Benedict Cumberbatch

About Benedict Cumberbatch

On the crime drama series Sherlock, he is most recognized for his role as Sherlock Holmes. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his depiction of Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game, and he also appeared in the Academy Award-winning picture 12 Years a Slave as a supporting character. Later in his career, he played the title character in Marvel's Doctor Strange and in Showtime's Patrick Melrose.

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. Graduated from Victoria University in Manchester, he continued his training at the London Academy of Theater Arts and Music, earning a Master's degree in Classical Acting Arts. He performed for the first time at the Open Air Theater, Regent Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then he has performed in compositions. production of the Royal National Theater after Dance and Frankenstein. In 2015, he starred in Hamlet at the Barbican Theater. Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in Silent Witness and Fortysomething before playing Stephen Hawking in the 2004 TV series Hawking. He played the role of Sherlock Holmes in the Sherlock series from 2010 to 2017. He also named for the Tom Stoppard adaptation of Parade's End, The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses and Patrick Melrose.

Born	Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch, July 19, 1976, Hammersmith, London, England
Family	Henry Carlton Cumberbatch (grandfather), Henry Arnold Cumberbatch (great-grandfather), Robert William Cumberbatch (great-great-grandfather)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Manchester, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Years active	1999–present
Occupation	Actor
Parents	Timothy Carlton (father), Wanda Ventham (mother)

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Trivia

In 2005, he received an Olivier Award nomination for his role as George Tesman in the Henrik Ibsen play Hedda Gabler. 

Benedict Cumberbatch before fame

He spent a year teaching English at a Tibetan monastery in Darjeeling, India, after graduating as an arts scholar from Harrow School. He went on to study drama at Manchester University and obtained an MA in classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Achievement of Benedict Cumberbatch

He was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2005 for his performance as George Tesman in Henrik Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$40 Million

Benedict Cumberbatch family life

Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton are his parents' names. Tracy, his half-sister from his mother's first marriage, is his older half-sister. In 2001, he was dating actress Olivia Poulet, and in February 2015, he married Sophie Hunter, a director and actor. In June 2015, he and Sophie welcomed a boy named Christopher, and in March 2017, a son named Hal.

Associations of Benedict Cumberbatch

In the 2007 picture Atonement, he co-starred with Keira Knightley in a supporting role.

Benedict Cumberbatch Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	183 cm
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Facts about Benedict Cumberbatch

• What social actions does the actor perform?
The actor is absorbed by different social activities, for example, Benedict Cumberbatch struggled against Iraq War. Benedict Cumberbatch is trying to help the migration problem donating means to different funds.
• What other spheres of creative work is Benedict engaged in?
Benedict Cumberbatch is a popular narrator who is employed for the work in the channel u2018Discoveryu2019. Benedict Cumberbatch also releases audiobooks where he tells stories written by classical and contemporary writers.
• Benedict Cumberbatchu0027s favourite clothing style is formal.
• Benedict Cumberbatchu0027s favourite color is black.
• Does the actor have any attempts to sing?
Recently he has performed in a concert with the song named u2018Comfortably Numbu2019.
• Has the actor have any incident in his life that changed his way of thinking?
When Benedict and his friends were travelling in Africa, suddenly the locals tried to kill them. The actor was already getting ready to die, but suddenly they lat them go. So, after that the actor wants to have a full and interesting life which is far from ordinary.
• Benedict Cumberbatch didnu2019t like Maths as a boy.
• Benedict Cumberbatchu0027s nickname is Ben.
• Benedict Cumberbatchu0027s favourite outfit is suit.