Benedict Cumberbatch
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Sherlock. His performances in the...
Known For
Filmography
Wife & Dog
2027
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
as Self
Confessions II – The Film
2026
as Self
How to Live on Earth
2026
as Self
The Thing with Feathers
2025
as Dad
The Roses
2025
as Theo Rose
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Uncle Nubar
Together for Palestine
2025
as Self
Tilda Swinton: The Wildcards
2025
as Self
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
as Self - Guest
The Book of Clarence
2024
as Benjamin
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024
as Self
Eric
2024
as Vincent
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Mr. Thomas (voice)
Poison
2023
as Harry Pope
The End We Start From
2023
as AB
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
2023
as Narrator
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Minions & More Volume 1
2022
as The Grinch (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022
as Doctor Stephen Strange
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022
as Daddy (voice)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022
as Self
Super/Natural
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
The Power of the Dog
2021
as Phil Burbank
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Louis Wain
The Mauritanian
2021
as Lt. Stuart Couch
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as Doctor Strange
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
as Self
What If...?
2021
as Doctor Strange (voice)
What If...?
2021
as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
What If...?
2021
as Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)
What If...?
2021
as Strange Supreme / Demon Strange (voice)
The Courier
2020
as Greville Wynne
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
as Self
Antarctica
2020
as Self - Narrator
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
2019
as The Grinch
The Dog Days of Winter
2019
as The Grinch (voice)
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019
as Dominic Cummings
1917
2019
as Colonel MacKenzie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019
as Benedict Cumberbatch
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Doctor Strange
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Good Omens
2019
as Satan (voice)
The Grinch
2018
as The Grinch (voice)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
as Shere Khan (voice)
The Current War
2018
as Thomas Edison
The Child in Time
2018
as Stephen Lewis
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Doctor Strange
Patrick Melrose
2018
as Patrick Melrose
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Doctor Strange
Walk with Me
2017
as Narrator (voice)
Zoolander 2
2016
as All
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016
as Sherlock Holmes
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
Naples '44
2016
as Norman Lewis (voice)
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016
as Himself
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Stephen Strange
Black Mass
2015
as Billy Bulger
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015
as Hamlet
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
The Imitation Game
2014
as Alan Turing
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
2014
as Narrator
Unlocking Sherlock
2014
as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
Penguins of Madagascar
2014
as Classified (voice)
The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
2014
as Agent Classified (voice)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014
as Self
9 Kisses
2014
as Man at Costume Party
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013
as Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
as John Harrison / Khan
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Smaug / Sauron
12 Years a Slave
2013
as William Ford
August: Osage County
2013
as Little Charles Aiken
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Julian Assange
Little Favour
2013
as Wallace
Jerusalem
2013
as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Rosencrantz
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Necromancer
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012
as Dante (voice)
Sherlock: Uncovered
2012
as Sherlock, Self
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012
as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
The Dreams of William Golding
2012
as Reader
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
2012
as Narrator (voice)
Parade's End
2012
as Christopher Tietjens
WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
2012
as Narrator (Voice)
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Richard
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Richard III
Why did you come to Japan?
2012
as Self
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011
as Peter Guillam
War Horse
2011
as Maj. Jamie Stewart
Wreckers
2011
as David
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011
as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
Four Lions
2010
as Negotiator
The Whistleblower
2010
as Nick Kaufman
Third Star
2010
as James
Burlesque Fairytales
2010
as Henry Clark
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
as Vincent Van Gogh
Unlocking Sherlock
2010
as Himself
Sherlock
2010
as Sherlock Holmes
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
2010
as Stephen Hawking
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Creation
2009
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
The Turning Point
2009
as Guy Burgess
Small Island
2009
as Bernard
South Pacific
2009
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as William Carey
The Last Enemy
2008
as Stephen Ezard
Atonement
2007
as Paul Marshall
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007
as Alexander Masters
Inseparable
2007
as Joe / Charlie
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Starter for 10
2006
as Patrick Watts
Amazing Grace
2006
as William Pitt
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Broken News
2005
as Will Parker
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
as Edmund Talbot
Nathan Barley
2005
as Robin
The Colbert Report
2005
as Smaug (voice)
Hawking
2004
as Stephen Hawking
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Luke Fitzwilliam
Dunkirk
2004
as Lt Jimmy Langley
To Kill a King
2003
as Royalist
Fortysomething
2003
as Rory Slippery
Cambridge Spies
2003
as Edward Hand
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Fields of Gold
2002
as Jeremy
Hills Like White Elephants
2002
as The Man
Spooks
2002
as Jim North
Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Freddy
Timeshift
2002
as self
Top Gear
2002
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Glastonbury
1997
as Self
Silent Witness
1996
as Warren Reid
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
GMTV
1993
as Self
Heartbeat
1992
as Toby Fisher
Heartbeat
1992
as Charles
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
The Simpsons
1989
as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Quilloughby (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953
as Self