Benedict Cumberbatch began his career in theater, making a name for himself with an Olivier Award-winning performance in “Frankenstein” (2011). He shot to wider fame with his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the acclaimed BBC series “Sherlock” (2010–2017), which helped launch his on screen career. He went on to roles in movies such as “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (2011), “War Horse” (2011), “Star Trek Into Darkness” (2013), “12 Years a Slave” (2013), and a lauded performance in the Alan Turing biopic “The Imitation Game” (2014). Between these performances, he voiced Smaug in the “The Hobbit Trilogy” (2012–2014) before going on to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Doctor Strange in the movie “Doctor Strange” (2016), subsequent sequel “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022), and multiple Marvel movies such as “Thor: Ragnarok” (2017), “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), among others. Known for his performances in historical movies, Cumberbatch starred in the war epic “1917” (2019), the Soviet spy movie “The Courier” (2020), and the Guantanamo Bay legal drama “The Mauritanian” (2021). His performance as Phil Burbank in “The Power of the Dog” (2021) was widely praised, as was his dramatic portrayal of grief in “The Thing with Feathers” (2025). He is the recipient of multiple awards across a glittering career as an actor of stage and screen but also as a voice actor for radio plays and a narrator of documentaries.