Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an
English actor. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, he
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, Regent's Park in Shakespearean
productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's 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.Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in Silent
Witness (2002) and Fortysomething (2003) before playing Stephen
Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004. He has starred as
Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2010. He has also
headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow
Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016) and Patrick Melrose (2018). In
film, 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 made a
brief appearance in 1917 (2019). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and
motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and the Necromancer
in The Hobbit film series. In superhero films set in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, he has played Dr. Stephen Strange in Doctor
Strange (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018),
and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
English actor. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, he
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, Regent's Park in Shakespearean
productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's 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.Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in Silent
Witness (2002) and Fortysomething (2003) before playing Stephen
Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004. He has starred as
Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2010. He has also
headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow
Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016) and Patrick Melrose (2018). In
film, 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 made a
brief appearance in 1917 (2019). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and
motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and the Necromancer
in The Hobbit film series. In superhero films set in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, he has played Dr. Stephen Strange in Doctor
Strange (2016), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018),
and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
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