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Benedict Cumberbatch
Highest Rated: 100% The Tiger Who Came to Tea (2019)
Lowest Rated: 22% Zoolander No. 2 (2016)
Birthday: Jul 19, 1976
Birthplace: London, England, UK
One of the most well-respected British thespians of his generation, Benedict Cumberbatch may have taken the classic route to acting fame: spouting off Shakespeare at drama school, followed by BBC roles and eventually films, but his type of fame is decidedly 21st century. Cumberbatch is beloved by a very devoted cadre of fans, who line the stranger corners of the internet with all sorts of fan art and memes dedicated to their favorite actor. From Oscar nominated prestige dramas to Marvel superhero tentpole blockbusters, Cumberbatch's range seems limitless; one might even call him a leading man disguised as an eccentric character actor. Born on July 19. 1976 in London to actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, Cumberbatch came from literal royalty: his third cousin sixteen times removed was Richard III. While away at boarding school, Cumberbatch became interested in acting. He made his stage debut at the age of 12, playing Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in a school production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Before university, Cumberbatch took a gap year to teach English at a Tibetan monastery, which began a lifetime of studying Buddhist philosophy. After earning his masters in Classical Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Cumberbatch began working on the stage. His breakthrough in the UK came when he was cast as Stephen Hawking in the miniseries "Hawking" (BBC, 2004), soon followed by an acclaimed role in the film "Amazing Grace" (2006). Cumberbatch next earned his first lead role, in the miniseries "The Last Enemy" (BBC, 2008), before landing the part that would make him a cause celebrae on both sides of the pond: Sherlock Holmes. "Sherlock" (BBC/PBS, 2012-) was a thoroughly modern take on Arthur Conan Doyle's classic sleuth: Cumberbatch's Holmes was acerbic and dangerous, and with Martin Freeman's Watson as his foil, Cumberbatch got to delightfully chew the scenery. His performance in the third season netted him an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Speaking of movies, Cumberbatch's next big role was as a lovesick closeted spy hunting down a mole in Tomas Alfredsson's acclaimed take on the John le Careé classic "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011). Thanks to his growing online fandom, Cumberbatch soon found himself on the radar of major filmmakers casting big tentpole projects: for Peter Jackson he lended his voice to the villainous dragon Smaug across three films: "The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey" (2012), "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" (2013), and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (2014), while also taking on the role of the legendary sci-fi heavy, Khan, for JJ Abrams's "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013). For his turn as Alan Turing, inventor of the modern computer who was tormented by British law for his homosexuality, in the drama "The Imitation Game" (2014), Cumberbatch received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. This also lead to Cumberbatch signing an open letter, published in The Guardian on January 31, 2015, asking the British government to pardon all gay and bisexual men who were convicted under the same defunct "indecency" laws as Alan Turing. Cumberbatch was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2015 for his services on behalf of the arts and charity. For his next role, Cumberbatch took on the titular role of "Doctor Strange" (2016) in Marvel's most psychedelic superhero adventure yet. He would reprise the role for "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). Cumberbatch earned another Emmy nomination for his lead role in the miniseries "Patrick Melrose" (HBO, 2018), before taking things full circle to the beginning of his career by taking the job of president of LAMDA, his old alma mater. Cumberbatch could next be seen in Sam Mendes' World War I drama "1917" (2019).
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Live in Time | Executive Producer | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More |
Henry Sugar/ |
- | 2024 |
88% |
|
The End We Start From |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2023 |
67% |
|
The Book of Clarence | Unknown (Character) | $6.1M | 2023 |
94% |
|
Poison | Harry (Character) | - | 2023 |
95% |
|
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar |
Henry Sugar/ |
- | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mog's Christmas | Mr Thomas (Voice) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arctic: Our Frozen Planet | Narrator | - | 2023 |
74% |
|
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Doctor Stephen Strange (Character) | $411.3M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | NT Live: Frankenstein 2022 Encore | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
93% |
|
Spider-Man: No Way Home | Doctor Strange (Character) | $814.1M | 2021 |
94% |
|
The Power of the Dog | Phil Burbank (Character) | - | 2021 |
69% |
|
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Louis Wain (Character) | - | 2021 |
75% |
|
The Mauritanian |
Stu Couch (Character), Producer |
$832.4K | 2021 |
85% |
|
The Courier | Greville Wynne (Character) | $6.6M | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | There's a Hole in My Bucket | Narrator | - | 2020 |
88% |
|
1917 | Colonel Mackenzie (Character) | $159.2M | 2019 |
61% |
|
The Current War: Director's Cut |
Thomas Edison (Character), Executive Producer |
$6.0M | 2019 |
73% |
|
Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Self | - | 2019 |
94% |
|
Avengers: Endgame |
Stephen Strange/ |
$858.4M | 2019 |
80% |
|
Brexit | Dominic Cummings (Character) | - | 2019 |
33% |
|
The Current War | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
100% |
|
The Tiger Who Came to Tea | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2019 |
51% |
|
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Shere Khan (Voice) | - | 2018 |
59% |
|
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch | The Grinch (Voice) | $270.9M | 2018 |
85% |
|
Avengers: Infinity War | Dr. Stephen Strange (Character) | $678.8M | 2018 |
79% |
|
The Child in Time |
Stephen (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
81% |
|
Walk With Me | Narrator | $716.5K | 2017 |
93% |
|
Thor: Ragnarok | Doctor Strange (Character) | $315.0M | 2017 |
89% |
|
Doctor Strange | Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange (Character) | $232.6M | 2016 |
22% |
|
Zoolander No. 2 | All (Character) | $28.8M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Sherlock (Character) | - | 2016 |
73% |
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Black Mass | Bill Bulger (Character) | $62.6M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Solar Superstorms | Narrator | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet | Narrator | - | 2014 |
90% |
|
The Imitation Game | Alan Turing (Character) | $91.1M | 2014 |
74% |
|
Penguins of Madagascar | Agent Classified (Voice) | $83.3M | 2014 |
59% |
|
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Smaug (Voice) | $255.1M | 2014 |
85% |
|
Stephen Hawking Biography | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
67% |
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August: Osage County | 'Little' Charles Aiken (Character) | $37.7M | 2013 |
74% |
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Smaug (Voice) | $258.4M | 2013 |
95% |
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12 Years a Slave | William Ford (Character) | $56.7M | 2013 |
36% |
|
The Fifth Estate | Julian Assange (Character) | $3.3M | 2013 |
89% |
|
Jerusalem | Narrator | $8.0M | 2013 |
84% |
|
Star Trek Into Darkness | John Harrison (Character) | $228.8M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | DVS Hobbit, The: The Desolation of Smaug (HD) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walking With Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet | Narrator | - | 2013 |
92% |
|
Wreckers | David (Character) | - | 2011 |
84% |
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Peter Guillam (Character) | $24.1M | 2011 |
75% |
|
War Horse | Major Stewart (Character) | $79.9M | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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National Theatre Live: Frankenstein |
The Creature / |
- | 2011 |
47% |
|
Third Star | James (Character) | - | 2010 |
76% |
|
The Whistleblower | Nick Phillips (Character) | $1.1M | 2010 |
83% |
|
Four Lions | Ed (Character) | $304.1K | 2009 |
47% |
|
Creation | Joseph Hooker (Character) | $340.6K | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Burlesque Fairytales | Henry Clark (Character) | - | 2009 |
43% |
|
The Other Boleyn Girl | William Carey (Character) | $26.8M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marple: Murder Is Easy | Luke Fitzwilliam (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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Stuart: A Life Backwards | Alexander Masters (Character) | - | 2007 |
83% |
|
Atonement | Paul Marshall (Character) | $50.9M | 2007 |
90% |
|
Starter for 10 | Patrick (Character) | $210.1K | 2006 |
68% |
|
Amazing Grace | William Pitt (Character) | $21.2M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Hawking | Stephen Hawking (Character) | - | 2004 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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72% | 58% | Eric | Vincent Anderson (Character) | 2024 |
89% | 79% | What If...? |
Doctor Strange (Guest Voice), Dr. Strange (Voice) |
2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge | Self | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super/Natural | Narrator | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2016 2022 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016 2018-2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014 2016-2018 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2013-2018 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2014 2018 2022 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2013 2015-2016 2018-2019 2021 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2021 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Willoughby (Guest Voice) | 2013 2021 |
No Score Yet | 6% | The View | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2015 2018 |
90% | 45% | Patrick Melrose |
Patrick Melrose (Character), Executive Producer |
2018 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2018 |
78% | 83% | Sherlock | Sherlock Holmes (Character) | 2010 2012 2014 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2014 2016 |
98% | 82% | The Hollow Crown | Richard III (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Mystery! | Sherlock Holmes (Character) | 2010 2014 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Top Gear | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Parade's End | Christopher Tietjens (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen Hawking's Grand Design | Narrator | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Small Island on Masterpiece | Bernard (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | South Pacific | Narrator | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To the Ends of the Earth | Unknown (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dunkirk | Lieutenant Jimmy Langley (Character) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fortysomething | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |