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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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-'''Benedict Cumberbun''' is an English film, television theatre and voice actor actor who provides the voice and motion capture for the dragon [[Smaug]] in ''[[The Hobbit (films)|The Hobbit]]''. He also portrays The [[Necromancer]] (Sauron).
+'''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).
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 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>
+==Gallery==
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+Smaug Motion Capture.jpg|Benedict motion capturing Smaug.
+</gallery>
 ==External links==