Acting • AGE 49
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born July 19, 1976) is an English actor. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a Primeti...


Wife & Dog
2026

Confessions II – The Film
Self
2026

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
2026

The Thing with Feathers
Dad
2025

Together for Palestine
Self
2025

The Roses
Theo Rose
2025

The Phoenician Scheme
Uncle Nubar
2025

Placebo: This Search for Meaning
Self
2024

We Live in Time
Executive Producer
2024

Eric
Vincent
2024

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
2024

The Book of Clarence
Benjamin
2024

Mog's Christmas
Mr. Thomas (voice)
2023

The End We Start From
AB
2023

James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
Self (archive footage)
2023

Arctic: Our Frozen Planet
Narrator
2023

Poison
Harry Pope
2023

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
2023

Minions & More Volume 1
The Grinch (voice)
2022

Super/Natural
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022

The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Daddy (voice)
2022

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Self
2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Self - Doctor Stephen Strange
2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Doctor Stephen Strange
2022

Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Self (archive footage)
2022

Reframing the West: Behind the Scenes of Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog
2022

Spider-Man: No Way Home
Doctor Strange
2021

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (voice) (archive footage)
2021

The Power of the Dog
Phil Burbank
2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Louis Wain
2021

What If...?
Doctor Strange (voice)
2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021

The Mauritanian
Lt. Stuart Couch
2021

Marvel Studios Legends
Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021

Antarctica
Self - Narrator
2020

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020

The Courier
Greville Wynne
2020

1917
Colonel MacKenzie
2019

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Benedict Cumberbatch
2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019

Good Omens
Satan (voice)
2019

Avengers: Endgame
Doctor Strange
2019

Cindy-Lou's Yule Log
The Grinch
2019

The Dog Days of Winter
The Grinch (voice)
2019

Brexit: The Uncivil War
Dominic Cummings
2019

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Shere Khan (voice)
2018

The Grinch
Grinch (voice)
2018

The Child in Time
Stephen Lewis
2018

Patrick Melrose
Patrick Melrose
2018

Avengers: Infinity War
Doctor Strange
2018

The Current War
Thomas Edison
2018

Thor: Ragnarok
Doctor Strange
2017

Walk with Me
Narrator (voice)
2017

Naples '44
Norman Lewis (voice)
2016

Doctor Strange
Dr. Stephen Strange
2016

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
2016

Zoolander 2
All
2016

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Himself
2016

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sherlock Holmes
2016

National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Hamlet
2015

Black Mass
Billy Bulger
2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Smaug / Sauron (voice)
2014

Penguins of Madagascar
Classified (voice)
2014

The Imitation Game
Alan Turing
2014

Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D
Narrator (Voice)
2014

The Penguins of Madagascar - Operation: Penguin Takeover
Agent Classified (voice)
2014

Cristiano Ronaldo: World at His Feet
Narrator
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014

9 Kisses
Man at Costume Party
2014

Unlocking Sherlock
Himself / Sherlock Holmes
2014

How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
2014

August: Osage County
Little Charles Aiken
2013

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Sherlock Holmes
2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Smaug / Sauron
2013

Jerusalem
Narrator (voice)
2013

Little Favour
Wallace
2013

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Rosencrantz
2013

12 Years a Slave
William Ford
2013

The Fifth Estate
Julian Assange
2013

Star Trek Into Darkness
John Harrison / Khan
2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Necromancer
2012

Girlfriend in a Coma
Dante (voice)
2012

WWI's Tunnels of Death: The Big Dig
Narrator (Voice)
2012

Frankenstein: A Modern Myth
Self / Frankenstein / The Monster
2012

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
Narrator (voice)
2012

Parade's End
Christopher Tietjens
2012

The Hollow Crown
Richard
2012

Why did you come to Japan?
Self
2012

Sherlock: Uncovered
Sherlock, Self
2012

War Horse
Maj. Jamie Stewart
2011

Wreckers
David
2011

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Peter Guillam
2011

The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011

The Rattigan Enigma by Benedict Cumberbatch
2011

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein
The Creature / Victor Frankenstein
2011

Conan
Self - Guest
2010

The Whistleblower
Nick Kaufman
2010

Unlocking Sherlock
Himself
2010

Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes
2010

Third Star
James
2010

Four Lions
Negotiator
2010

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
2010

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Vincent Van Gogh
2010

Burlesque Fairytales
Henry Clark
2010

Small Island
Bernard
2009

Creation
Joseph Dalton Hooker
2009

The Turning Point
Guy Burgess
2009

South Pacific
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009

The Other Boleyn Girl
William Carey
2008

The Last Enemy
Stephen Ezard
2008

Stuart: A Life Backwards
Alexander Masters
2007

Inseparable
Joe / Charlie
2007

Atonement
Paul Marshall
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Amazing Grace
William Pitt
2006

Starter for 10
Patrick Watts
2006

The One Show
Self - Guest
2006

Broken News
Will Parker
2005

The Man Who Predicted 9/11
Narrator (voice)
2005

To the Ends of the Earth
Edmund Talbot
2005

Nathan Barley
Robin
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
Luke Fitzwilliam
2004

Hawking
Stephen Hawking
2004

Dunkirk
Lt Jimmy Langley
2004

Fortysomething
Rory Slippery
2003

To Kill a King
Royalist
2003

Cambridge Spies
Edward Hand
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003

Tipping the Velvet
Freddy
2002

Top Gear
Self
2002

Timeshift
self
2002

Hills Like White Elephants
The Man
2002

Spooks
Jim North
2002

The View
Self
1997

Leute heute
Self
1997

The Daily Show
Self
1996

Silent Witness
Warren Reid
1996

GMTV
Self
1993

Heartbeat
Toby Fisher
1992

Have I Got News for You
Self - Host
1990

The Simpsons
Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice)
1989

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975

The Oscars
Self
1953

Morning
Frank

Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter

Rogue Male
Producer