For playing the title role in the five-part drama miniseries Patrick Melrose (2018), he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016) and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019).
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He gained greater recognition for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre.Ĭumberbatch's television work includes his performance as Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking (2004). Since then, he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011), the latter for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor. 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. In 2014, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015, he was appointed CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the performing arts and contributions to charity.Ī 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. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, 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 Globe Awards. Programme Front Row, 23 December 2010 īenedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor.