Benedict Cumberbatch

Also known as Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

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Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor born in 1976 who has become one of the most prominent performers in contemporary film, television, and theater. He is widely recognized for his roles in major productions and is known for his distinctive voice and intense performances.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1976-07-19
Works: 5

Top works

Cabin Pressure : A-Z
Rumpole
Rumpole : The Sleeping Partners & Other Stories
Rumpole : The Gentle Art of Blackmail & Other Stories
The last enemy

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1976-07-19

Discography

Ice Machine / Flat of Angles2013

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 32,558
Total plays: 135,397

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5 total works indexed

Assessing Measurement Invariance in Cross‐National Consumer Research
· 1998 · cited 3,770x
GENCODE reference annotation for the human and mouse genomes
· 2018 · cited 2,999x
Mechanisms of mindfulness
· 2005 · cited 2,825x
The complete sequence of a human genome
· 2022 · cited 2,811x
Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species
· 2021 · cited 2,752x

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Quotes

“If I’m playing someone who’s smart, suddenly every character I’ve played is smart. If I’m playing a bad guy, every character is a bad guy. I suppose it’s that thing where people want to see a through-line to understand you. I mean, you know, I have played pretty ordinary people too.”

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Image: BCumberbatch Comic-Con 2019.jpg
Height: 1.83
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Benedict Cumberbatch
date of birth: 1976-07-19
start of work period: 2001-00-00
birth name: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
name in native language: Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch

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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globes. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015, he was appointed a CBE for services to performing arts and charity.

Cumberbatch studied drama at the Victoria University of Manchester and obtained a Master of Arts in classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He began acting in Shakespearean theatre productions before making his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in Royal National Theatre productions of After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011), winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for the latter. In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre.