English actor (born 1976)
Benedict Cumberbatch
Born Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
(1976-07-19 ) 19 July 1976 (age 47) Nationality British Alma mater Occupation
Actor Years active 1998–present Works
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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received
various accolades , including a
BAFTA Award , a
Primetime Emmy Award and a
Laurence Olivier Award , in addition to nominations for two
Academy 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 .
Cumberbatch's television work includes his performance as
Stephen Hawking in the film
Hawking (2004). He gained wide recognition for portraying
Sherlock Holmes in the series
Sherlock from 2010 to 2017, for which he won a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor . For playing the
title role in the miniseries
Patrick Melrose (2018), he won the
BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor .
In films, Cumberbatch received nominations for the
Academy Award for Best Actor for playing
Alan Turing in
The Imitation Game (2014) and a volatile rancher in
The Power of the Dog (2021). He has acted in several period dramas, including
Amazing Grace (2006),
Atonement (2007),
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011),
12 Years a Slave (2013),
The Current War (2017),
1917 (2019) and
The Courier (2020). He has also starred in numerous
blockbuster films portraying
Khan in
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013),
Smaug and
Sauron in
The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), and Dr.
Stephen Strange in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe , including in the films
Doctor Strange (2016) and
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
Early life and education
Birth, family and schooling
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born on 19 July 1976
[2] at
Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in the
London district of
Hammersmith ,
[3] to actors
Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch) and
Wanda Ventham .
[4] He grew up in the borough of
Kensington and Chelsea . He has a half-sister, Tracy Peacock, from his mother's first marriage.
[5]
Cumberbatch attended
boarding schools from the age of eight,
[6] attending
Brambletye , a
prep school near
East Grinstead ,
West Sussex .
[7] He undertook secondary schooling as an arts scholar at
Harrow School .
[8]
[9] He was a member of the Rattigan Society, Harrow's principal club for the
dramatic arts, which was named after
Old Harrovian and playwright Sir
Terence Rattigan .
[10] 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 12.
[11] His first leading role was as
Eliza Doolittle in
Bernard Shaw 's
Pygmalion , in a production by the Head of Classics,
James Morwood , who observed that Cumberbatch "acted everyone else off the stage".
[12] Cumberbatch's drama teacher, Martin Tyrell, called him "the best schoolboy actor" he had ever worked with.
[13] Despite his abilities, Cumberbatch's drama teacher at Harrow warned him against a career in acting, calling it a "tough business".
[14]
Tertiary education
After leaving Harrow, Cumberbatch took a
gap year to volunteer as an English teacher at a
Tibetan monastery in
Darjeeling , India.
[15] He then attended the
Victoria University of Manchester , where he studied
drama .
[16] He continued his training as an actor at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating with an
MA in
classical acting .
[17] In January 2018, Cumberbatch succeeded
Timothy West as president of LAMDA.
[18]
Antecedents and family tree
In 1728,
[19] Benedict Cumberbatch's 7th-great-grandfather, Abraham Cumberbatch of
Saint Andrew, Barbados (died 1753), acquired properties on the island of
Barbados in the
West Indies ,
[20] which used
enslaved people for labour.
St Nicholas Abbey was owned by Cumberbatch's ancestors for at least two hundred years.
[21]
These properties were passed down through the generations to Benedict's great-great-great-grandfather, Abraham Parry Cumberbatch
[22]
[23] (died 1840 in
Hellingly ,
Sussex ). He was an absentee landlord of two estates, Cleland and Lammings, for which he received £5388 as slave compensation (via the
Slave Compensation Act 1837 , four years after the
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 had abolished slavery).
[24] The Cleland plantation enslaved 250 people, and was the main source of the Cumberbatch family's considerable wealth at the time;
[25] they were one of the richest families in Britain.
[19]
There has been media speculation
[25]
[26] that the Barbados National Task Force on Reparations, which, as part of the wider Caribbean's
CARICOM Reparations Commission , is as of January 2023
[update]
[19] seeking reparations from wealthy British MP
Richard Drax for his ancestors' involvement in slavery,
[27] might also consider seeking reparations from families such as the Cumberbatches. Benedict Cumberbatch has said that by the time of his birth, most of the money had run out, and he grew up "definitely
middle class ",
[19]
[25]
[26] or
upper middle class .
[28] The Drax family still owns a large estate in Barbados, and Richard Drax is said to be worth at least £150 million.
[27] Barbados′ officials have since rebuked those speculations and called them a "Campaign of deceptive and misleading British ′yellow journalism′".
[29]
Abraham Parry Cumberbatch's son (Benedict's great-great-grandfather)
Robert William Cumberbatch , was a British consul in Turkey and the
Russian Empire .
[30]
[31] His great-grandfather,
Henry Alfred Cumberbatch , was also a diplomat who served as consul in Turkey and Lebanon, and his grandfather,
Henry Carlton Cumberbatch , was a submarine officer of both World Wars, and a prominent figure of London
high society .
[32]
[33]
Cumberbatch is
third cousin 16 times removed of
King Richard III , whom he portrayed in
The Hollow Crown .
[34]
[35]
[36] He attended Richard III's
2015 reburial and read a poem.
[37]
[38]
Performing arts career
Theatre
During rehearsals for
Frankenstein , April 2011
Since 2001, 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 16 March 2005 and at the
Duke of York's Theatre when it transferred to the
West End on 19 May 2005.
[39] This transfer marked his first West End appearance.
[40]
In June 2010, Cumberbatch led the revival of Sir
Terence Rattigan 's
After the Dance directed by
Thea Sharrock at the
Royal National Theatre .
[41] He played 1920s aristocrat David Scott-Fowler to commercial and critical success.
[42] The play won four
Olivier Awards including
Best Revival .
[43] He acted in
Danny Boyle 's
The Children's Monologues , a theatrical charity event at London's
Old Vic Theatre on 14 November 2010 which was produced by
Dramatic Need .
[44]
In February 2011, Cumberbatch began playing, on alternate nights, both Victor Frankenstein and his creature, opposite
Jonny Lee Miller , in Boyle's stage production of Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein at the Royal National Theatre.
[45]
[46] Frankenstein was broadcast to cinemas as a part of
National Theatre Live in March 2011.
[47] He achieved the "Triple Crown of London Theatre" in 2011 when he received the Olivier Award,
Evening Standard Award and
Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his performance in Frankenstein .
[48]
Cumberbatch was a part of a cast featuring members of the
Royal National Theatre Company in 50 Years on Stage , the Royal National Theatre's landmark event for its 50th anniversary on 2 November 2013. He played
Rosencrantz in a selected scene from Sir
Tom Stoppard 's play
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead .
[49] 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.
[50]
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 12-week run in August 2015.
[51]
[52]
[53] The performance, co-starring
Sian Brooke , was broadcast by the
National Theatre Company by satellite internationally as Hamlet in Rehearsal .
[54]
[55] He earned his third
Laurence Olivier Awards nomination for the role.
[56]
Television
Filming
Sherlock in
Chinatown , London, March 2010
Cumberbatch's early television roles include two separate guest roles in
Heartbeat (2000, 2004), Freddy in
Tipping the Velvet (2002), Edward Hand in
Cambridge Spies (2003) and Rory in the
ITV comedy drama series
Fortysomething (2003). He also featured in
Spooks and
Silent Witness . In 2004, 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.
[57]
In 2005, Cumberbatch portrayed protagonist Edmund Talbot in the miniseries
To the Ends of the Earth , based on Sir
William Golding 's trilogy; during filming he said he experienced a terrifying carjacking in South Africa, managing to escape.
[58] He made brief appearances in the comedy sketch show
Broken News and the Channel 4 sitcom
Nathan Barley in 2005 and featured alongside
Tom Hardy in the television adaptation of
Stuart: A Life Backwards , which aired on the BBC in September 2007.
[59]
In 2008, 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 2009, he appeared in
Agatha Christie's Miss 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.
[60] Cumberbatch featured in
Michael Dobbs ' play, The Turning Point ,
[61] which aired as one of a series of TV plays broadcast live on
Sky Arts . The play depicted an October 1938 meeting between Soviet spy
Guy Burgess , then a young man working for the BBC, and
Winston Churchill .
[62] Cumberbatch portrayed Burgess; Churchill was played by
Matthew Marsh , who had played a supporting role in Hawking .
[63] He narrated the 6-part series
South Pacific (US title: Wild Pacific ), which aired from May to June 2009 on BBC 2.
[64]
In 2010, Cumberbatch portrayed
Vincent van Gogh in Van Gogh: Painted with Words .
The Daily Telegraph called his performance "[a] treat ... vividly bringing Van Gogh to impassioned, blue-eyed life."
[65] In the same year, Cumberbatch began playing
Sherlock Holmes in the joint
BBC /
PBS television series
Sherlock , to critical acclaim.
[66]
[67]
[68] The second series began on
New Year's Day 2012 in the United Kingdom
[69] and was broadcast on PBS in the United States in May 2012.
[70] The third series aired on PBS over a period of three weeks in January to February 2014. Cumberbatch won an Emmy as
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the third episode of the third series of the show entitled His Last Vow . Cumberbatch has one of the most aggressive fanbases to date, part of the 'Big Three' fandoms on the social media site Tumblr, called SuperWhoLock.
[71] In April 2015, Cumberbatch was nominated for his sixth
British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor for the third series of the Sherlock .
[72]
[73] In 2016, he was once again nominated for an Emmy as
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie , this time for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride .
[74]
In 2012, he led the BBC and
HBO co-produced miniseries
Parade's End with
Rebecca Hall . An adaptation of the
tetralogy of
novels of the same name by
Ford Madox Ford , it was filmed as five episodes, directed by
Susanna White and adapted by Sir
Tom Stoppard .
[75]
[76] His performance earned Cumberbatch his second
Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in Miniseries or TV Movie.
[77] In February 2014, Cumberbatch appeared with
Sesame Street characters Murray and
Count von Count for PBS.
[78] In 2016, Cumberbatch portrayed Richard III in Shakespeare's
play of the same name , as part of the second series of films for
The Hollow Crown , which aired in both Britain and the United States.
[79] Cumberbatch has also been a brand ambassador for
Dunlop and
Jaguar luxury cars since 2014.
[80]
[81]
Cumberbatch starred in
Patrick Melrose , a miniseries adaptation of the
Edward St Aubyn novels, which began airing on
Showtime on 12 May 2018.
[82]
[83] In 2019 Cumberbatch appeared as British political strategist
Dominic Cummings (who served as the campaign director of
Vote Leave , the official campaign in favour of the
UK leaving the European Union ) in
HBO and
Channel 4 's television film
Brexit: The Uncivil War .
[84] In 2023 he was confirmed a executive producer and lead role in the miniseries
Eric for streaming service
Netflix .
[85]
Film
The 2006 film
Starter for 10 has been credited with helping launch Cumberbatch's big-screen career.
[86] Also in 2006, Cumberbatch played late 18th/early 19th century British parliamentarian
William Pitt the Younger in
Amazing Grace , a role that garnered him a nomination for the
London Film Critics Circle "British Breakthrough Acting Award".
[87] In
Atonement (2007), Cumberbatch played what
The Guardian called one of his "small parts in big films", and came to the attention of
Sue Vertue and
Stephen Moffat , who would later cast him in Sherlock .
[88] In 2008 he had a supporting role in
The Other Boleyn Girl , and the next year he appeared in the
Charles Darwin biographical film
Creation as Darwin's friend
Joseph Hooker . In 2010, he appeared in
The Whistleblower as well as
Four Lions . He portrayed
Peter Guillam ,
George Smiley 's right-hand man, in the 2011 adaptation of the
John le Carré novel
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy . The film was directed by
Tomas Alfredson and featured
Gary Oldman and
Colin Firth .
[89] Cumberbatch played Major Jamie Stewart in
Steven Spielberg 's
War Horse in 2011.
[89]
Cumberbatch at the premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , September 2011
In 2012, Cumberbatch provided the voice and
motion-capture for both
Smaug the Dragon and the
Necromancer in
An Unexpected Journey , the first instalment of
The Hobbit series based on the
novel of the same name by
J. R. R. Tolkien .
[90] He reprised his roles as Smaug and the Necromancer for
The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and
The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).
[91]
[92] For the motion-capture aspect of the films, he used a suit and
facial markers to highlight the dragon's expressions and movements. Cumberbatch told
Total Film "You just have to lose your shit on a carpeted floor, in a place that looks a little bit like a mundane government building. It was just me as well, with four static cameras and all the sensors."
[92]
In 2013, Cumberbatch appeared in
J. J. Abrams ' sequel,
Star Trek Into Darkness , as
Khan , the film's antagonist.
[93]
[94] Three of the four films he featured in during the second half of 2013 premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival :
The Fifth Estate , in which he played
WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange ,
12 Years a Slave , in which he played
William Prince Ford , a slave owner, and
August: Osage County , in which he played Charles Aiken.
[95] For the official soundtrack of the latter film, he recorded a song titled "Can't Keep it Inside".
[96]
Cumberbatch had a voice role in
DreamWorks Animation 's feature film
Penguins of Madagascar , which was released in November 2014.
[97]
[98] He then starred in the historical drama
The Imitation Game as British
cryptographer
Alan Turing , also released in November 2014. The role earned him nominations for the Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG, and
Academy Award for Best Actor .
[99]
[100]
[101] In May 2014, he joined the cast of the film
Black Mass opposite
Johnny Depp which was distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures .
[102]
Cumberbatch in
Kathmandu on the set of
Doctor Strange , November 2015
Cumberbatch starred as
Doctor Strange in both the
eponymous film released in November 2016,
[103] in
Avengers: Infinity War in April 2018,
[104] and in
Avengers: Endgame in April 2019. His depiction of Strange also appeared in
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and in
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).
[105] He starred as electricity titan
Thomas Edison in the film
The Current War in September 2017.
[106] In 2018, Cumberbatch voiced the
title character in the film
The Grinch ,
[107] and provided the voice and did performance capture for the tiger
Shere Khan in
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle ,
Netflix 's film adaptation of
Rudyard Kipling 's
The Jungle Book , starring alongside
Christian Bale and
Cate Blanchett .
[108] In 2019, he appeared briefly as British Colonel Mackenzie in
Sam Mendes ' World War I film
1917 .
[109]
In 2021, Cumberbatch starred in the drama
The Power of the Dog , written and directed by
Jane Campion . His performance in the film was acclaimed,
[110] and he received nominations for the
Academy Award ,
British Academy Film Award ,
Screen Actors Guild Award , and
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
[111]
[112]
[113]
[114] The same year Cumberbatch played
Louis Wain , an eccentric English artist known for drawing
anthropomorphized large-eyed cats, in
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain .
[115]
Cumberbatch stars as the titular character in
Wes Anderson 's
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023), a short film adaptation of a
short story by
Roald Dahl . He appears opposite
Ralph Fiennes ,
Dev Patel and
Ben Kingsley .
[116]
Radio
Cumberbatch has repeatedly expressed his affection for radio and has done numerous productions for the
BBC .
[117] Among his best-known radio work is the adaptation of
John Mortimer 's novel
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders in 2009. He played Young Rumpole, and went on to play the part in nine more adaptations of Mortimer's works. Between 2008 and 2014, he played Captain Martin Crieff in the
BBC Radio 4 's sitcom
Cabin Pressure , alongside
Stephanie Cole ,
John Finnemore , and
Roger Allam .
[118] He then went on to play the Angel Islington in the 2013
BBC Radio 4 adaptation of
Neil Gaiman 's
Neverwhere . In the same year, he led the
BBC Radio 3 adaptation of
Michael Frayn 's play
Copenhagen wherein he played theoretical physicist
Werner Heisenberg .
[119]
For the 70th anniversary of the
Normandy landings , on 6 June 2014 Cumberbatch read the original BBC radio bulletins from June 1944 for
BBC Radio 4 .
[120]
Narration
Cumberbatch has narrated numerous documentaries for the
National Geographic and
Discovery channels. He has also read for several
audiobooks , including
Casanova ,
The Tempest , The Making of Music , Death in a White Tie , Artists in Crime ,
Tom and Viv , and Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories . He has done voice-overs for several commercials, including for major names
Jaguar ,
Sony ,
Pimms , and
Google+ , performing the
Seven Ages of Man monologue. For the
2012 London Olympics , he appeared in a short film on the history of London, which began the BBC coverage of the opening ceremony.
[121] He made appearances for two
Cheltenham Festivals , in July 2012 for Music when he read World War I poetry and prose accompanied by piano pieces
[122] and in October 2012 for Literature when he discussed Sherlock and Parade's End at The Centaur.
[123] In 2012, he lent his voice to a four-part, spoken-word track titled "Flat of Angles" for
Late Night Tales based on a story written by author and poet Simon Cleary, the final installment of which was released on 9 May 2014.
[124]
[125]
In 2012, he provided the voice of
Dante Alighieri in the documentary
Girlfriend in a Coma .
[126] In 2013, Cumberbatch narrated the documentary film
Jerusalem about the ancient city. It was distributed by
National Geographic Cinema Ventures in IMAX 3D theatres worldwide.
[127]
[128] The same year, he appeared as a special guest in a recording of
Gordon Getty 's opera
Usher House , where he voiced the role of "the visitor", recorded and released by
PENTATONE .
[129]
[130]
He narrated the documentary
Cristiano Ronaldo: The World at His Feet about the Portuguese footballer for
Vimeo and Vision Films in 2014.
[131] In August 2014, he recorded the first ever unabridged
audiobook of
William Golding 's 1964 novel,
The Spire , for
Canongate Books .
[132]
Music
On 28 September 2016, Cumberbatch appeared on stage with
Pink Floyd member
David Gilmour during one of the musician's
shows in London held at the
Royal Albert Hall . He sang lead vocals on the song "
Comfortably Numb ", singing the verse sections originally sung by
Roger Waters .
[133]
Impressionist
Adept at impersonating others, Cumberbatch was referred to as the "New King of Celebrity Impressionists" by
Vulture magazine .
[134] He has imitated celebrities on a number of chat shows, such as
The Graham Norton Show on the BBC,
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and in general interviews on channels such as
MTV .
[135] His impersonations include
Alan Rickman ,
Sean Connery ,
Jack Nicholson ,
Tom Hiddleston ,
Michael Caine ,
Christopher Walken ,
Tom Holland ,
Bane ,
John Malkovich ,
Matthew McConaughey ,
Taylor Swift and
Chewbacca .
[134]
Production company
Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland, writer-director Patrick Monroe, action coordinator Ben Dillon, and production manager Adam Selves launched a production company, SunnyMarch Ltd., in late 2013.
[136]
Their first project under the company's banner was the £87,000 crowd-funded short film Little Favour , written and directed by Monroe with Cumberbatch in the lead role. The 30-minute action-thriller became internationally available on iTunes on 5 November 2013.
[136]
[137] In 2022 filming began on
The End We Start From , an adaptation of the
Megan Hunter novel of the same name, the rights to which the company had acquired in 2017.
[138]
Other activities
Charity
Cumberbatch is an ambassador for
The Prince's Trust .
[139]
[140] He is a supporter and patron of organisations focused on using the arts to help disadvantaged young people including Odd Arts, Anno's Africa and
Dramatic Need .
[141]
[142]
[143] Since portraying Stephen Hawking in 2004, he has been an ambassador, and in 2015 patron,
[144] for the
Motor Neurone Disease Association and in 2014 did the
Ice Bucket Challenge for the organisation.
[145] He also set up a recovery fund for the benefit of
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association .
[146]
[147]
[148] Cumberbatch has donated artworks for charities and fundraisers including the
Willow Foundation , and
Thomas Coram Foundation for Children .
[149]
[150]
Cumberbatch (sixth from left, standing) and the cast of
The Children's Monologues , at the
Old Vic Theatre in London, November 2010
Together with
Prince Philip , Cumberbatch presented 85 young people with the
Duke of Edinburgh's Award at
St James's Palace on 19 March 2014.
[151] "Our ambition is to extend this opportunity to hundreds of thousands across the UK", Cumberbatch said on behalf of the youth awards programme.
[152]
In May 2014, he joined
Prince William and
Ralph Lauren at
Windsor Castle for a cancer awareness and fundraising gala for the benefit of
the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust . Cumberbatch stated, "Cancer isn't a disease that needs much awareness, but it does need continued funding for research."
[153]
[154] In September 2014, he participated in a video campaign for
Stand Up To Cancer .
[155] Cumberbatch posed for photographer
Jason Bell for an exhibition at
Pall Mall , London from 16 to 20 September 2014 to mark 10 years of the "Give Up Clothes For Good" charity campaign, which has raised £17 million for
Cancer Research UK .
[156] In 2014, Cumberbatch publicly backed "
Hacked Off " and its campaign for UK press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable."
[157]
[158]
Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes-themed
Paddington Bear statue in London, auctioned to raise funds for the
NSPCC
In late 2014, Cumberbatch designed a Sherlock Holmes-themed
Paddington Bear statue, one of fifty located around London prior to the release of the film
Paddington , which was auctioned to raise funds for the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
[159]
In a November 2014 cover story for
Out promoting
The Imitation Game , Cumberbatch opened up about sexual experimentation during his time in boarding schools stating, "While there was experimentation, it had never occurred to me as, 'Oh, this is that!' It was just boys and their penises, the same way with girls and vaginas and boobs. It wasn't out of desire."
LGBT group
Stonewall released a statement praising Cumberbatch's comments, saying, "Seeing someone in the public eye – especially somebody as influential as Benedict – talking positively around
gay issues , is powerful for young lesbian, gay and
bisexual people. It is often difficult for those growing up to find role models who demonstrate that it is equally okay to be gay or
straight ."
[160]
[161]
Cumberbatch is a founding member of the "Save Soho" campaign which aims "to protect and nurture iconic music and performing arts venues in
Soho ."
[162] In an
open letter published in
The Guardian on 31 January 2015, Cumberbatch, amongst others, asked for pardons of all gay and bisexual men who were convicted under the same now-defunct "indecency" laws as Alan Turing was (whom Cumberbatch portrayed in The Imitation Game ).
[163]
[164]
In September 2015, Cumberbatch condemned the UK government's response to the
migrant crisis in a speech to theatregoers during a
curtain call at a performance of
Hamlet , for which he stars. He also fronted a video campaign to help the charity
Save The Children in its mission to aid young
Syrian refugees . He was one of the signatories of an open letter, published in
The Guardian , criticising the government for its actions regarding the refugee problem.
[165] He also gave nightly speeches after his curtain call as Hamlet at the Barbican in London, asking for donations to help Syrian refugees. At the end of the run, the audience contributed more than £150,000 for
Save the Children .
[166] He faced criticism for not taking in refugees himself, responding "I do have a house, but it's empty, it's gutted, there's no electricity or water, so that wouldn't work, and I have a baby in my flat, there are no spare rooms".
[167] In 2017 he told
The Big Issue "I understand why some might think I should be housing people instead of complaining about a government not doing it. But I was trying to raise awareness that we can do more as a society [...] But we raised money for children in need. So I don't regret doing it for a second, and I will do it again, even if it does put me in the firing line".
[168]
In May 2020, Cumberbatch was among the ten celebrities who read an instalment of
Roald Dahl 's children's fantasy novel
James and the Giant Peach . The audio-visual readings were published by Oscar-winning director
Taika Waititi in aid of the global-non profit charity
Partners In Health , co-founded by Dahl's daughter
Ophelia , which had been fighting
COVID-19 in vulnerable areas.
[169]
Politics
In 2003, Cumberbatch joined the
Stop the War Coalition protest in London against the
Iraq War .
[170] He addressed activists in a 2010 protest sponsored by the
Trade Union Congress in
Westminster on the suggested risks to the arts due to spending cuts expected in the
Spending Review .
[171]
[172] In 2013, he protested against what he perceived were civil liberties violations by the UK government.
[173]
[174]
Cumberbatch is a supporter of
LGBT+ rights and in July 2013 officiated at the
same-sex marriage of friends. Through this ordination he officiated the wedding of
Robert Rinder , best known as
Judge Rinder , and his partner Seth Cummings.
[175]
[176] For
International Women's Day 2014, he was a signatory of
Amnesty International 's letter to the Prime Minister
David Cameron for women's rights in Afghanistan.
[177] Cumberbatch identifies as a
feminist .
[178]
In 2016, Cumberbatch was one of over 280 figures from the arts world who backed a vote for the United Kingdom to stay in the
European Union with regard to the
June 2016 referendum on that issue.
[179]
Awards and honours
Cumberbatch was appointed a
CBE in the
2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity.
[180] He received the honour from the Queen at an investiture ceremony at
Buckingham Palace on 10 November 2015.
[181]
In February 2016, Cumberbatch was appointed
visiting fellow at
Lady Margaret Hall ,
Oxford University .
[182]
Public image and other recognition
Cumberbatch achieved international recognition with the
first series of Sherlock in 2010.
[183]
[184]
[185] He has since been called "
The Thinking Woman's Crumpet " and has been a mainstay in numerous "Sexiest Man Alive" lists including those of
Empire and
People .
[186]
[187]
[188]
[189]
Waxwork of Cumberbatch at
Madame Tussauds , London
Tatler listed Cumberbatch in the "Most Eligible Bachelors in the United Kingdom" in 2012.
[190] In the same year, Cumberbatch described a
cyberstalking incident in which he discovered that someone had been live-tweeting his movements in his London home.
[191] Coming to terms with it, he said, it is "an ongoing process. To think that somebody knew everything I'd done in a day and told the rest of the world in real time!"
[192] His photograph taken at the
Garrick Club by
Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda was the cover of Moore's 2012 book An English Room .
[193]
In 2013, Cumberbatch was ranked fifth in the
Tatler ' s "Most Fascinating People in Britain" list, higher than the
Duchess of Cambridge and just below
Queen Elizabeth II .
[194]
Entertainment Weekly identified Cumberbatch as one of the "50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers" in Hollywood.
[195] He has also appeared on the covers of
GQ , Time and
The Hollywood Reporter ' s "New A-list" issue.
[196]
In 2014, Cumberbatch was included in
The Sunday Times "100 Makers of the 21st Century", cited as this generation's
Laurence Olivier ."
[197]
[198] Film critic
Roger Friedman stated that "Cumberbatch may be the closest thing to a real descendant of Sir Laurence Olivier."
[199] GQ identified him as one of the "100 Most Connected Men" in the UK in 2014.
[200] In the same year,
Country Life magazine labelled him as one of its "Gentlemen of the Year".
[201]
In April 2014, Cumberbatch was regarded as a British cultural icon, with young adults from abroad naming him among a group of people whom they most associated with UK culture, which included
William Shakespeare , Queen Elizabeth II,
David Beckham ,
J. K. Rowling ,
The Beatles ,
Charlie Chaplin ,
Elton John and
Adele .
[202]
[203] The same month, Time magazine included him in its annual
Time 100 as one of the Most Influential People in the World.
[204] Cumberbatch was the inspiration and focus of
Abby Howells 's play Benedict Cumberbatch Must Die which, despite its title, was a "love letter" and portrait of the fan obsession surrounding the actor. It premiered in June 2014 at
BATS Theatre in New Zealand.
[205] The
Tennessee Aquarium named one of its
otters "Benny" in reference to Cumberbatch's first name after a naming contest on the zoo's website.
[206]
A wax figure of Cumberbatch has been on display at
Madame Tussauds London since October 2014.
[207] In 2015, he was named one of
GQ ' s 50 best dressed British men.
[208] In 2018,
PETA declared Cumberbatch and director
Ava DuVernay to be the Most Beautiful Vegan Celebs of 2018.
[209]
Personal life
Cumberbatch with his wife
Sophie Hunter , July 2015
While in
KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa, in 2005, Cumberbatch and two friends (Theo and
Denise Black )
[139] were abducted, after bursting a tyre, and held at gunpoint by a group of locals. Eventually their abductors drove them into unsettled territory and set them free without explanation. Cumberbatch said of the incident: "It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life less ordinary."
[210]
[211]
[212] Before the burst tyre, they had been listening to "
How to Disappear Completely " by
Radiohead . Following this experience, whenever Cumberbatch hears the song it "reminds [him] of a sense of reality ... [and] a reason for hope".
[139]
He subscribes to
Buddhist philosophy and has expressed affinity for
meditation and
mindfulness .
[192]
[213]
Cumberbatch was in a 12-year-long relationship with actress
Olivia Poulet , from his time at Manchester University until 2010.
[214]
[215]
Cumberbatch is married to English theatre and opera director
Sophie Hunter . Their engagement was announced in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of
The Times on 5 November 2014, after a 17-year friendship.
[216]
[217] On 14 February 2015, the couple married at the 12th-century
St Peter and St Paul's Church in
Mottistone on the
Isle of Wight followed by a reception at
Mottistone Manor .
[218] They have three sons.
[219]
[220]
[221]
[222]
In 2019, Cumberbatch hit and injured a cyclist whilst speeding down a country lane on the Isle of Wight in his 4x4 Lamborghini Urus.
[223]
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