvSouth Pacific
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Other Boleyn Girl
2008
William Carey
tvThe Last Enemy
2008
Stephen Ezard
movieStuart: A Life Backwards
2007
Alexander Masters
movieInseparable
2007
Joe / Charlie
movieAtonement
2007
Paul Marshall
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007
Self / Self - Guest
movieAmazing Grace
2006
William Pitt
movieStarter for 10
2006
Patrick Watts
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
tvBroken News
2005
Will Parker
movieThe Man Who Predicted 9/11
2005
Narrator (voice)
tvTo the Ends of the Earth
2005
Edmund Talbot
tvNathan Barley
2005
Robin
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Luke Fitzwilliam
movieHawking
2004
Stephen Hawking
tvDunkirk
2004
Lt Jimmy Langley
tvFortysomething
2003
Rory Slippery
movieTo Kill a King
2003
Royalist
tvCambridge Spies
2003
Edward Hand
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvTipping the Velvet
2002
Freddy
tvTop Gear
2002
Self
tvTimeshift
2002
self
tvSpooks
2002
Jim North
tvThe View
1997
Self
tvSilent Witness
1996
Warren Reid
tvGMTV
1993
Self
tvHeartbeat
1992
Toby Fisher / Charles
tvHave I Got News for You
1990
Self - Host
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice) / Quilloughby (voice)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Blood on Snow
The Fisherman
movieMorning
Frank
Last Flight
Kirk Wallace Johnson
tvHave I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Production14
movieThe Roses
2025
Executive Producer
movieWe Live in Time
2024
Executive Producer
tvEric
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe End We Start From
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Executive Producer
movieThe Mauritanian
2021
Producer
movieThe Courier
2020
Executive Producer
movieThe Child in Time
2018
Executive Producer
tvPatrick Melrose
2018
Executive Producer
movieLittle Favour
2013
Producer
movieRogue Male
Producer
Migrations
Producer
Last Flight
Executive Producer
movieMorning
Executive Producer