Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch born 19 July 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 fivepart 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 Regents Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyres 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 Cumberbatchs 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 Stoppards adaptation of Parades 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 Campions 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
HydraHD
