
Notable big screen performances include the role of the dragon Smaug in Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT, Khan in JJ Abrams’ blockbuster STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, Julian Assange in THE FIFTH ESTATE, Little Charles Aiken in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Ford in Steve McQueen’s Oscar ® winning 12 YEARS A SLAVE and Billy Bulger alongside Johnny Depp in BLACK MASS. It was a role that earned him critical acclaim, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and Golden Globe® nominations for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. In 2015, Cumberbatch portrayed Alan Turing in the multi award-winning film THE IMITATION GAME.

It is a role that has earned him international acclaim and several awards, including an Emmy® as Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie in 2014.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch is best known for playing the title role of Sherlock Holmes in Steven Moffatt and Mark Gattiss’ adaption of the Conan Doyle books.
