Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch Movies and TV Shows

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 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).

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 7/19/1976 (48 years old)
  • Place of birth: London, England, UK
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.83 m
  • Net worth: $40,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
We Live in Time
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 76%
role:
Executive Producer
Not available
2024

Drama

Romance

7.0
76%
Not available
Eric
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 71%
role:
Executive Producer
2024

Drama

Mystery

6.9
71%
2024

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

5.7
58%
The End We Start From
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 57%
role:
Executive Producer
2023

Drama

Thriller

5.9
57%
Poison
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 69%
role:
Harry Pope
2023

Comedy

6.8
69%
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman
2023

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
72%
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 73%
role:
Doctor Stephen Strange & 2 more
2022

Action

Adventure

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
73%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Self (archive footage)
Not available
2022

Documentary

6.4
70%
Not available
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 68%
role:
Self (Archival Footage)
2022

Documentary

6.5
68%
Spider-Man: No Way Home
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 80%
role:
Doctor Strange
2021

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.2
80%
The Power of the Dog
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Phil Burbank
2021

Drama

Romance

Western

6.8
68%
2021

Drama

History

6.8
71%
The Courier
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2021

Drama

Thriller

7.2
71%
The Mauritanian
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2021

Drama

7.5
74%
1917
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 80%
role:
Colonel MacKenzie
2019

Action

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

8.2
80%
2019

Animation

Family

6.9
75%
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 60%
role:
Benedict Cumberbatch
2019

Comedy

6.1
60%
Avengers: Endgame
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 82%
role:
Doctor Strange
2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
82%
Brexit: The Uncivil War
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Dominic Cummings
2019

Drama

History

TV Movie

7.0
65%
2018

Adventure

Drama

6.5
65%
The Grinch
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 69%
role:
Grinch (voice)
2018

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
69%
The Child in Time
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2018

Drama

TV Movie

6.1
59%
Patrick Melrose
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 77%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2018

Comedy

Drama

8.0
77%
Avengers: Infinity War
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 82%
role:
Doctor Strange
2018

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.4
82%
The Current War
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 66%
role:
Thomas Edison
2018

Drama

History

6.5
66%
Thor: Ragnarok
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Doctor Strange
2017

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
76%
Walk with Me
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 57%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2017

Documentary

6.3
57%
Sherlock: The Final Problem
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 83%
role:
Sherlock Holmes
2017

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

8.2
83%
Doctor Strange
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 74%
role:
Dr. Stephen Strange
2016

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
74%
2016

Comedy

4.7
48%
2016

Crime

Drama

Mystery

8.0
79%
2015

Drama

Romance

8.4
75%
Black Mass
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 65%
role:
Billy Bulger
2015

Crime

Drama

History

6.8
65%
9 Kisses
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Man at Costume Party
Not available
2014

Romance

6.4
62%
Not available
2014

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
73%
Penguins of Madagascar
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 65%
role:
Classified (voice)
2014

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.6
65%
The Imitation Game
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 80%
role:
Alan Turing
2014

Drama

History

Thriller

War & Politics

8.0
80%
August: Osage County
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Little Charles Aiken
2013

Comedy

Drama

7.2
69%
2013

Adventure

Animation

Family

5.2
61%
2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
76%
Jerusalem
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 64%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2013

Documentary

7.3
64%
Little Favour
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 66%
role:
Wallace
Not available
2013

Action

Thriller

7.0
66%
Not available
12 Years a Slave
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 80%
role:
William Ford
2013

Drama

History

8.1
80%
The Fifth Estate
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Julian Assange
2013

Drama

Thriller

6.2
60%
Star Trek Into Darkness
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
John Harrison
2013

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
73%
2012

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
2012

Documentary

8.3
75%
Parade's End
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Christopher Tietjens
2012

Drama

Romance

War & Politics

7.5
71%
War Horse
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 73%
role:
Maj. Jamie Stewart
2011

Action

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
73%
Wreckers
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 55%
role:
David
2011

Drama

5.8
55%
2011

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.0
66%
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 84%
role:
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
Not available
2011

Drama

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.5
84%
Not available
The Whistleblower
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 68%
role:
Nick Kaufman
2010

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.1
68%
Sherlock
IMDB 9.1
TMDB 85%
role:
Sherlock Holmes
2010

Crime

Drama

Mystery

9.1
85%
Third Star
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 72%
role:
James
2010

Drama

7.2
72%
Four Lions
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 70%
role:
The Negotiator
2010

Comedy

Crime

Drama

7.3
70%
2010

Documentary

8.5
78%
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 77%
role:
Vincent Van Gogh
2010

Documentary

Drama

7.9
77%
Small Island
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 63%
role:
Bernard
Not available
2009

Drama

7.5
63%
Not available
Creation
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 64%
role:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
2009

Drama

History

6.6
64%
South Pacific
IMDB 8.7
TMDB 79%
role:
Narrator (voice)
2009

Documentary

8.7
79%
The Other Boleyn Girl
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 66%
role:
William Carey
2008

Drama

Romance

6.7
66%
The Last Enemy
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 69%
role:
Stephen Ezard
2008

Drama

Mystery

7.0
69%
Stuart: A Life Backwards
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Alexander Masters
2007

Drama

7.6
75%
Atonement
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 77%
role:
Paul Marshall
2007

Drama

Romance

7.8
77%
Inseparable
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 70%
role:
Joe / Charlie
2007

Drama

7.6
70%
Amazing Grace
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 69%
role:
William Pitt
2006

Drama

7.4
69%
Starter for 10
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 64%
role:
Patrick Watts
2006

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.7
64%
Hawking
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Stephen Hawking
2004

Drama

7.4
72%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Benedict Cumberbatch are, for example, Eric, The Book of Clarence and The End We Start From.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best StreamFat ratings are South Pacific (8.3), Avengers: Endgame (8.3) and Avengers: Infinity War (8.3).