Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976 in London, United Kingdom. As “breed comes to the greyhound”, his professional dedication was clearly facilitated by his parents, also actors, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham . Only child and educated in a wealthy environment, he already at school he intervened in plays, although curiously, before studying drama at the University of Manchester he took a year to teach English in a Tibetan monastery. Undoubtedly, such a decision would allow him to learn the meditation and relaxation techniques of the lamas, while he discovered the delights of living with almost the essentials. After graduating, Cumberbatch wanted more, so he continued to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

His important acting work does not begin until the third millennium. In Regent’s Park, in the open air, she will intervene with small roles in the performance of works by William Shakespeare such as “Love’s Labor Lost” and “Romeo and Juliet”. And he will win an Olivier Award in 2005 for his composition of Tesman in “Hedda Gabler”, the work of Henrik Ibsen .

An always excellent field to carve out a resume is undoubtedly the small screen, and Cumberbatch does not miss it. His roles in the series Cambridge Spies (2003) and To the Ends of the Earth (2005), which adapts the work of William Golding , stand out . He also highlights his incarnation of the famous quadriplegic astrophysicist Stephen Hawking in the telefilm Hawking (2004), a role for which he is nominated for a BAFTA. It is clear that he is good at composing real characters, as he will be William Pitt, the main support of the abolitionist William Wilberforce, in Amazing Grace (2006), William Carey in The Boleyn Sisters (2008), a friend of the evolutionist Charles Darwin in Creation(2009) and the painter Vincent Van Gogh in the docudrama Van Gogh: Painting with Words (2010).

But since film viewers live not only in reality, Cumberbatch has also given life to very interesting fictional characters. The most important, elemental, dear reader, is a certain famous detective transferred to the present time in the great television series Sherlock . He curiously he is going to be the dragon Smaug with doctor Watson-Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman ) in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . Other fictions based on prestigious novels where the actor has been are Atonement (2007), based on the novel by Ian McEwan , and The Mole (2011), based on the spy classic by John le Carré, where is Peter Guillam, important collaborator of George Smiley. He is also the older Stewart in Steven Spielberg ‘s equine film War Horse . Apparently the actor, after finishing a film, jokingly assured that he was going to take a break unless Spielberg called him, which surprisingly happened after a week. On stage he has made an acclaimed version of “Frankenstein” directed by Danny Boyle , where he has alternated the roles of the doctor and his creature.

Personally, Cumberbatch has been dating actress Olivia Poulet for twelve years, but they broke up in 2010. Which makes his desire to be a father of many children difficult at the moment, perhaps as a contrast to the loneliness that he experienced. live as an only child