Portrait of Benedict Cumberbatch

Acting

Benedict Cumberbatch

Titles
123movies56TV shows
Career

Active from 2002 to 2027, busiest in 2013 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles
73
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sherlock: His Last Vow
Sherlock: His Last Vow
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 91 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Benedict Cumberbatch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.2
  • Crime
    2.7, average 3.7
  • Violence
    3.4, average 4.3
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 9
  • Biographical Drama 8
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Character Study 6
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Intrigue 4
  • Literary Adaptation 4
  • British Humor 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
TypeAllMovies49TV shows18
RoleAnyActing18Appearances9
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1980s11990s22000s52010s82020s2
GenreAnyDrama10Crime5Comedy5Documentary4Action & Adventure3Sci-Fi & Fantasy3Animation2Mystery2War & Politics2History1News1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

2 titles · average score 72
GoodWatch73
Poster for What If...?

TV show · as Doctor Strange / Strange Supreme (voice) / Doctor Strange / Strange-Supreme (voice)

GoodWatch70
Poster for Marvel Studios Legends

TV show · as Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

8 titles · average score 79
GoodWatch74
Poster for Good Omens

TV show · as Satan (voice)

GoodWatch75
Poster for Patrick Melrose

TV show · as Patrick Melrose

GoodWatch73
Poster for Parade's End

TV show · as Christopher Tietjens

GoodWatch78
Poster for Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

GoodWatch84
Poster for The Hollow Crown

TV show · as Richard III / Richard

Poster for WWI's Tunnels of Death The Big Dig

TV show · as Narrator (Voice)

GoodWatch84
Poster for Sherlock

TV show · as Sherlock Holmes

2000s

5 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch71
Poster for The Colbert Report

TV show · as Smaug (voice)

GoodWatch75
Poster for Agatha Christie's Marple

TV show · as Luke Fitzwilliam

GoodWatch74
Poster for Fortysomething

TV show · as Rory Slippery

GoodWatch80
Poster for Spooks

TV show · as Jim North

GoodWatch73
Poster for Tipping the Velvet

TV show · as Freddy

1990s

2 titles · average score 77
GoodWatch75
Poster for Silent Witness

TV show · as Warren Reid

GoodWatch80
Poster for Heartbeat

TV show · as Charles / Toby Fisher

1980s

1 title · average score 83
GoodWatch83
Poster for The Simpsons

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

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