Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch;
	Cumberbatch at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2014
Born	Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch; July 19, 1976 (age 48); Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	University of Manchester; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art;
Occupation	Celebrity
Years active	1999–present
Works	Performances
Spouse(s)	Sophie Hunter (m. 2015)
Children	3
Parents	Timothy Carlton (father); Wanda Ventham (mother);
Family	Henry Carlton Cumberbatch (grandfather); Henry Arnold Cumberbatch (great-grandfather); Robert William Cumberbatch (great-great-grandfather);
Awards	Full list
	Cumberbatch's voice
	from the BBC programme Front Row, 23 December 2010
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. His most famous roles include Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock (2010–2017), Peter Guillam in the spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011),^[1] Stephen Hawking in Hawking (2004), William Pitt in Amazing Grace (2006), and his Academy Award-nominated role as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.^[2] He was nominated for another Academy Award for his role as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog in 2022.

He also played Stephen Ezard in The Last Enemy (2008), Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007), Bernard in Small Island (2009),^[3] as Khan in Star Trek Into Darkness,

He voiced the character Smaug, and the Necromancer in The Hobbit (2012).^[4] Cumberbatch played Julian Assange in the 2013 movie The Fifth Estate. He ranked #1 in Empire Magazine's "100 Sexiest Movie Stars" in 2013. He was named one of the most influential people in the world by TIME magazine in 2014.^[5]

Career

In 2000 Cumberbatch acted on TV for the first time in an episode of Heartbeat, and was on the show again in 2004.^[6] He began acting in theatre in 2001.^[7] He played Ford in 12 Years a Slave. In 2013 Cumberbatch was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television at the Golden Globes.

Personal life

Benedict Cumberbatch was born to a family that was already wealthy. His parents were both actors, and his ancestor Abraham Cumberbatch started a sugar plantation in the British colony of Barbados which was worked by slaves.^[8]^[9] As an adult, he dated actress Olivia Poulet.^[10] On 5 November 2014, Cumberbatch announced his engagement to Sophie Hunter.^[11] On 14 February 2015, Cumberbatch married Hunter.^[12] They have three sons, Christopher Carlton (born 1 June 2015), Hal Auden (born 3 March 2017) and Finn (born 11 January 2019).

Benedict Cumberbatch Media

During rehearsals for Frankenstein, April 2011
Filming Sherlock in Chinatown, London, March 2010
Cumberbatch at the premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, September 2011
Cumberbatch in Kathmandu on the set of Doctor Strange, November 2015
Cumberbatch (sixth from left, standing) and the cast of The Children's Monologues, at the Old Vic Theatre in London, November 2010
Waxwork of Cumberbatch at Madame Tussauds, London
Cumberbatch with his wife Sophie Hunter, July 2015