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Benedict Cumberbatch
Born July 19, 1976
Place of birth: Hammersmith, London, England, UK

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...
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Filmography
Actor (162 credits)
Movies
The Thing with FeathersDad
2025
The RosesTheo Rose
2025
The Phoenician SchemeUncle Nubar
2025
The Book of ClarenceBenjamin
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreHenry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
2024
Placebo: This Search for MeaningSelf
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarHenry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
2023
Mog's ChristmasMr. Thomas (voice)
2023
PoisonHarry Pope
2023
The End We Start FromAB
2023
Arctic: Our Frozen PlanetNarrator
2023
James Blunt: One Brit WonderSelf (archive footage)
2023
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane CampionSelf (archive footage)
2022
Minions & More Volume 1The Grinch (voice)
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessSelf - Doctor Stephen Strange
2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessDoctor Stephen Strange
2022
The Tiger Who Came to TeaDaddy (voice)
2022
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialStephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
2021
The Power of the DogPhil Burbank
2021
Brexit: The Uncivil WarDominic Cummings
2019
Zoolander 2All
2016
The War MagicianJasper Maskelyne
The Electrical Life of Louis WainLouis Wain
2021
The MauritanianLt. Stuart Couch
2021
Spider-Man: No Way HomeDoctor Strange
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelSelf
2021
The CourierGreville Wynne
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf
2020
AntarcticaSelf - Narrator
2020
Cindy-Lou's Yule LogThe Grinch
2019
The Dog Days of WinterThe Grinch (voice)
2019
1917Colonel MacKenzie
2019
Between Two Ferns: The MovieBenedict Cumberbatch
2019
Avengers: EndgameDoctor Strange
2019
The GrinchGrinch (voice)
2018
Mowgli: Legend of the JungleShere Khan (voice)
2018
The Current WarThomas Edison
2018
The Child in TimeStephen Lewis
2018
Avengers: Infinity WarDoctor Strange
2018
The Grinch Mini-MoviesGrinch (voice)
2018
Thor: RagnarokDoctor Strange
2017
Walk with MeNarrator (voice)
2017
Sherlock: The Abominable BrideSherlock Holmes
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSCSelf - Performer
2016
Naples '44Norman Lewis (voice)
2016
Doctor StrangeDr. Stephen Strange
2016
National Theatre Live: HamletHamlet
2015
Unlocking SherlockHimself
2010
Fields of GoldJeremy
2002
Rogue Male
Mark Gatiss: A Study in SherlockHimself
2016
Black MassBilly Bulger
2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesSmaug / Sauron (voice)
2014
The Imitation GameAlan Turing
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His FeetNarrator
2014
Unlocking SherlockHimself / Sherlock Holmes
2014
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3DNarrator (Voice)
2014
Penguins of MadagascarClassified (voice)
2014
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and RescueAgent Classified (voice)
2014
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveSelf
2014
Solar SuperstormsNarrator
2013
Sherlock: Many Happy ReturnsSherlock Holmes
2013
Star Trek Into DarknessJohn Harrison / Khan
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugSmaug / Sauron
2013
12 Years a SlaveWilliam Ford
2013
August: Osage CountyLittle Charles Aiken
2013
The Fifth EstateJulian Assange
2013
Little FavourWallace
2013
JerusalemNarrator (voice)
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageRosencrantz
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyNecromancer
2012
Girlfriend in a ComaDante (voice)
2012
Sherlock: UncoveredSherlock, Self
2012
Frankenstein: A Modern MythSelf / Frankenstein / The Monster
2012
The Dreams of William GoldingReader
2012
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyPeter Guillam
2011
War HorseMaj. Jamie Stewart
2011
WreckersDavid
2011
National Theatre Live: FrankensteinThe Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2011
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
Four LionsNegotiator
2010
The WhistleblowerNick Kaufman
2010
Third StarJames
2010
Burlesque FairytalesHenry Clark
2010
Van Gogh: Painted with WordsVincent Van Gogh
2010
CreationJoseph Dalton Hooker
2009
The Turning PointGuy Burgess
2009
The Other Boleyn GirlWilliam Carey
2008
AtonementPaul Marshall
2007
Stuart: A Life BackwardsAlexander Masters
2007
InseparableJoe / Charlie
2007
Starter for 10Patrick Watts
2006
Amazing GraceWilliam Pitt
2006
The Man Who Predicted 9/11Narrator (voice)
2005
HawkingStephen Hawking
2004
To Kill a KingRoyalist
2003
Gypsy Boy
Hills Like White ElephantsThe Man
2002
Wife & Dog
Blood on SnowThe Fisherman
MorningFrank
Supermarket slave trailNarrator
Tv
EricVincent
2024
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The ChallengeSelf
2022
Super/NaturalSelf - Narrator (voice)
2022
What If...?Doctor Strange (voice)
2021
What If...?Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
2021
Marvel Studios LegendsStephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
What If...?Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
2021
What If...?Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
2019
Good OmensSatan (voice)
2019
Patrick MelrosePatrick Melrose
2018
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2014
Stephen Hawking's Grand DesignNarrator (voice)
2012
Parade's EndChristopher Tietjens
2012
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big DigNarrator (Voice)
2012
The Hollow CrownRichard
2012
The Hollow CrownRichard III
2012
Why did you come to Japan?Self
2012
The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
2011
SherlockSherlock Holmes
2010
Into the Universe with Stephen HawkingStephen Hawking
2010
Small IslandBernard
2009
South PacificSelf - Narrator (voice)
2009
The Last EnemyStephen Ezard
2008
The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007
The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest
2007
The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006
Broken NewsWill Parker
2005
To the Ends of the EarthEdmund Talbot
2005
Nathan BarleyRobin
2005
Agatha Christie's MarpleLuke Fitzwilliam
2004
DunkirkLt Jimmy Langley
2004
FortysomethingRory Slippery
2003
Cambridge SpiesEdward Hand
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003
SpooksJim North
2002
Tipping the VelvetFreddy
2002
Timeshiftself
2002
Top GearSelf
2002
Leute heuteSelf
1997
The ViewSelf
1997
Silent WitnessWarren Reid
1996
The Daily ShowSelf
1996
GMTVSelf
1993
HeartbeatToby Fisher
1992
HeartbeatCharles
1992
The SimpsonsSeverus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1989
How to Stop TimeTom
Have I Got News for YouSelf - Host
1990
The SimpsonsQuilloughby (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
1988
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975
The OscarsSelf
1953
Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Presenter
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1975