Benedict Cumberbatch

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Benedict Cumberbatch
OCCUPATION
Actor
BIRTH DATE
July 19, 1976 (age 42)
EDUCATION
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, University of Manchester, Harrow
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England, United Kingdom
ZODIAC SIGN
Cancer

Biography of Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor (1976-)
Benedict Cumberbatch is a British film actor, best known for his role in the BBC television show "Sherlock."
Who is Benedict Cumberbatch?
Benedict Cumberbatch, born in London in 1976, is a British film actor best known for his role in the Sherlock television program of the BBC. He has also appeared in Hollywood films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star Trek: Into the Darkness and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. He has won several theater and screen awards and has received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for his role in Alan Turing's acclaimed biopic The Imitation Game. In 2016 he starred in the title role of the Marvel movie Dr. Strange and repeated his role in Avengers: Infinity War in 2018.

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Benedict Cumberbatch

First years and parents
Coming from London, Benedict Cumberbatch was born with theater in his blood. His parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, were well-known television actors when they had their son on July 19, 1976. Despite their success, they tried to get young Benedict away from the stage and sent to the Harrow public school, where he had been awarded an art scholarship.

At Harrow, he showed interest in rugby and painting, but it was the theater that captured his imagination. Under the tutelage of Martin Tyrrell, Cumberbatch's first role was as Titania, the queen of fairies, in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Cumberbatch left Harrow, spent a year teaching English in Tibet and then returned to England to study drama at the University of Manchester. After graduating, he spent a year at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in London.


Movies and television programs
Cumberbatch began his career with roles in classics and small television shows. In 2004, he portrayed a young Stephen Hawking dealing with the early stages of motor neuron disease. Cumberbatch's performance earned him a BAFTA nomination. His first film was the 2006 college comedy, Starter for 10. A year later, he appeared in the movie Atonement and starred with Tom Hardy in the television movie Stuart: A Life Backwards.

'Sherlock'
In 2010, the BBC released a modern adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story, which won numerous accolades and bestowed stardom on Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock. Martin Freeman plays Holmes's partner, Dr. Watson.

In 2011, Cumberbatch seemed locked in a Hollywood career with roles in the Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Steven Spielberg's World War I drama War Horse. But he continued to appear on the London stage, this time in Danny Boyle's Frankenstein. The role required him to alternate with Victor Frankenstein and his monster on opposite nights, and he won an Olivier Award for Best Actor along with his co-star Jonny Lee Miller.


'Star Trek: In the dark'
In the 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Cumberbatch provided the voice for the Necromancer and the dragon, Smaug. He also played the villain in J.J. The continuation of Abrams in Star Trek, Star Trek: Into the Darkness (2013). Cumberbatch's film career continued to thrive in 2013 with films such as Steve McQueen's real life drama, 12 Years a Slave. He also stars in The Fifth Estate (2013), playing the founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange.

'The imitation game'
In 2014, Cumberbatch won its first Emmy after three nominations for its lead role in Sherlock of PBS, a modern version of the classic detective. The same year he starred in the World War II drama The Imitation Game as the mathematical pioneer Alan Turing. Cumberbatch won nominations for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for the role.

'Dr. Strange, '' Avengers: Infinity War '
In 2016, Cumberbatch took on the role of Marvel comic book hero, Dr. Stephen Strange, playing the lead role in blockbuster Dr. Strange, and the following year he played Thomas Edison in The Current War. In 2018 he repeated his role as Dr. Strange in Avengers: Infinity War.

Always diversified into various projects, Cumberbatch is ready to express Grinch in the animated film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which will be released in November 2018.

Personal life
Cumberbatch went out with Olivia Poulet intermittently for many years before finally leaving it in 2011. The couple had met at the University of Manchester.

In November 2014, Cumberbatch became engaged to director Sophie Hunter. The ad under the radar and discreet was published in the Times newspaper of England. The couple married on February 14, 2015 on the Isle of Wight and received their first child, Christopher Carlton, in June. Two years of