Acting
Benedict Cumberbatch
- Titles
- 106movies53TV shows
- Career
Active from 2002 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 61top three billing
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
12 Years a Slave89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 90 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wonder4.8average 3.4
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.8average 3.7
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
- Psychological6.1average 5.6
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.5, average 5.4
- Crime2.7, average 3.7
- Violence3.4, average 4.2
- Scare1.8, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Biographical Drama 7
- Character-Driven 7
- Character Study 6
- Psychological Drama 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Literary Adaptation 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Emotional Journey 4
- Visual Spectacle 3
- Social Commentary 3
- True Story Adaptation 3
- Psychological Portrait 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Martin FreemanActorSherlock, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Sherlock: Many Happy Returns, Sherlock: Uncovered
Toby JonesActorTinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Amazing Grace, Creation
Mark GatissActorSherlock, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Starter for 10, Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Benedict WongActorSpider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Dev PatelActorThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Poison, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Claire FoyActorWreckers, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Mog's Christmas
Ben KingsleyActorThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Poison, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Ralph FiennesActorThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Poison, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Louise BrealeyActorSherlock, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Alice EveActorStar Trek Into Darkness, Starter for 10, Hawking
Mark StrongActorThe Imitation Game, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The End We Start From
Ciarán HindsActorTinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Amazing Grace, National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Movies and TV shows
113Upcoming
6 titles
as Doctor Stephen Strange
as The Fisherman
as Kirk Wallace Johnson
as Frank
Producer
Producer
2020s
23 titles · average score 70
as Theo Rose
TV show · as Vincent
as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)
as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
as Harry Pope
as Doctor Stephen Strange
as Doctor Strange
as Phil Burbank
as Lt. Stuart Couch
as Louis Wain
as Greville Wynne
2010s
56 titles · average score 70
as Dominic Cummings
as The Grinch (voice)
TV show · as Patrick Melrose
as Thomas Edison
as Dr. Stephen Strange
as Sherlock Holmes
as Alan Turing
as Julian Assange
as Smaug / Sauron
TV show · as Christopher Tietjens
as David
TV show · as Sherlock Holmes
2000s
25 titles · average score 67
TV show · as Bernard
as Joseph Dalton Hooker
TV show · as Stephen Ezard
as William Pitt
as Alexander Masters
as Joe / Charlie
as Patrick Watts
TV show · as Edmund Talbot
TV show · as Will Parker
as Stephen Hawking
TV show · as Rory Slippery
as The Man
1990s
2 titles · average score 78
TV show · as Warren Reid
TV show · as Charles / Toby Fisher
1980s
1 title · average score 83
TV show · as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice) / Quilloughby (voice)