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Acting

Benedict Cumberbatch

Career: Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2013 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 70/100

Highest rated: 12 Years a Slave
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 93 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Benedict Cumberbatch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Crime
2.5, average 3.6
Violence
3.3, average 4.1
Adrenaline
4.1, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Biographical Drama 7
Character Study 6
Character-Driven 6
Psychological Drama 4
Literary Adaptation 4
Visual Spectacle 3
British Humor 3
Political Intrigue 3
Educational 3
Charming 3
Whimsical 3
Psychological Portrait 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

115

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

6 titles

as Kirk Wallace Johnson

Untitled Doctor Strange Movie

as Doctor Stephen Strange

as The Fisherman

Morning

as Frank

Rogue Male

Producer

Producer

2020s

24 titles · average score 70

The Roses

64

as Theo Rose

The Thing with Feathers

53

as Dad

Eric

64

TV show · as Vincent

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

74

as Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)

Poison

81

as Harry Pope

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

82

as Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

66

as Doctor Stephen Strange

Spider-Man: No Way Home

82

as Doctor Strange

The Power of the Dog

79

as Phil Burbank

The Mauritanian

70

as Lt. Stuart Couch

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

67

as Louis Wain

The Courier

74

as Greville Wynne

2010s

56 titles · average score 70

Brexit: The Uncivil War

73

as Dominic Cummings

The Grinch

58

as The Grinch (voice)

Patrick Melrose

75

TV show · as Patrick Melrose

The Current War

54

as Thomas Edison

Doctor Strange

78

as Dr. Stephen Strange

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

77

as Sherlock Holmes

The Imitation Game

80

as Alan Turing

Penguins of Madagascar

64

as Classified (voice)

The Fifth Estate

48

as Julian Assange

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

73

as Smaug / Sauron

Parade's End

73

TV show · as Christopher Tietjens

Sherlock

84

TV show · as Sherlock Holmes

2000s

25 titles · average score 67

Small Island

68

TV show · as Bernard

Creation

56

as Joseph Dalton Hooker

The Last Enemy

45

TV show · as Stephen Ezard

Stuart: A Life Backwards

77

as Alexander Masters

Amazing Grace

71

as William Pitt

Inseparable

73

as Joe / Charlie

Starter for 10

73

as Patrick Watts

To the Ends of the Earth

66

TV show · as Edmund Talbot

Broken News

51

TV show · as Will Parker

The Man Who Predicted 9/11

as Narrator (voice)

Hawking

76

as Stephen Hawking

Fortysomething

75

TV show · as Rory Slippery

1990s

2 titles · average score 77

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Warren Reid

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Charles / Toby Fisher

1980s

1 title · average score 83

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Severus Snape / Prime Minister (voice) / Quilloughby (voice)

1970s

1 title · average score 63

The South Bank Show

63

TV show