Acting
Benedict Cumberbatch
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
Wife & Dog
Film · 2027
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Film · 2026
Confessions II – The Film
Film · 2026
How to Live on Earth
Film · 2026
The Thing with Feathers
Film · 2025
The Roses
Film · 2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Film · 2025
Together for Palestine
Film · 2025
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
Film · 2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Series · 2025
The Book of Clarence
Film · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Film · 2024
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Film · 2024
Eric
Series · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Film · 2023
Mog's Christmas
Film · 2023
Poison
Film · 2023
The End We Start From
Film · 2023
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Film · 2023
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Film · 2023
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
Film · 2022
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Film · 2022
Minions & More Volume 1
Film · 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Film · 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Film · 2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Film · 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Film · 2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Series · 2022
Super/Natural
Series · 2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Film · 2021
The Power of the Dog
Film · 2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Film · 2021
The Mauritanian
Film · 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film · 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Film · 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Film · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Series · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
What If...?
Series · 2021
The Courier
Film · 2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Film · 2020
Antarctica
Film · 2020
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
Film · 2019
The Dog Days of Winter
Film · 2019
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Film · 2019
1917
Film · 2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Film · 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Good Omens
Series · 2019
The Grinch
Film · 2018
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Film · 2018
The Current War
Film · 2018
The Child in Time
Film · 2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Film · 2018
Patrick Melrose
Series · 2018
Thor: Ragnarok
Film · 2017
Walk with Me
Film · 2017
Zoolander 2
Film · 2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Film · 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Film · 2016
Naples '44
Film · 2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Film · 2016
Doctor Strange
Film · 2016
Black Mass
Film · 2015
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Film · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Film · 2014
The Imitation Game
Film · 2014
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Film · 2014
Unlocking Sherlock
Film · 2014
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
Film · 2014
Penguins of Madagascar
Film · 2014
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Film · 2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Film · 2014
9 Kisses
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Film · 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
Film · 2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Film · 2013
12 Years a Slave
Film · 2013
August: Osage County
Film · 2013
The Fifth Estate
Film · 2013
Little Favour
Film · 2013
Jerusalem
Film · 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Film · 2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Film · 2012
Girlfriend in a Coma
Film · 2012
Sherlock: Uncovered
Film · 2012
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Film · 2012
The Dreams of William Golding
Film · 2012
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Series · 2012
Parade's End
Series · 2012
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
Series · 2012
The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012
The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012
Why did you come to Japan?
Series · 2012
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Film · 2011
War Horse
Film · 2011
Wreckers
Film · 2011
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
Film · 2011
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
Film · 2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Series · 2011
Four Lions
Film · 2010
The Whistleblower
Film · 2010
Third Star
Film · 2010
Burlesque Fairytales
Film · 2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Film · 2010
Unlocking Sherlock
Film · 2010
Sherlock
Series · 2010
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Series · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Creation
Film · 2009
The Turning Point
Film · 2009
Small Island
Series · 2009
South Pacific
Series · 2009
The Other Boleyn Girl
Film · 2008
The Last Enemy
Series · 2008
Atonement
Film · 2007
Amazing Grace
Film · 2007
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Film · 2007
Inseparable
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Starter for 10
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
Film · 2005
Broken News
Series · 2005
To the Ends of the Earth
Series · 2005
Nathan Barley
Series · 2005
The Colbert Report
Series · 2005
Hawking
Film · 2004
Agatha Christie's Marple
Series · 2004
Dunkirk
Series · 2004
To Kill a King
Film · 2003
Fortysomething
Series · 2003
Cambridge Spies
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Fields of Gold
Film · 2002
Hills Like White Elephants
Film · 2002
Spooks
Series · 2002
Tipping the Velvet
Series · 2002
Timeshift
Series · 2002
Top Gear
Series · 2002
Leute heute
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Glastonbury
Series · 1997
Silent Witness
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
GMTV
Series · 1993
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Have I Got News for You
Series · 1990
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Blood on Snow
Film
Morning
Film
Last Flight
Film
Untitled Doctor Strange Movie
Film
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Series