Benedict Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976 in Hammersmith, London, the son of Timothy Carlton, Wanda Ventham. He has a brother named Tracy Tabernacle. He started playing at the age of 12 in Shakespeare. She attended a highly prestigious boarding school, such as the Harrow School. In addition to the theater, he was interested in rugby and painting. After school, he taught English voluntarily for a year in a Buddhist temple in India. He then graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in drama. He continued his education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Since 2001, she has appeared in theater plays. Sherlock, which started in 2010, became famous in the series. In the series, he portrays Sherlock Holmes.
Benedict Cumberbatch also works in theater plays, films and series, as well as in radio theaters and on television. In the world of cinema, he gained acclaim for his Smaug performance in the Hobbit film series.
In 1999-2011 he met Olivia Poulet, whom he had met her university. After this separation, he lived with the painter Anna James for about a year.
On February 14, 2015, Benedict Cumberbatch married actor Sophie Hunter. In 2015, he had a son, Christopher Carlton.
Awards:
2014 – 66th Emmy Awards – Best Actor in the Mini Series (Sherlock)
He plays in the theater:
2001 – Love’s Labour’s Lost
2001 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2002 – As You Like It
2002 – Romeo and Juliet
2002 – Oh, What a Lovely War!
2004 – The Lady from the Sea
2005 – Hedda Gabler
2006 – Period of Adjustment
2007 – Rhinoceros
2007 – The Arsonists
2008 – The City
2010 – After the Dance
2011 – Frankenstein
Movies and Series:
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2017 – Jungle Book: Origins (Shere Khan) (Motion Picture)
2016 – Zoolander 2 (Motion Picture)
2016 – Flying Horse (Harry Larkyns) (Motion Picture)
2016 – Doctor Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange) (Motion Picture)
2015 – Black Layout (Bill Bulger) (Motion Picture)
2014 – Penguins of Madagascar (Voice) (Motion Picture)
2014 – The Hobbit: The War of the Five Armies (Smaug) (Motion Picture) 2014
2014 – Enigma (Alan Turing) (Motion Picture)
2013 – Wikileaks: The Fifth Force (Julian Assange) (Motion Picture)
2013 – Hobbit: Smaug’s Barren Earth (Smaug / The Necromancer) (Motion Picture)
2013 – Family Secrets (‘Little’ Charles Aiken) (Motion Picture)
2013 – 12 Years of Bondage (William Ford) (Motion Picture)
2012 – Parade’s End (Christopher Tietjens) (TV Series)
2012 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Necromancer) (Motion Picture)
2012 – The Right Way: Star Trek (Khan) (Motion Picture)
2011 – Wreckers (David) (Motion Picture)
2011 – The War Horse (Maj. Jamie Stewart) (Motion Picture)
2011 – The Mole (Peter Guillam) (Motion Picture)
2010 by Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh)
2010 – Third Star (James) (Motion Picture)
2010 – The Whistleblower (Nick Phillips) (Motion Picture)
2010 – Sherlock (Sherlock Holmes) (TV Series)
2010 – Four Lions (Ed) (Motion Picture)
2007 – Atonement (Paul Marshall) (Motion Picture)
2006 – Starter for 10 (Cinema)
2006 – Amazing Grace (Cinema)
2005 – To the Ends of the Earth
2005 – Broken News (Series)
2005 – Nathan Barley (Series)
2004 – Dunkirk (TV series)
2004 – Hawking (TV movie)
2003 – To Kill a King (Cinema)
2003 – Cambridge Spies (Series)
2003 – Spooks (Series)
2003 – Fortysomething (Series)
2002 – Hills Like White Elephants (Cinema)
2002 – Fields of Gold (TV film)
2002 – Tipping the Velvet (Series)
2002 – Silent Witness (Series)
