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 dramas The Imitation Game (2014) and The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For playing the title role in five-part drama miniseries Patrick Melrose, he won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
In 2014 Time magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, Cumberbatch 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 his performance as Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004. He gained worldwide recognition for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019). In films, 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 acted in the historical dramas The Current War (2017), 1917 (2019) and The Courier (2020), and received critical acclaim for his performance in Jane Campion's Western drama The Power of the Dog (2021). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit film series. Cumberbatch portrays Dr. Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with Doctor Strange (2016), and also voiced the character in the animated series What If...? (2021).
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| 2 | The Roses (2025) | Theo Rose | 7.3 | |
| 3 | The Phoenician Scheme (2025) | Uncle Nubar | 6.3 | |
| 4 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) | Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage) | 9 | |
| 5 | The Book of Clarence (2024) | Benjamin | 5.5 | |
| 6 | Mog's Christmas (2023) | Mr. Thomas (voice) | 9 | |
| 7 | The End We Start From (2023) | AB | 6 | |
| 8 | Poison (2023) | Harry Pope | 7.8 | |
| 9 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) | Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist | 7.5 | |
| 10 | Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion (2022) | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
| 11 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Most waited movies 2022 | Doctor Stephen Strange | 7.6 | |
| 12 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | Self - Doctor Stephen Strange | 7 | |
| 13 | Minions & More Volume 1 (2022) | The Grinch (voice) | 7 | |
| 14 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) | Louis Wain | 6.3 | |
| 15 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021) | Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage) | 7 | |
| 16 | The Power of the Dog (2021) | Phil Burbank | 6.5 | |
| 17 | The Mauritanian (2021) | Lt. Stuart Couch | 7.3 | |
| 18 | Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Top 100 by FilmGator | Doctor Strange | 8.6 | |
| 19 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King (2020) | Self | 9 | |
| 20 | The Courier (2020) | Greville Wynne | 7.6 | |
| 21 | The Dog Days of Winter (2019) | The Grinch (voice) | - | - |
| 22 | 1917 (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Colonel MacKenzie | 8.3 | |
| 23 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) | Benedict Cumberbatch | 6.5 | |
| 24 | Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) | Dominic Cummings | 5.8 | |
| 25 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Doctor Strange | 8.7 | |
| 26 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) | Shere Khan (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 27 | The Child in Time (2018) | Stephen Lewis | 6 | |
| 28 | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Top 100 by FilmGator | Doctor Strange | 8.7 | |
| 29 | The Current War (2018) | Thomas Edison | 6.6 | |
| 30 | The Grinch (2018) | Grinch (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 31 | Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Top 100 by FilmGator | Doctor Strange | 8.2 | |
| 32 | Zoolander 2 (2016) | All | 5.8 | |
| 33 | Doctor Strange (2016) | Dr. Stephen Strange | 7.9 | |
| 34 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016) | Sherlock Holmes | 7.3 | |
| 35 | Naples '44 (2016) | Norman Lewis (voice) | - | - |
| 36 | Black Mass (2015) | Billy Bulger | 6.5 | |
| 37 | Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet (2014) | Narrator | - | - |
| 38 | Penguins of Madagascar (2014) | Classified (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 39 | 9 Kisses (2014) | Man at Costume Party | - | - |
| 40 | The Imitation Game (2014) Top 100 by FilmGator | Alan Turing | 8.2 | |
| 41 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Oscars 2015 | Smaug / Sauron (voice) | 7.4 | |
| 42 | Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Oscars 2014 | John Harrison / Khan | 7.8 | |
| 43 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Oscars 2014 | Smaug / Sauron | 7.9 | |
| 44 | The Fifth Estate (2013) | Julian Assange | 6.3 | |
| 45 | August: Osage County (2013) Oscars 2014 | Little Charles Aiken | 7.6 | |
| 46 | 12 Years a Slave (2013) Oscars 2014 | William Ford | 8 | |
| 47 | Little Favour (2013) | Wallace | 8 | |
| 48 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Oscars 2013 | Necromancer | 8 | |
| 49 | Girlfriend in a Coma (2012) | Dante (voice) | - | - |
| 50 | War Horse (2011) Oscars 2012 | Maj. Jamie Stewart | 7.3 | |
| 51 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Oscars 2012 | Peter Guillam | 6.6 | |
| 52 | Wreckers (2011) | David | 5 | |
| 53 | National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011) | The Creature / Victor Frankenstein | 7 | |
| 54 | Third Star (2010) | James | 6.7 | |
| 55 | Four Lions (2010) | Negotiator | 6.9 | |
| 56 | The Whistleblower (2010) | Nick Kaufman | 7.3 | |
| 57 | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) | Stephen Hawking | - | - |
| 58 | Burlesque Fairytales (2010) | Henry Clark | - | - |
| 59 | Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010) | Vincent Van Gogh | - | - |
| 60 | Creation (2009) | Joseph Dalton Hooker | 6.7 | |
| 61 | The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) | William Carey | 6.5 | |
| 62 | Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) | Alexander Masters | 8 | |
| 63 | Atonement (2007) Oscars 2008 | Paul Marshall | 7.4 | |
| 64 | Inseparable (2007) | Joe / Charlie | 7 | |
| 65 | Starter for 10 (2006) | Patrick Watts | 6.3 | |
| 66 | Amazing Grace (2006) | William Pitt | 7.2 | |
| 67 | The Man Who Predicted 9/11 (2005) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 68 | Hawking (2004) | Stephen Hawking | - | - |
| 69 | To Kill a King (2003) | Royalist | 6 | |
| 70 | Morning | Frank | - | - |
| 71 | Wife and Dog | - | - | - |
| 72 | Blood on Snow | The Fisherman | - | - |
| 73 | Rio | - | - | - |
| 74 | Magik | Lewis | - | - |
