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Biography
Benedict Timothy Carlton
Cumberbatch CBE (born 19 July
1976) is an English actor who
has performed in film,
television, theatre and radio.
The son of actors Timothy
Carlton and Wanda Ventham, he
graduated from the University
of Manchester and continued
his training at the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic
Art, obtaining a Master of Arts
in Classical Acting.

Filmography

In film, he 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.

The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three

high fantasy adventure films, directed by Peter
Jackson, based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by
J. R. R. Tolkien
From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion
capture, he played the characters of Smaug and
the Necromancer in The Hobbit film series.

Dr. Strange
Doctor Strange is a 2016 American superhero film
based on the Marvel Comics character of the
same name, produced by Marvel Studios and
distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures. It is the fourteenth film of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe (MCU). Cumberbatch portrays
the Marvel Comics character Dr. Stephen Strange

Television

Cumberbatch's television work includes

appearances in Silent Witness (2002) and
Fortysomething (2003) before playing Stephen
Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004.
He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation
of Parade's End (2012) and The Hollow Crown:
The Wars of the Roses (2016).

Sherlock
Sherlock is a 2010 crime
drama television series based on
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes detective
stories. Created by Steven
Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars
Benedict Cumberbatch as
Sherlock Holmes and Martin
Freeman as Doctor John Watson.

Cumberbatch has received numerous awards and

nominations for acting including three Laurence
Olivier Award nominations, winning Best Actor in
a Play for Frankenstein. He has also received four
Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
for Sherlock. His performance in The Imitation
Game earned him an Academy Award nomination
for Best Actor. In addition, he has received six
BAFTA nominations, five Screen Actors Guild
Award nominations and two Golden Globe Award
nominations among others.

In 2014, Time magazine included him in its

annual Time 100 as one of the "Most
Influential People in the World". He was
appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in
June 2015 for his services to the performing
arts and to charity.

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