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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.
Carlton was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of Pauline Ellen Laing (née Congdon), who died on 11 October 2007, and Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, a decorated naval officer of both World Wars and a prominent figure of London high society. His grandfather, Henry Arnold Cumberbatch CMG, was the Consul General of Queen Victoria in Turkey.
In the episode, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) take on a case about stolen letters. This leads the pair into conflict with Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen), a media mogul specialising in blackmail whom Sherlock despises. Holmes and Watson try to get Magnussen arrested, but their attempt fails ...
See photos of Cumberbatch It turns out that Benedict Cumberbatch is 16th cousins twice removed from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-- the writer who created the World's Greatest Detective back in 1887.
Benedict Cumberbatch is an Oscar-nominated (best actor nom for The Imitation Game) actor who has starred in countless films and is in the pre-production stages of many more. But beyond his ...
Benedict Cumberbatch sees the strings in the first trailer for Netflix’s “Eric,” a new limited series that sees the British actor take on the role of a children’s television puppeteer that ...
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes (Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, the real-life parents of Benedict Cumberbatch), Sherlock, Mycroft, and Eurus' parents, appear in Series Three and Four. They are introduced in " The Empty Hearse " when John comes into the flat at Baker Street to find an older couple seated in the sitting room, speaking to Sherlock.
Benedict Cumberbatch is a British actor whose versatile career allows him to go seamlessly from drama to fantasy to mystery to sci-fi to eventually becoming a fixture in the Marvel Cinematic ...