Benedict Cumberbatch is an actor who will provide the voice and motion capture for the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. He will also voice The Necromancer.

Benedict was born in London, England in July 19, 1976 to Wanda Ventham (an actress) and Timothy Carlton (an actor) and is known for his roles in the theatre. He played Tesman in Hedda Gabler at the Almeida Theatre on 16 March 2005 for which he won the Laurence Olivier Award. In Television he was best known for playing Stephen Hawking in Hawking and Sherlock Holmes in the BBC's Sherlock, and in film he was William Pitt the Younger for which he was nominated for the London Film Critics Circle.

External links

• Benedict Cumberbatch Online
• Benedict Cumberbatch at Tolkien Gateway
• Benedict Cumberbatch at Wikipedia
• Benedict Cumberbatch at the Internet Movie Database