Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch! One of Cumberbatch’s early film roles was a supporting part as Paul Marshall in the adaptation Atonement (2007). His iconic role was playing Sherlock Holmes in the contemporary setting of London in the series created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, Sherlock (2007-2017). In 2011, he was in the National Theater Live’s presentation of the Danny Boyle directed Frankenstein. He portrayed the Necromancer in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). In 2013, he played the villain in Star Trek: Into Darkness. Then, he took the part of real life Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (2013). Cumberbatch later voiced Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Benedict Cumberbatch had a brilliant role playing the genius Alan Turing working to break the Nazi codes in The Imitation Game (2014). He voiced Classified, the British wolf and leader of the North Wind in the animated Penguins of Madagascar (2014).
Benedict Cumberbatch completed the Hobbit trilogy in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). In 2015, he played the lead role of National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Cumberbatch entered the MCU portraying Dr. Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange (2016). He played a surgeon finding a cure for his trembling hands learning from the Ancient One and becoming Master of the Mystic Arts. Cumberbatch had a cameo as Doctor Strange in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and then this year’s Avengers: Infinity War taking on Thanos. He had acclaim for his title role in the television drama, Patrick Melrose. Cumberbatch was in the Andy Serkis directed Mowgli playing Shere Khan. He also had a lead role in the animated movie, The Grinch (2018). Cumberbatch was Colonel Mackenzie in the war film, 1917 (2019). The Current War: Director’s Cut has been released with Cumberbatch playing Thomas Alva Edison. Review here: http://geektruth.blogspot.com/2020/07/retro-review-current-war.html He is in the Cold War thriller, The Courier, this year. Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch!
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