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Benedict Cumberbatch is an English film, television, stage, and voice actor who provides the voice and motion capture for the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. He also portrays The Necromancer (Sauron).

Career

His most acclaimed roles include Stephen Hawking in the BBC drama Hawking (2004), Victor Frankenstein and his creature in Danny Boyle's stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (2011) at the Royal National Theatre, Sherlock Holmes in the BBC/PBSseries Sherlock, where he works with Martin Freeman, Peter Guillam in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Christopher Tietjens in the BBC/HBO miniseries Parade's End(2013), Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (2013). Cumberbatch stars in the upcoming historical drama film, The Imitation Game (2014) as wartime cryptographer Alan Turing.[3]

He has earned an Olivier Award, four BAFTA nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination among others. In September 2013, he was honoured by BAFTA Los Angeles with a Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year for his "masterful performances in television, film and theatre."^[4]^[5] He ranked No. 1 in Empire magazine's worldwide poll of 100 Sexiest Movie Stars of 2013.^[6

Gallery

External links

Cumberbatchweb
Benedict Cumberbatch at Tolkien Gateway
Benedict Cumberbatch at Wikipedia
Benedict Cumberbatch at the Internet Movie Database

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-[[File:Benedict Cumberbatch filming Sherlock cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|Benedict Cumberbatch]]
+| Name= Benedict Cumberbatch
-'''Benedict Cumberbatch''' is an actor who will provide the voice and motion capture for the dragon [[Smaug]] in ''[[The Hobbit (films)|The Hobbit]]''. He will also voice The [[Necromancer]].
+| Image= Benedict Cumberbatch filming Sherlock cropped.jpg
+| Gender= Male
+| DOB= 19 July, 1976
+| DOD=
+| birthplace= London, England
+| nationality= English
+| character= Smaug, the Necromancer
+| imdb_id= 1212722
+}}
+'''Benedict Cumberbatch''' is an English film, television, stage, and voice actor who provides the voice and motion capture for the dragon [[Smaug]] in ''[[The Hobbit (films)|The Hobbit]]''. He also portrays The [[Necromancer]] (Sauron).
+==Career==
-Benedict was born in [[London]], [[England]] in July 19, 1976 to [[wikipedia:Wanda Ventham|Wanda Ventham]] (an actress) and [[wikipedia:Timothy Carlton|Timothy Carlton]] (an actor) and is known for his roles in the theatre. He played Tesman in [[wikipedia:Hedda Gabler|Hedda Gabler]] at the Almeida Theatre on 16 March 2005 for which he won the [[wikipedia:Laurence Olivier Award|Laurence Olivier Award]].
+His most acclaimed roles include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking Stephen Hawking] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC BBC] drama ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_(2004_film) Hawking]'' (2004), Victor Frankenstein and his creature in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Boyle Danny Boyle]'s stage adaptation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley Mary Shelley]'s ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2011_play) Frankenstein]'' (2011) at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre Royal National Theatre,] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes Sherlock Holmes] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC BBC]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS PBS]series ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series) Sherlock,] ''where he works with [[Martin Freeman]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Guillam Peter Guillam] in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_(film) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]'' (2011), Christopher Tietjens in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC BBC]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO HBO] miniseries ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parade%27s_End_(TV_series) Parade's End]''(2013), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Noonien_Singh Khan Noonien Singh] in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness Star Trek Into Darkness]'' (2013), and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange Julian Assange] in ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Estate_(film) The Fifth Estate]'' (2013). Cumberbatch stars in the upcoming historical drama film, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game The Imitation Game]'' (2014) as wartime cryptographer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing Alan Turing].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_cumberbatch#cite_note-hollywoodreporter1-3 [3]]
+He has earned an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Award Olivier Award,] four [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFTA BAFTA] nominations, two [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award Emmy Award] nominations and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe Golden Globe] nomination among others. In September 2013, he was honoured by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts BAFTA Los Angeles] with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Awards Britannia Award] for ''British Artist of the Year'' for his "masterful performances in television, film and theatre."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bafta.org_4-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_cumberbatch#cite_note-bafta.org-4 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_cumberbatch#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> He ranked No. 1 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(film_magazine) Empire] magazine's worldwide poll of ''100 Sexiest Movie Stars'' of 2013.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_cumberbatch#cite_note-6 [6] </sup>
-In Television he is best known for playing [[wikipedia:Stephen Hawking|Stephen Hawking]] in [[wikipedia:Hawking (TV film)|Hawking]] and [[wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]] in the [[BBC]]'s [[wikipedia:Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]] (co-starring [[Martin Freeman]] as Dr. Watson) and in film he was [[wikipedia:William Pitt the Younger|William Pitt the Younger]] in the film ''Amazing Grace ''for which he was nominated for the [[wikipedia:London Film Critics Circle|London Film Critics Circle]].
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Smaug Motion Capture.jpg|Benedict motion capturing Smaug.
+</gallery>
 ==External links==
-* [http://bc-online.co.uk Benedict Cumberbatch Online]
+*[http://www.benedictcumberbatch.co.uk/ Cumberbatchweb]
 *{{TGlink|Benedict Cumberbatch}}
 *{{Wikipedialink|Benedict Cumberbatch}}
 *{{Imdb name|1212722}}
-[[Category:Actors|Cumberbatch]]
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+[[Category:The Hobbit films actors]]