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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
The Thing with Feathers
Character:Dad
Release Date:17/10/2025
Together for Palestine
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2025
The Roses
Character:Theo Rose
Release Date:27/08/2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Character:Uncle Nubar
Release Date:23/05/2025
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Character:Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
Release Date:14/03/2024
The Book of Clarence
Character:Benjamin
Release Date:11/01/2024
Mog's Christmas
Character:Mr. Thomas (voice)
Release Date:17/12/2023
The End We Start From
Character:AB
Release Date:08/12/2023
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/12/2023
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/2023
Poison
Character:Harry Pope
Release Date:29/09/2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Character:Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Release Date:20/09/2023
Minions & More Volume 1
Character:The Grinch (voice)
Release Date:27/09/2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Character:Daddy (voice)
Release Date:14/09/2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Character:Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Release Date:07/07/2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Character:Doctor Stephen Strange
Release Date:04/05/2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/01/2022
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
Character:
Release Date:26/01/2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Character:Doctor Strange
Release Date:15/12/2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Character:Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Release Date:12/11/2021
The Power of the Dog
Character:Phil Burbank
Release Date:25/10/2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Character:Louis Wain
Release Date:21/10/2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Character:Self
Release Date:22/03/2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Character:
Release Date:15/03/2021
The Mauritanian
Character:Lt. Stuart Couch
Release Date:12/02/2021
Antarctica
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:08/10/2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Character:Self
Release Date:30/08/2020
The Courier
Character:Greville Wynne
Release Date:24/01/2020
1917
Character:Colonel MacKenzie
Release Date:25/12/2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Character:Benedict Cumberbatch
Release Date:20/09/2019
Avengers: Endgame
Character:Doctor Strange
Release Date:24/04/2019
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
Character:The Grinch
Release Date:05/02/2019
The Dog Days of Winter
Character:The Grinch (voice)
Release Date:05/02/2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Character:Dominic Cummings
Release Date:19/01/2019
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Character:Shere Khan (voice)
Release Date:25/11/2018
The Grinch Mini-Movies
Character:Grinch (voice)
Release Date:22/11/2018
The Grinch
Character:Grinch (voice)
Release Date:08/11/2018
The Child in Time
Character:Stephen Lewis
Release Date:05/07/2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Character:Doctor Strange
Release Date:25/04/2018
The Current War
Character:Thomas Edison
Release Date:01/02/2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Character:Doctor Strange
Release Date:02/10/2017
Walk with Me
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:11/05/2017
Naples '44
Character:Norman Lewis (voice)
Release Date:15/12/2016
Doctor Strange
Character:Dr. Stephen Strange
Release Date:25/10/2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:23/04/2016
Zoolander 2
Character:All
Release Date:06/02/2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Character:Himself
Release Date:11/01/2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:01/01/2016
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:15/10/2015
Black Mass
Character:Billy Bulger
Release Date:17/09/2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Character:Smaug / Sauron (voice)
Release Date:10/12/2014
Penguins of Madagascar
Character:Classified (voice)
Release Date:22/11/2014
The Imitation Game
Character:Alan Turing
Release Date:14/11/2014
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Release Date:20/09/2014
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
Character:Agent Classified (voice)
Release Date:22/07/2014
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Character:Himself / Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:19/01/2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Character:Self
Release Date:12/01/2014
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Character:
Release Date:12/01/2014
August: Osage County
Character:Little Charles Aiken
Release Date:26/12/2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:24/12/2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Character:Smaug / Sauron
Release Date:11/12/2013
Jerusalem
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/11/2013
Little Favour
Character:Wallace
Release Date:05/11/2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Character:Rosencrantz
Release Date:02/11/2013
12 Years a Slave
Character:William Ford
Release Date:18/10/2013
The Fifth Estate
Character:Julian Assange
Release Date:11/10/2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
Character:John Harrison / Khan
Release Date:05/05/2013
Solar Superstorms
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/02/2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character:Necromancer
Release Date:12/12/2012
Girlfriend in a Coma
Character:Dante (voice)
Release Date:26/11/2012
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Character:Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
Release Date:31/10/2012
Sherlock: Uncovered
Character:Sherlock, Self
Release Date:22/05/2012
The Dreams of William Golding
Character:Reader
Release Date:17/03/2012
War Horse
Character:Maj. Jamie Stewart
Release Date:25/12/2011
Wreckers
Character:David
Release Date:16/12/2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character:Peter Guillam
Release Date:16/09/2011
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
Character:
Release Date:28/07/2011
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Character:The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Release Date:17/03/2011
The Whistleblower
Character:Nick Kaufman
Release Date:13/09/2010
Unlocking Sherlock
Character:Himself
Release Date:30/08/2010
Third Star
Character:James
Release Date:01/06/2010
Four Lions
Character:Negotiator
Release Date:07/05/2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Character:Vincent Van Gogh
Release Date:05/04/2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Character:Henry Clark
Release Date:01/01/2010
Creation
Character:Joseph Dalton Hooker
Release Date:25/09/2009
The Turning Point
Character:Guy Burgess
Release Date:12/08/2009
The Other Boleyn Girl
Character:William Carey
Release Date:28/02/2008
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Character:Alexander Masters
Release Date:23/09/2007
Inseparable
Character:Joe / Charlie
Release Date:15/03/2007
Atonement
Character:Paul Marshall
Release Date:27/02/2007
Amazing Grace
Character:William Pitt
Release Date:16/09/2006
Starter for 10
Character:Patrick Watts
Release Date:13/09/2006
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/09/2005
Hawking
Character:Stephen Hawking
Release Date:10/12/2004
To Kill a King
Character:Royalist
Release Date:16/05/2003
Fields of Gold
Character:Jeremy
Release Date:08/06/2002
Hills Like White Elephants
Character:The Man
Release Date:01/06/2002
Television Appearances
Eric
Character:Vincent
Super/Natural
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Character:Self
What If...?
Character:Doctor Strange (voice)
What If...?
Character:Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
What If...?
Character:Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
What If...?
Character:Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
Character:Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Good Omens
Character:Satan (voice)
Patrick Melrose
Character:Patrick Melrose
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self - Guest
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig
Character:Narrator (Voice)
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Character:Narrator (voice)
Parade's End
Character:Christopher Tietjens
The Hollow Crown
Character:Richard
The Hollow Crown
Character:Richard III
Why did you come to Japan?
Character:Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Character:Self
Sherlock
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Character:Stephen Hawking
Small Island
Character:Bernard
South Pacific
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Enemy
Character:Stephen Ezard
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self - Guest
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
Broken News
Character:Will Parker
To the Ends of the Earth
Character:Edmund Talbot
Nathan Barley
Character:Robin
Agatha Christie's Marple
Character:Luke Fitzwilliam
Dunkirk
Character:Lt Jimmy Langley
Fortysomething
Character:Rory Slippery
Cambridge Spies
Character:Edward Hand
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Tipping the Velvet
Character:Freddy
Top Gear
Character:Self
Timeshift
Character:self
Spooks
Character:Jim North
The View
Character:Self
Leute heute
Character:Self
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Silent Witness
Character:Warren Reid
GMTV
Character:Self
Heartbeat
Character:Toby Fisher
Heartbeat
Character:Charles
Have I Got News for You
Character:Self - Host
The Simpsons
Character:Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Quilloughby (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Character:Self
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