Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict CumberbatchCBE
Background information
Born	Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch July 19, 1976 (age 47) Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Family information
Spouse	Sophie Hunter (2015–present)
Children	3
Parents	Timothy Carlton (father) Wanda Ventham (mother)
Other relatives	Henry Carlton Cumberbatch † (grandfather) Henry Alfred Cumberbatch † (great-grandfather) Robert William Cumberbatch † (great-great-grandfather)

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, CBE, is an English actor, who is perhaps best known for his roles as Smaug and Sauron (both voice and motion capture) in The Hobbit film trilogy, William Ford in Steve McQueen's biographical drama film 12 Years a Slave, Khan Noonien Singh in J.J. Abrams' sci-fi action film Star Trek Into Darkness (both released in 2013), and Alan Turing in the 2014 biographical thriller film The Imitation Game (in which he received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor). He also portrayed Sherlock Holmes in the BBC crime drama series Sherlock, with Martin Freeman as John Watson (2010–2017). Additionally, he voiced Classified, the leader of the North Wind in DreamWorks' 2014 film Penguins of Madagascar, the titular character of Universal/Illumination's computer-animated film The Grinch, and provided both voice and motion capture for Shere Khan in Netflix's live-action drama film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (both released in 2018).

For Disney, he portrayed the titular character of Marvel's Doctor Strange, and reprised this role in Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, What If...?, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He also played Major Jamie Stewart in Steven Spielberg's 2011 war drama film War Horse, as well as Julian Assange in Bill Condon's 2013 thriller film The Fifth Estate (both being under the Touchstone Pictures banner). Additionally, he provided motion capture for Dormammu in Doctor Strange.

Roles

Doctor Strange
(Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Dormammu
(Doctor Strange)

Gallery

Benedict Cumberbatch attending the 2013 Toronto International Film Fest.

Benedict Cumberbatch at the premiere of Dr. Strange in October 2016.

Benedict Cumberbatch attending the 2017 D23 Expo.

Trivia

• Cumberbatch filmed his scenes for Spider-Man: No Way Home before filming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
• Cumberbatch is the first MCU actor within the mainstream timeline (earth 616) to portray multiple versions of their character in live action films. He played 3 versions of the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
  • The second is Lashana Lynch who played three versions of Maria Rambeau in three seperate films.
• He shares his first name with his Doctor Strange co-star Benedict Wong.
• He is the third British MCU actor to use an American accent for their character. The first is Tom Hiddleston, followed by Tom Holland.

External links

• Benedict Cumberbatch on Wikipedia