Benedict Cumberbatch
Birthday: 1976-07-19
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Drafted: 30
Drafted By: The Free Refills
Owned By: Zac E. Chan
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 2
Win Bonus: 6
Nom Bonus: 6
Total Points: 17
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).
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 2015 | 39 | The Imitation Game (2014) | Lead Actor | Nom | 7 | |
| 2022 | 46 | The Power of the Dog (2021) | Lead Actor | Nom | 10 | |
| Career | 17 |
Transaction History
| Date | Location | Team | Receives | Team | Receives | Team | Receives |
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| 2018-03-02 | Helen, GA Oscar Cabin | Goutbreak | Ralph Fiennes | Zac E. Chan | Benedict Cumberbatch | The Free Refills | Tilda Swinton |
Credits
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The Thing With Feathers | ||
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Morning | Frank | |
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Magik | Lewis | |
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The Hood | ||
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Rio | ||
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The Roses | Theo | |
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Doctor Strange 3 | Doctor Stephen Strange | |
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The War Magician | Jasper Maskelyne | |
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The Phoenician Scheme | Uncle Nubar | |
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Rogue Male | ||
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Gypsy Boy | ||
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Wife and Dog | ||
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2026-04-29 | Avengers: Doomsday | Doctor Strange |
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2024-03-14 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More | Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry |
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2024-01-11 | The Book of Clarence | Benjamin |
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2023-12-17 | Mog's Christmas | Mr. Thomas (voice) |
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2023-12-08 | The End We Start From | AB |
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2023-09-29 | Poison | Harry Pope |
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2023-09-20 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist |
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2022-09-27 | Minions & More 1 | The Grinch (voice) |
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2022-09-14 | The Tiger Who Came to Tea | Daddy (voice) |
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2022-05-04 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Doctor Stephen Strange |
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2022-01-26 | Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog | |
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2021-12-15 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Doctor Strange |
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2021-10-25 | The Power of the Dog | Phil Burbank |
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2021-10-21 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Louis Wain |
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2021-03-15 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | |
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2021-02-12 | The Mauritanian | Lt. Stuart Couch |
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2020-01-24 | The Courier | Greville Wynne |
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2019-12-25 | 1917 | Colonel MacKenzie |
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2019-09-20 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie | Benedict Cumberbatch |
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2019-04-24 | Avengers: Endgame | Doctor Strange |
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2019-02-05 | Cindy-Lou's Yule Log | The Grinch |
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2019-02-05 | The Dog Days of Winter | The Grinch (voice) |
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2019-01-19 | Brexit: The Uncivil War | Dominic Cummings |
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2018-11-25 | Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Shere Khan (voice) |
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2018-11-22 | The Grinch Mini-Movies | Grinch (voice) |
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2018-11-08 | The Grinch | Grinch (voice) |
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2018-07-05 | The Child in Time | Stephen Lewis |
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2018-04-25 | Avengers: Infinity War | Doctor Strange |
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2018-02-01 | The Current War | Thomas Edison |
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2017-10-02 | Thor: Ragnarok | Doctor Strange |
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2016-12-15 | Naples '44 | Norman Lewis (voice) |
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2016-10-25 | Doctor Strange | Dr. Stephen Strange |
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2016-02-06 | Zoolander 2 | All |
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2016-01-01 | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Sherlock Holmes |
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2015-10-15 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Hamlet |
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2015-09-17 | Black Mass | Billy Bulger |
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2014-12-11 | 9 Kisses | Man at Costume Party |
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2014-12-10 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Smaug / Sauron (voice) |
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2014-11-22 | Penguins of Madagascar | Classified (voice) |
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2014-11-14 | The Imitation Game | Alan Turing |
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2014-07-22 | The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Search and Rescue | Agent Classified (voice) |
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2013-12-26 | August: Osage County | Little Charles Aiken |
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2013-12-24 | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Sherlock Holmes |
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2013-12-11 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Smaug / Sauron |
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2013-11-05 | Little Favour | Wallace |
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2013-11-02 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Rosencrantz |
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2013-10-18 | 12 Years a Slave | William Ford |
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2013-10-11 | The Fifth Estate | Julian Assange |
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2013-05-05 | Star Trek Into Darkness | John Harrison / Khan |
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2012-12-12 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Necromancer |
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2012-11-26 | Girlfriend in a Coma | Dante (Voice) |
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2011-12-25 | War Horse | Maj. Jamie Stewart |
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2011-12-16 | Wreckers | David |
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2011-09-16 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Peter Guillam |
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2011-03-17 | National Theatre Live: Frankenstein | The Creature / Victor Frankenstein |
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2010-09-13 | The Whistleblower | Nick Kaufman |
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2010-06-01 | Third Star | James |
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2010-05-07 | Four Lions | The Negotiator |
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2010-04-05 | Van Gogh: Painted with Words | Vincent Van Gogh |
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2010-01-01 | Burlesque Fairytales | Henry Clark |
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2009-09-25 | Creation | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
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2009-08-12 | The Turning Point | Guy Burgess |
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2008-02-28 | The Other Boleyn Girl | William Carey |
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2007-09-23 | Stuart: A Life Backwards | Alexander Masters |
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2007-03-15 | Inseparable | Joe / Charlie |
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2007-02-27 | Atonement | Paul Marshall |
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2006-09-16 | Amazing Grace | William Pitt |
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2006-09-13 | Starter for 10 | Patrick Watts |
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2004-12-10 | Hawking | Stephen Hawking |
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2003-05-16 | To Kill a King | Royalist |
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2002-06-08 | Fields of Gold | Jeremy |
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2002-06-01 | Hills Like White Elephants | The Man |