Benedict Cumberbatch

Actor | Producer | Soundtrack

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda ...

Born: July 19, 1976

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Filmography

Known For

The Imitation Game Alan Turing (2014)
Star Trek: Into Darkness Khan (2013)
August: Osage County Little Charles Aiken (2013)
Known For

Doctor Strange Dr. Stephen Strange (2016)
Actor

Patrick Melrose Patrick Melrose (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War Doctor Strange (2018)
Thor: Ragnarok Doctor Strange (2017)
The Child in Time Stephen Lewis (2017)
The Current War Thomas Edison (2017)
Sherlock Sherlock Holmes (2010-2017)
Richard III: Deleted Scenes Richard III (2016)
Doctor Strange Dr. Stephen Strange (2016)
The Hollow Crown Richard III (2016)
Zoolander 2 All (2016)
Hamlet Hamlet - Prince of Denmark (2015)
Black Mass Billy Bulger (2015)
9 Kisses Man at Costume Party (2014)
The Colbert Report Smaug (2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Smaug / Necromancer (2014)
Penguins of Madagascar Classified (2014)
The Imitation Game Alan Turing (2014)
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff Benedict Cumberbatch (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Smaug / Necromancer (2013)
Little Favour Wallace (2013)
August: Osage County Little Charles Aiken (2013)
The Fifth Estate Julian Assange (2013)
12 Years a Slave Ford (2013)
Star Trek: Into Darkness Khan (2013)
The Simpsons Severus Snape (2013)
How to Behave Humphrey Bogart (2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Necromancer (2012)
Girlfriend in a Coma Dante (2012)
Parade's End Christopher Tietjens (2012)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Deleted Scenes Peter Guillam (2012)
Wreckers David (2011)
War Horse Maj. Jamie Stewart (2011)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Peter Guillam (2011)
Curiosity Narrator (2011)
Frankenstein The Creature / Victor Frankenstein (2011)
The Whistleblower Nick Kaufman (2010)
Third Star James (2010)
Painted with Words Vincent Van Gogh (2010)
Four Lions Negotiator (2010)
Small Island Bernard (2009)
Creation Joseph Hooker (2009)
Theatre Live! Guy Burgess (2009)
Burlesque Fairytales Henry Clark (2009)
Marple Luke Fitzwilliam (2008)
The Last Enemy Stephen Ezard (2008)
The Other Boleyn Girl William Carey (2008)
Stuart: A Life Backwards Alexander Masters (2007)
Atonement Paul Marshall (2007)
Inseparable Joe / Charlie (2007)
Amazing Grace William Pitt (2006)
Starter for 10 Patrick Watts (2006)
Broken News Will Parker (2005)
To the Ends of the Earth Edmund Talbot (2005)
Nathan Barley Robin (2005)
Hawking Stephen Hawking (2004)
Heartbeat Toby Fisher (1998-2004)
Dunkirk Lt Jimmy Langley (2004)
Fortysomething Rory Slippery (2003)
MI-5 Jim North (2003)
Cambridge Spies Edward Hand (2003)
To Kill a King Royalist (2003)
Hills Like White Elephants The Man (2002)
Silent Witness Warren Reid (2002)
Tipping the Velvet Freddy (2002)
Actor

Fields of Gold Jeremy (2002)
Producer

Patrick Melrose (2018)
The Child in Time (2017)
Producer

Little Favour (2013)
Soundtrack

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016-2018)
Soundtrack

August: Osage County (2013)
Archive footage

Celebrity Page (2018)
#TeamG1, la quotidienne (2018)
ITV Evening News (2018)
ITV Lunchtime News (2018)
SSDT - Anno 2060 (2017)
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)
Access Hollywood (2017)
The Graham Norton Show (2013-2017)
Good Morning Britain (2016)
Lorraine (2016)
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)
Extra (2016)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015)
The Third Annual 'On Cinema' Oscar Special (2015)
Entertainment Tonight (2014-2015)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
Lego The Hobbit: The Video Game (2014)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2012)
Vlogbrothers (2012)
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year (2011)
Archive footage

Almost Famous IV (2011)
Have I Got News for You (2010)
Miscellaneous Crew

Doctor Strange (2016)
Stephen Hawking's Universe (2010)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Benedict and his wife Sophie are expecting their 3rd child in Spring 2019.

[on declining to reprise his much-acclaimed role in "After the Dance" on Broadway] I've never really made a head-over-heart decision like that before but there's a bit of momentum and I'd like to keep myself available for films. (September 2011)