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Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch’s screen credits include Doctor Strange in Avengers: Endgame, Colonel MacKenzie in 1917, and The Grinch (voice) in The Grinch.
Born July 19, 1976 Hammersmith, London, England, UK15 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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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- 2027Wife & DogDrama · ThrillerActorUpcoming
- 2026Mog's Bad Thing0h 25m · Animation · ComedyMr. Thomas (voice)
- 2022Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness2h 6m · Action · AdventureDoctor Stephen Strange
- 2020The Courier1h 52m · Drama · HistoryGreville Wynne
- 201919171h 59m · Drama · HistoryColonel MacKenzie
- 2019Avengers: Endgame3h 1m · Action · AdventureDoctor Strange
- 2018The Grinch1h 25m · Animation · ComedyThe Grinch (voice)
- 2018Avengers: Infinity War2h 29m · Action · AdventureDoctor Strange
- 2017Thor: Ragnarok2h 11m · Action · AdventureDoctor Strange
- 2016Doctor Strange1h 55m · Action · AdventureDr. Stephen Strange
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies2h 24m · Action · AdventureSmaug / Sauron (voice)
- 2014Penguins of Madagascar1h 32m · Adventure · AnimationClassified (voice)
- 2014The Imitation Game1h 53m · Drama · HistoryAlan Turing
- 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2h 41m · Action · AdventureSmaug / Sauron
- 2011War Horse2h 26m · Drama · HistoryMaj. Jamie Stewart
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- 2026How to Live on EarthSelf
- 2026Confessions II – The FilmSelf
- 2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthSelf
- 2025The Thing with FeathersDad
- 2025Together for PalestineSelf
- 2025The RosesProducer · Theo Rose
- 2025Tilda Swinton: The WildcardsSelf
- 2025The Phoenician SchemeUncle Nubar
- 2024Placebo: This Search for MeaningSelf
- 2024We Live in TimeProducer
- 2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreHenry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
- 2024The Book of ClarenceBenjamin
- 2023Mog's ChristmasMr. Thomas (voice)
- 2023The End We Start FromProducer · AB
- 2023James Blunt: One Brit WonderSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Arctic: Our Frozen PlanetNarrator
- 2023PoisonHarry Pope
- 2023The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarHenry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
- 2022Minions & More Volume 1The Grinch (voice)
- 2022The Tiger Who Came to TeaDaddy (voice)
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessSelf - Doctor Stephen Strange
- 2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way HomeSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Behind the Scenes with Jane CampionSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the DogActor
- 2021Spider-Man: No Way HomeDoctor Strange
- 2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialStephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
- 2021The Power of the DogPhil Burbank
- 2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainProducer · Louis Wain
- 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelSelf
- 2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ HallActor
- 2021The MauritanianProducer · Lt. Stuart Couch
- 2020AntarcticaSelf - Narrator
- 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf
- 2019Between Two Ferns: The MovieBenedict Cumberbatch
- 2019Cindy-Lou's Yule LogThe Grinch
- 2019The Dog Days of WinterThe Grinch (voice)
- 2019Brexit: The Uncivil WarDominic Cummings
- 2018Mowgli: Legend of the JungleShere Khan (voice)
- 2018The Child in TimeProducer · Stephen Lewis
- 2018The Current WarThomas Edison
- 2017Walk with MeNarrator (voice)
- 2016Naples '44Norman Lewis (voice)
- 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Performer
- 2016Zoolander 2All
- 2016Mark Gatiss: A Study in SherlockHimself
- 2016Sherlock: The Abominable BrideSherlock Holmes
- 2015National Theatre Live: HamletHamlet
- 2015Black MassBilly Bulger
- 2014Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3DNarrator (Voice)
- 2014The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin TakeoverAgent Classified (voice)
- 2014Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His FeetNarrator
- 20149 KissesMan at Costume Party
- 2014Unlocking SherlockHimself / Sherlock Holmes
- 2014How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf
- 2013August: Osage CountyLittle Charles Aiken
- 2013Sherlock: Many Happy ReturnsSherlock Holmes
- 2013JerusalemNarrator (voice)
- 2013Little FavourProducer · Wallace
- 2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageRosencrantz
- 201312 Years a SlaveWilliam Ford
- 2013The Fifth EstateJulian Assange
- 2013Star Trek Into DarknessJohn Harrison / Khan
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyNecromancer
- 2012Girlfriend in a ComaDante (voice)
- 2012Frankenstein: A Modern MythSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
- 2012Sherlock: UncoveredSherlock, Self
- 2012The Dreams of William GoldingReader
- 2011WreckersDavid
- 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyPeter Guillam
- 2011The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict CumberbatchActor
- 2011National Theatre Live: FrankensteinThe Creature / Victor Frankenstein
- 2010The WhistleblowerNick Kaufman
- 2010Unlocking SherlockHimself
- 2010Third StarJames
- 2010Four LionsNegotiator
- 2010Van Gogh: Painted with WordsVincent Van Gogh
- 2010Burlesque FairytalesHenry Clark
- 2009CreationJoseph Dalton Hooker
- 2009The Turning PointGuy Burgess
- 2008The Other Boleyn GirlWilliam Carey
- 2007Stuart: A Life BackwardsAlexander Masters
- 2007InseparableJoe / Charlie
- 2007AtonementPaul Marshall
- 2007Amazing GraceWilliam Pitt
- 2006Starter for 10Patrick Watts
- 2005The Man Who Predicted 9/11Narrator (voice)
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