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Benedict Cumberbatch
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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).
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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).
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Heartbeat
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Simpsons
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
Honest Trailers
The One Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Top Gear
GMTV
What If...?
The Hollow Crown
Silent Witness
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Marvel Studios Legends
Timeshift
Spooks
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Jonathan Ross Show
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Agatha Christie's Marple
Good Omens
The Bubble
Avengers: Doomsday
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Zoolander 2
Fields of Gold
Walking with Dinosaurs
Minions & More Volume 1
Venom: The Last Dance
The Phoenician Scheme
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Avengers: Secret Wars
Thor: Ragnarok
Avengers: Endgame
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
1917
Avengers: Infinity War
Atonement
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The Other Boleyn Girl
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Narnia
War Horse
Penguins of Madagascar
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Black Mass
Dunkirk
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
12 Years a Slave
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Grinch Mini-Movies
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
The Mauritanian
Small Island
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Stuart: A Life Backwards
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Power of the Dog
The Imitation Game
The Roses
Patrick Melrose
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Antarctica
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
The Grinch
To the Ends of the Earth
Hawking
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Brexit: The Uncivil War
Super/Natural
The Last Enemy
Eric
Sherlock
The Fifth Estate
The Courier
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Production Credits
We Live in Time
The Mauritanian
Eric
The Roses
The Courier
Patrick Melrose
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