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Benedict Cumberbatch - Wikipedia. Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch. CBE (born 1. 9 July 1. English actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. He is the son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham. Cumberbatch 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. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut portraying George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2.

Since then he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2. Frankenstein (2. 01. In 2. 01. 5, he played William Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre.

Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in Silent Witness (2. Fortysomething (2. Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2. He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2.

He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2. Watch Kong: Skull Island Hindi Full Movie. The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2. In film, he has starred in Amazing Grace (2.

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Julian Assange and The Imitation Game (2. Alan Turing. From 2. Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit film series. Cumberbatch portrays the Marvel Comics character Dr. Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in the film Doctor Strange (2.

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 2. 01. 4, Time magazine included him in its annual Time 1. Most Influential People in the World". He was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2.

Early life. Cumberbatch was born at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the White City district of West London's Hammersmith and Fulham borough,[3] to actors Timothy Carlton (né Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch)[4] and Wanda Ventham.[5] He grew up in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. He has a half- sister, Tracy Peacock, from his mother's first marriage.[6] His grandfather, Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was a submarine officer of both World Wars, and a prominent figure of London high society. His great- grandfather, Henry Arnold Cumberbatch, was Queen Victoria's consul general in Turkey and Lebanon.[7][8]Education. Cumberbatch attended boarding schools from the age of 8; [9] he was educated at Brambletye School in West Sussex and was an arts scholar at Harrow School.[1.

He was a member of The Rattigan Society, Harrow's principal club for the dramatic arts, which was named after Old Harrovian and playwright Terence Rattigan.[1. He was involved in numerous Shakespearean works at school and made his acting debut as Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in A Midsummer Night's Dream when he was 1. Cumberbatch's drama teacher, Martin Tyrell, called him "the best schoolboy actor" he had ever worked with.[1. After leaving Harrow, Cumberbatch took a gap year to volunteer as an English teacher at a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India.[1. He then attended the University of Manchester, where he studied Drama.[1. He continued his training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art graduating with an MA in Classical Acting.[1.

Career. Theatre. Since 2. Cumberbatch has had major roles in a dozen classic plays at the Regent's Park Open Air, Almeida, Royal Court and Royal National Theatres.

He was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his role as George Tesman in Hedda Gabler, which he performed at the Almeida Theatre on 1. March 2. 00. 5 and at the Duke of York's Theatre when it transferred to the West End on 1. May 2. 00. 5.[1. 9] This transfer marked his first West End appearance.[2. In June 2. 01. 0, Cumberbatch led the revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance directed by Thea Sharrock at the Royal National Theatre.[2. He played 1. 92. 0s aristocrat David Scott- Fowler to commercial and critical success.[2.

The play eventually won four Olivier Awards including Best Revival.[2. Cumberbatch acted in Danny Boyle's The Children's Monologues, a theatrical charity event at London's Old Vic Theatre, on 1.

November 2. 01. 0. The show was produced by Dramatic Need.[2. In February 2. 01. Cumberbatch began playing, on alternate nights, both Victor Frankenstein and his creature, opposite Jonny Lee Miller, in Danny Boyle's stage production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the Royal National Theatre.[2. Frankenstein was broadcast to cinemas as a part of National Theatre Live in March 2. Cumberbatch achieved the "Triple Crown of London Theatre" in 2. Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his performance in Frankenstein.[2.

Cumberbatch was a part of a cast featuring members of the Royal National Theatre Company in 5. Watch The Numbers Station Online Free HD on this page. Years on Stage, the Royal National Theatre's landmark event for its 5. November 2. 01. 3.

He played Rosencrantz in a selected scene from Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.[2. The show was directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner and was broadcast on BBC Two and in cinemas worldwide as a part of National Theatre Live.[3. Cumberbatch returned to theatre to play Shakespeare's Hamlet at London's Barbican Theatre. The production was directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman, which started its 1. August 2. 01. 5.[3.

The performance, co- starring Sian Brooke, was broadcast by the National Theatre Company by satellite internationally as Hamlet in Rehearsal.[3. He earned his third Laurence Olivier Awards nomination for the role.[3. Watch Deep In The Valley Tube Free. Television. Cumberbatch's early television roles include two separate guest roles in Heartbeat (2. Freddy in Tipping the Velvet (2. Edward Hand in Cambridge Spies (2.

Rory in the ITV comedy drama series Fortysomething (2. He also featured in Spooks and Silent Witness. In 2. 00. 4, he landed his first main part in television as Stephen Hawking in Hawking. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Nymph for Television Films – Best Performance by an Actor. He later provided Hawking's voice in the first episode of the television series Curiosity.

He also appeared in the BBC miniseries Dunkirk as Lieutenant Jimmy Langley.[3. In 2. 00. 5, Cumberbatch portrayed protagonist Edmund Talbot in the miniseries To the Ends of the Earth, based on William Golding's trilogy; during filming he experienced a terrifying carjacking in South Africa, managing to escape.[3. He made brief appearances in the comedy sketch show Broken News and the Channel 4 sitcom Nathan Barley in 2. Tom Hardy in the television adaptation of Stuart: A Life Backwards, which aired on the BBC in September 2.

In 2. 00. 8, Cumberbatch played the lead character in the BBC miniseries drama The Last Enemy, earning a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film. In 2. 00. 9, he appeared in Marple: Murder Is Easy as Luke Fitzwilliam. He played Bernard in the TV adaptation of Small Island, earning him a nomination for BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actor.[4.

Cumberbatch featured in Michael Dobbs' play, The Turning Point,[4. TV plays broadcast live on Sky Arts.

The play depicted an October 1. Soviet spy Guy Burgess, then a young man working for the BBC, and Winston Churchill.[4. Cumberbatch portrayed Burgess; Churchill was played by Matthew Marsh, who had played a supporting role in Hawking.[4.