Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch! One of Benedict’s early film roles was a supporting part as Paul Marshall in the adaptation Atonement (2007). One of his iconic roles 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, Cumberbatch took the part of real life Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (2013). He later voiced Smaug and the Necromancer in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013). 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, Cumberbatch played the lead role of National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. He entered the MCU portraying Dr. Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange (2016). Cumberbatch 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 got acclaim in 2018 for his title role in the television drama, Patrick Melrose, based on the novels of Edward St. Aubyn. He also has a lead role in the animated movie, The Grinch. Cumberbatch also had that year the Andy Serkis directed Mowgli, released on Netflix, playing Shere Khan. Doctor Strange turned in Avengers: Endgame. He starring in the long delayed The Current War, playing Thomas Edison, it is scheduled to be at the box office on October 4th. Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch!
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