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Kate McKinnon and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Roses (2025)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman in The Roses (2025)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Andy Samberg in The Roses (2025)

Anthony Dickenson, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Dylan Southern in The Thing with Feathers (2025)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Ivan Morris Howe in Eric (2024)

Gaby Hoffmann and Benedict Cumberbatch in Eric (2024)

Michael Stuhlbarg and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Benedict Wong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Swain, Eden Nathenson, and Adam Hugill in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Benedict Wong, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Vin Diesel, Taika Waititi, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Wong, Terry Notary, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, Tom Holland, Eric Word, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Bobby Hoskins, Alexa Medina, and Eric Wallace in Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog (2021)

Jesse Plemons and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Mauritanian (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch in The Courier (2020)

Merab Ninidze and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Courier (2020)

Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)

Johnny Depp, Mary Klug, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)

Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)

Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose (2018)

Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Vin Diesel, Taika Waititi, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Benedict Wong, Terry Notary, Maurice P. Kerry, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, Tom Holland, Eric Word, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Kris Taylor, Alexa Medina, Roe Dunkley, and Eric Wallace in Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold Cumberbatch CMG. Cumberbatch attended Brambletye School and Harrow School. Whilst at Harrow, he had an arts scholarship and painted large oil canvases. It's also where he began acting. After he finished school, he took a year off to volunteer as an English teacher in a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India. On his return, he studied drama at Manchester University. He continued his training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art graduating with an M.A. in Classical Acting. By the time he had completed his studies, he already had an agent.

Cumberbatch has worked in theatre, television, film and radio. His breakthrough on the big screen came in 2004 when he portrayed Stephen Hawking in the television movie Hawking (2004). In 2010, he became a household name as Sherlock Holmes on the British television series Sherlock (2010). In 2011, he appeared in two Oscar-nominated films - War Horse (2011) and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). He followed this with acclaimed roles in the science fiction film Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), the Oscar-winning drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013) and August: Osage County (2013). In 2014, he portrayed Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014) which earned him a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Cumberbatch was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to the performing arts and to charity.

Cumberbatch's engagement to theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, whom he has known for 17 years, was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of The Times newspaper on November 5, 2014. On February 14, 2015, the couple married at the 12th century Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on the Isle of Wight followed by a reception at Mottistone Manor. They have three sons, Christopher Carlton (born 2015), Hal Auden (born 2017), and Finn (born 2019).

Benedict Cumberbatch at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

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