Benedict Cumberbatch
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…
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Filmography
Acting (160)
Movies (109)
Wife & Dog
2026 UpcomingOct 23
The Phoenician Scheme
2025as Uncle Nubar
The Roses
2025as Theo Rose
The Thing with Feathers
2025as Dad
David and Ryan: Saving Christmas
2025as Father Time
Together for Palestine
2025as Self
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
The Book of Clarence
2024as Benjamin
Placebo: This Search for Meaning
2024as Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023as Self (archive footage)
Poison
2023as Harry Pope
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
The End We Start From
2023as AB
Mog's Christmas
2023as Mr. Thomas (voice)
Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
2023as Narrator
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022as Doctor Stephen Strange
Minions & More Volume 1
2022as The Grinch (voice)
Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022as Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
2022as Daddy (voice)
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
2022as Self (archive footage)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021as Doctor Strange
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021as Louis Wain
The Power of the Dog
2021as Phil Burbank
The Mauritanian
2021as Lt. Stuart Couch
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021as Self
The Hobbit: M4 Book edit
2021as Smaug
The Courier
2020as Greville Wynne
Antarctica
2020as Self - Narrator
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020as Self
Avengers: Endgame
2019as Doctor Strange
1917
2019as Colonel MacKenzie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
2019as Benedict Cumberbatch
Brexit: The Uncivil War
2019as Dominic Cummings
The Dog Days of Winter
2019as The Grinch (voice)
Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
2019as The Grinch
Avengers: Infinity War
2018as Doctor Strange
The Grinch
2018as Grinch (voice)
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018as Shere Khan (voice)
The Current War
2018as Thomas Edison
The Child in Time
2018as Stephen Lewis
Thor: Ragnarok
2017as Doctor Strange
Walk with Me
2017as Narrator (voice)
Zoolander 2
2016as All
Doctor Strange
2016as Dr. Stephen Strange
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
2016as Sherlock Holmes
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
2016as Himself
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016as Self - Performer
Naples '44
2016as Norman Lewis (voice)
Black Mass
2015as Billy Bulger
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
2015as Hamlet
The Appendices, Part Eleven: The Gathering Storm
2015as Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014as Smaug / Sauron (voice)
The Imitation Game
2014as Alan Turing
Penguins of Madagascar
2014as Classified (voice)
Unlocking Sherlock
2014as Himself / Sherlock Holmes
9 Kisses
2014as Man at Costume Party
Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
2014as Narrator
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue
2014as Agent Classified (voice)
Sherlock: His Last Vow
2014
The Appendices, Part Ten: The Journey to Erebor
2014as Self
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
2014as Narrator (Voice)
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
2014as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013as Smaug / Sauron
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013as John Harrison / Khan
12 Years a Slave
2013as William Ford
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
2013as Sherlock Holmes
August: Osage County
2013as Little Charles Aiken
The Fifth Estate
2013as Julian Assange
Solar Superstorms
2013as Narrator
Little Favour
2013as Wallace
Jerusalem
2013as Narrator (voice)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013as Rosencrantz
The Appendices, Part Eight: Return to Middle-earth
2013as Self
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012as Necromancer
Sherlock: Uncovered
2012as Sherlock, Self
The Dreams of William Golding
2012as Reader
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012as Dante (voice)
Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
2012as Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
War Horse
2011as Maj. Jamie Stewart
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011as Peter Guillam
Wreckers
2011as David
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
2011as The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011
The Whistleblower
2010as Nick Kaufman
Four Lions
2010as Negotiator
Burlesque Fairytales
2010as Henry Clark
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
2010as Vincent Van Gogh
Third Star
2010as James
Unlocking Sherlock
2010as Himself
Creation
2009as Joseph Dalton Hooker
The Turning Point
2009as Guy Burgess
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008as William Carey
Atonement
2007as Paul Marshall
Stuart: A Life Backwards
2007as Alexander Masters
Inseparable
2007as Joe / Charlie
Starter for 10
2006as Patrick Watts
Amazing Grace
2006as William Pitt
The Man Who Predicted 9/11
2005as Narrator (voice)
Hawking
2004as Stephen Hawking
To Kill a King
2003as Royalist
Fields of Gold
2002as Jeremy
Hills Like White Elephants
2002as The Man
Morning
as Frank
Blood on Snow
as The Fisherman
Rogue Male
Supermarket slave trail
as Narrator
Television (51)
Eric
2024as Vincent
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022as Self
Super/Natural
2022as Self - Narrator (voice)
What If...?
2021as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self
Good Omens
2019as Satan (voice)
Patrick Melrose
2018as Patrick Melrose
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014as Self
Why did you come to Japan?
2012as Self
The Hollow Crown
2012as Richard
Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
2012as Narrator (voice)
Parade's End
2012as Christopher Tietjens
WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig
2012as Narrator (Voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011as Self
Sherlock
2010as Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock
2010as Self
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
2010as Stephen Hawking
South Pacific
2009as Self - Narrator (voice)
Small Island
2009as Bernard
The Last Enemy
2008as Stephen Ezard
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self - Guest
The One Show
2006as Self - Guest
Nathan Barley
2005as Robin
To the Ends of the Earth
2005as Edmund Talbot
Broken News
2005as Will Parker
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Luke Fitzwilliam
Dunkirk
2004as Lt Jimmy Langley
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self - Guest
Cambridge Spies
2003as Edward Hand
Fortysomething
2003as Rory Slippery
Top Gear
2002as Self
Spooks
2002as Jim North
Timeshift
2002as self
Tipping the Velvet
2002as Freddy
The View
1997as Self
Leute heute
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
Silent Witness
1996as Warren Reid
GMTV
1993as Self
Heartbeat
1992as Charles
Have I Got News for You
1990as Self - Host
The Simpsons
1989as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
How to Stop Time
as Tom
Crew (13)
Movies (11)
The Roses
2025Executive Producer
We Live in Time
2024Executive Producer
The End We Start From
2023Executive Producer
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021Executive Producer
The Mauritanian
2021Producer
The Courier
2020Executive Producer
The Child in Time
2018Executive Producer
Little Favour
2013Producer
Morning
Executive Producer
Migrations
Producer
Rogue Male
Producer
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