ACTOR · BORN 1976
Benedict Cumberbatch
- Born
- 19 July 1976, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- Known for
- Sherlock (2010), 1917 (2019), Mowgli (2018), The Roses (2025)
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Benedict Cumberbatch (born 19 July 1976) is an actor best known for Sherlock, 1917 and Mowgli.
Benedict Cumberbatch over the years
262 Interesting Facts About Benedict Cumberbatch
Interesting Facts (68)
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His female fans were originally known as "Cumberbitches", but are now known as the "CumberCollective" or "Cumberpeople". Cumberbatch is uncomfortable with the term "Cumberbitches" because he says it is non-inclusive and pejorative.
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He has numerous connections outside the franchise to fellow Star Trek cast members. He played Stephen Hawking, who had previously played himself on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He shares the role of Sherlock Holmes with both Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Plummer. Fellow cast member Karl Urban appeared in the last two Lord of the Rings films, while Cumberbatch appears in the prequel trilogy based on The Hobbit.
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His voice has been creatively described by journalist Caitlin Moran as a jaguar hiding in a cello. According to a film critic, his voice is so sepulchrally resonant that it could have been synthesized from the combined timbres of Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman holding an elocution contest down a well. The "jaguar hiding in a cello" comparison apparently also clicked with the creative people at Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC. Cumberbatch voiced several commercials for Jaguar automobiles.
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Benedict's favorite movies include Ghostbusters (1984), Annie Hall (1977), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Wings of Desire (1987), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Badlands (1973), Elephant (2003), The Shining (1980), Let the Right One In (2008), Zoolander (2001), Withnail and I (1987), Brief Encounter (1945), I Am Love (2009), Michael Clayton (2007), A Prophet (2009), The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Inception (2010).
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His voice has been creatively described by journalist Caitlin Moran as a jaguar hiding in a cello. According to a film critic, his voice is so sepulchrally resonant, that it could have been synthesized from the combined timbres of Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman holding an elocution contest down a well. The "jaguar hiding in a cello" comparison apparently also clicked with the creative people at Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC. Cumberbatch voiced several commercials for Jaguar automobiles.
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He unexpectedly got dual voice roles on The Simpsons (1989) when he visited 20th Century Fox's studio for a completely unrelated appointment. He voiced the United Kingdom's Prime Minister (patterned from Hugh Grant's character in Love Actually (2003)) and had done an Alan Rickman impression to voice Snape for the Special Valentine Episode that aired February 2013.
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Traditionally announced his engagement to theatre director partner Sophie Hunter, who he has known for 17 years, in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of The Times newspaper. He presented her with a 3.5 carat, Edwardian-inspired cushion-cut, yellow diamond ring adorned with a hundred smaller diamonds all around the head, bezel and shank. Its estimated value is $450,000.
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Benedict Cumberbatch's parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, played the mother and father of his character in the series Sherlock (2010), in which he starred. The real-life family connection made the on-screen dynamics all the more interesting, with his actual parents bringing the fictional detective's family to life.
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Cumberbatch's voice was described by journalist Caitlin Moran as "a jaguar hidden in a cello." According to one film critic, his voice is so deep and resonant that it sounds as though it were synthesised from Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman holding a diction contest in a well. The comparison also caught the attention of Jaguar Land Rover's creative team, and Cumberbatch has voiced several commercials for Jaguar cars.
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While filming To the Ends of the Earth (2005) in South Africa, Cumberbatch was the victim of a terrifying carjacking. He recounted the experience in an article he wrote for The Prince's Trust, for which he serves as an ambassador. The incident remains etched in his memory as a life-threatening moment.
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When Cumberbatch visited the 20th Century Fox studio for an unrelated appointment, he unexpectedly landed two voice roles on The Simpsons (1989). He voiced the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (inspired by Hugh Grant's character in Love Actually) and did an Alan Rickman impression to voice Snape in the Valentine's Day special that aired in February 2013.
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Cumberbatch is good friends with Jonny Lee Miller, with whom he shared the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein. In an interesting coincidence, Miller played Sherlock Holmes in the series Elementary (2012) while Cumberbatch played the same character in the series Sherlock (2010).
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Cumberbatch announced his engagement to theatre director Sophie Hunter, whom he had known for 17 years, in the traditional way, in the 'Forthcoming Marriages' section of The Times. He gave her an Edwardian-inspired 3.5-carat cushion-cut yellow diamond ring surrounded by a hundred small diamonds, with an estimated value of $450,000.
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Beyond the Star Trek series, Cumberbatch has many other connections to fellow actors. He played Stephen Hawking, who had previously appeared as himself in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and he shared the role of Sherlock Holmes with Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Plummer. In addition, while Karl Urban appeared in the last two Lord of the Rings films, Cumberbatch appeared in The Hobbit prequel trilogy.
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Cumberbatch has worked across two films with four actors who have played the captain of the USS Enterprise: Chris Pine and Bruce Greenwood in Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013), and Patrick Stewart and Anson Mount in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). These collaborations reveal his wide connections across the science fiction and superhero universes.
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Good friends with Jonny Lee Miller, with whom he shared the central roles of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011). Coincidentally, Miller was cast as Sherlock Holmes in Elementary (2012) and Cumberbatch has been playing the legendary detective in Sherlock (2010) since July 2010.
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Has numerous connections outside the franchise to fellow Star Trek cast members. He played Stephen Hawking, who had previously played himself on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He shares the role of Sherlock Holmes with both Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Plummer. Fellow cast member Karl Urban appeared in the last two Lord of the Rings films, while Cumberbatch appears in the prequel trilogy based on The Hobbit.
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He unexpectedly got dual voice roles on The Simpsons (1989) when he visited 20th Century Fox's studio for a completely unrelated appointment. He voiced the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, patterned after Hugh Grant's character in Love Actually (2003), and had done an Alan Rickman impression to voice Snape for the Special Valentine Episode that aired in February 2013.
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Benedict Cumberbatch's parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, played the mother and father of his character in the series Sherlock (2010), in which their son had the lead role. This family connection makes the on-screen dynamics even more interesting, because his real-life parents bring the fictional detective's family to life.
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Cumberbatch's warm relationship between his Sherlock Holmes character and Mrs Hudson was inspired by the actor's real-life closeness to Una Stubbs. Stubbs was a good friend of Cumberbatch's mother and knew him well as he was growing up; that familiarity is reflected in the trust and affection between the characters on screen.
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Cumberbatch has a harmless genetic mutation called central and sectoral heterochromia, which results in more than one colour in the eyes. His friend James McAvoy brought this up through the character he played in X-Men: First Class (2011). Cumberbatch's eyes have a similar but not identical combination of blue, green and gold tones, and his right eye has a small brown spot characteristic of sectoral heterochromia.
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For the role of Sherlock Holmes, Cumberbatch lost a significant amount of weight in order to physically reflect the character's high intelligence. His aim was to create the impression that Holmes's mental sharpness had marked his body as well, which visually reinforced the theme of 'mind over matter'.
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Cumberbatch's voice was described by the journalist Caitlin Moran as 'a jaguar hidden in a cello'. According to one film critic, his voice is so deep and resonant that it sounds as if it were synthesised from Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Alan Rickman holding a diction contest in a well. This comparison also influenced Jaguar Land Rover's creative team, and Cumberbatch voiced several commercials for Jaguar cars.
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During the filming of To the Ends of the Earth (2005), Cumberbatch experienced a terrifying carjacking in South Africa, an experience he recounted in an article he wrote for The Prince's Trust, of which he is an ambassador. The incident was etched in his memory as a moment that threatened his life.
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When Cumberbatch visited the 20th Century Fox studio for an unrelated appointment, he unexpectedly landed two voice roles for The Simpsons (1989). He voiced the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (inspired by Hugh Grant's character in Love Actually) and did an Alan Rickman impression to voice Snape in the Valentine's Day special episode broadcast in February 2013.
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It emerged that Cumberbatch and Alan Turing, whom he played in The Imitation Game (2014), were in fact related. According to the family history site Ancestry, the two are 17th cousins whose lineage stretches back to the 14th century; both are descended from John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.
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Cumberbatch is close friends with many famous names, including Gary Oldman, Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman, Keira Knightley, Martin Freeman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tom Hardy, Matthew Goode, James McAvoy, Zachary Quinto, Alice Eve and Tom Hiddleston. This wide network of friendships shows his standing in the industry and the warmth of his social relationships.
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In 2012, Cumberbatch won the Laurence Olivier Award, the London Evening Standard Award and the Critics' Circle Award for his performance in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein. In this production he gave an extraordinary performance, playing both Victor Frankenstein and the Creature on alternating nights.
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Cumberbatch is good friends with Jonny Lee Miller, with whom he shared the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein. In an interesting coincidence, while Miller played Sherlock Holmes in the series Elementary (2012), Cumberbatch was playing the same character in the series Sherlock (2010).
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Among Cumberbatch's favorite films are Ghostbusters, Annie Hall, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Singin' in the Rain, Wings of Desire, Bicycle Thieves, Badlands, Elephant, The Shining, The Invisible Man, Zoolander, Withnail and I, Brief Encounter, I Am Love, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum and Inception. This wide range of taste lays bare his passion for cinema.
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Cumberbatch announced his engagement to theatre director Sophie Hunter, whom he had known for 17 years, in the traditional way, in the 'Forthcoming Marriages' section of The Times. He gave her an Edwardian-inspired, 3.5-carat cushion-cut yellow diamond ring; the ring was surrounded by a hundred small diamonds and had an estimated value of $450,000.
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Cumberbatch is good friends with Eddie Redmayne. Both actors have played Professor Stephen Hawking in different productions: Cumberbatch in the film Hawking (2004), and Redmayne in the film The Theory of Everything (2014). Both also received their first Academy Award nominations for playing real-life characters: Redmayne for the role of Hawking, and Cumberbatch for the role of Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
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Cumberbatch's ancestry is mostly English, but he also has Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, French, Swiss-French, Swedish, German and Dutch ancestors. His paternal grandfather, Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was born in Izmir, Turkey, while his grandmother Pauline Ellen Laing was born in the Assam region of India. His family's origins stretch across the vast geography of the British Empire.
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Cumberbatch has many connections to other actors beyond the Star Trek series. He portrayed Stephen Hawking, who had previously played himself in Star Trek: The Next Generation; he shared the role of Sherlock Holmes with Leonard Nimoy and Christopher Plummer. Furthermore, while Karl Urban appeared in the last two Lord of the Rings films, Cumberbatch appeared in The Hobbit prequel trilogy.
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Three of Cumberbatch's roles are connected to Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy created the role of Mr Spock; he also portrayed Sherlock Holmes on stage and released a song titled 'The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins' in the 1970s. These connections reveal interesting parallels between the two actors' careers.
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While recording a Doctor Who audio drama (Doctor Who: Forty-Five) for Big Finish Productions, Cumberbatch was given a longer lunch break than usual so that he could attend the audition for Sherlock (2010). This chance enabled him to land the role of Sherlock, a turning point in his career.
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Genealogy experts determined that Cumberbatch is a third cousin of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in the film The Hollow Crown (2012). Cumberbatch, who attended the king's reburial ceremony on 26 March 2015, read a poem; he is also Richard's 16th great-nephew, as he is descended from Richard's brother Edward.
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In a video interview with NewsHub from New Zealand, Cumberbatch explained that when the pandemic began in February 2020, he was in the country to shoot The Power of the Dog (2021) and spent the quarantine there with both his parents, his wife and his three sons. This period was a valuable time he spent with his family.
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Cumberbatch worked in two films with four actors who have played the captain of the USS Enterprise: with Chris Pine and Bruce Greenwood in Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013), and with Patrick Stewart and Anson Mount in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). These collaborations reveal his extensive connections in the science fiction and superhero universes.
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Has central heterochromia as well as sectoral heterochromia, the groovy but harmless genetic mutation that his friend James McAvoy describes in X-Men: First Class (2011). Central heterochromia is where each eye has multiple colors - in his case, each has a dissimilar but nearly identical combination of blue, green and gold. Sectoral heterochromia is where one eye has a spot (or sector) of dissimilar coloration; his right eye has a brown freckle of color that, while small, is typical of sectoral heterochromia.
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Cumberbatch has a harmless genetic mutation called central and sectoral heterochromia, which results in more than one colour in the eyes. His friend James McAvoy mentioned the condition through the character he played in X-Men: First Class (2011). Cumberbatch's eyes hold a similar but not identical combination of blue, green and gold tones, and his right eye has a small brown patch characteristic of sectoral heterochromia.
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For the role of Sherlock Holmes, Cumberbatch lost a significant amount of weight so he could physically convey the character's high intelligence. His aim was to create the impression that Holmes's mental sharpness had marked his body as well, visually reinforcing the theme of mind over matter.
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Career & Awards (43)
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In 2012, he won a Laurence Olivier Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Critics' Circle Award for his performance in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011) at the Royal National Theatre, in which he played Victor Frankenstein and his Creature on alternating nights.
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In 2012, he won a Laurence Olivier Award, London Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Award for his performance in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011) at the Royal National Theatre wherein he played Victor Frankenstein and his Creature in alternating nights.
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Benedict Cumberbatch is good friends with Eddie Redmayne. Both actors have portrayed Professor Stephen Hawking in dissimilar productions: Cumberbatch in Hawking (2004), and Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014). Both actors also received their first Academy Award nominations together, playing real-life characters: Redmayne for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014), and Cumberbatch for his role as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014).
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In 2012, Cumberbatch won a Laurence Olivier Award, a London Evening Standard Award and a Critics' Circle Award for his performance in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein. In the production he alternated nights playing both Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, delivering an extraordinary performance.
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Cumberbatch is good friends with Eddie Redmayne. Both actors have played Professor Stephen Hawking in different productions: Cumberbatch in the film Hawking (2004) and Redmayne in the film The Theory of Everything (2014). Both also received their first Academy Award nominations for playing real-life figures: Redmayne for Hawking and Cumberbatch for Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.
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Cumberbatch was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his leading performance in the series Patrick Melrose (2018), but the award went to Darren Criss for his role in American Crime Story. The nomination once again proved his strong presence on television.
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Cumberbatch was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for his performance in the series Patrick Melrose (2018), but the award went to Darren Criss. The nomination shows that his dramatic talent is recognised internationally.
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He has central heterochromia as well as sectoral heterochromia, the groovy but harmless genetic mutation that his friend James McAvoy describes in X-Men: First Class (2011). Central heterochromia is where each eye has multiple colors—in his case, each has a dissimilar but nearly identical combination of blue, green and gold. Sectoral heterochromia is where one eye has a spot (or sector) of dissimilar coloration; his right eye has a brown freckle of color that, while small, is typical of sectoral heterochromia.
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He is good friends with Jonny Lee Miller, with whom he shared the central roles of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature in Danny Boyle's stage production National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011). Coincidentally, Miller was cast as Sherlock Holmes in Elementary (2012), and Cumberbatch has been playing the legendary detective in Sherlock (2010) since July 2010.
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He is good friends with Robert Rinder, whom he met while they were both students at the University of Manchester. He officiated at Rinder's marriage to his partner after being ordained by the Universal Life Church. In return, Rinder was one of three best men at his wedding to Sophie Hunter.
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He has mostly English ancestry, with small or distant amounts (to varying degrees) of Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, French, Swiss-French, Swedish, German and Dutch. His paternal grandfather, British Royal Navy and submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was born in Izmir, Turkey, and his paternal grandmother, Pauline Ellen Laing (Congdon), was born in Dhoolie, Rangajan, Assam, India (their families were from England). His great-grandfather, diplomat Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, was born in Berdyans'k, Zaporiz'ka oblast, Ukraine, and was Queen Victoria's consul general in Turkey and Lebanon. Henry's own father, Robert William Cumberbatch, was also a diplomat, serving as Consul in the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire.
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Cumberbatch and Alan Turing, whom he portrays in The Imitation Game (2014), are actually related in real life. According to the family history site Ancestry, the two are 17th cousins with family relations dating back to the 14th century. Both are said to be related to John Beaufort, the first Earl of Somerset, through Cumberbatch's and Turing's respective paternal lines.
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Benedict Cumberbatch is good friends with Eddie Redmayne. Both actors have portrayed Professor Stephen Hawking in different productions: Cumberbatch in Hawking (2004) and Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014). Both actors also received their first Academy Award nominations together, playing real-life characters: Redmayne for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014) and Cumberbatch for his role as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (2014).
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In a video interview with NewsHub of New Zealand, Cumberbatch revealed that he spent the lockdown there with both his parents, his wife and his three sons, since he was in the country filming The Power of the Dog (2021) with director Dame Jane Campion when the pandemic began to spread across the world in February 2020.
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He traditionally announced his engagement to his partner, theatre director Sophie Hunter, whom he has known for 17 years, in the "Forthcoming Marriages" section of The Times newspaper. He presented her with a 3.5-carat, Edwardian-inspired cushion-cut yellow diamond ring adorned with a hundred smaller diamonds around the head, bezel and shank. Its estimated value is $450,000.
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Genealogists have identified Benedict Cumberbatch as a third cousin of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in The Hollow Crown (2012). He attended King Richard III's reburial and read a poem on March 26, 2015. Not only is he a cousin of Richard's, but he is also Richard's 16th great-nephew, being a descendant of Richard's brother Edward and his mistress.
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Cumberbatch and Alan Turing, who he portrays in The Imitation Game (2014) are actually related in real life. According to the family history site Ancestry, the two are 17th cousins with family relations dating back to the 14th century. Both are said to be related to John Beaufort, the first Earl of Somerset, through Cumberbatch and Turing's respective paternal lines.
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Has mostly English ancestry, with small or distant amounts (to varying degrees) of Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, French, Swiss-French, Swedish, German and Dutch. His paternal grandfather, British Royal Navy and submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was born in Izmir, Turkey and his paternal grandmother, Pauline Ellen Laing (Congdon), was born in Dhoolie, Rangajan, Assam, India (their families were from England). His great-grandfather, diplomat Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, was born in Berdyans'k, Zaporiz'ka oblast, Ukraine, and was Queen Victoria's consul general in Turkey and Lebanon. Henry's own father, Robert William Cumberbatch, was also a diplomat, serving as Consul in the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire.
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Benedict Cumberbatch has been identified by genealogists as a third cousin of King Richard III, whom he portrayed in The Hollow Crown (2012). He attended King Richard III's reburial and read a poem on March 26, 2015. Not only is he a cousin of Richard's, but he is also 16th great-nephew of Richard being the descendant of Richard's brother Edward and his mistresses.
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Cumberbatch's warm relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Mrs Hudson was inspired by the actor's real-life closeness to Una Stubbs. Stubbs was a good friend of Cumberbatch's mother and knew him well as he was growing up, and that familiarity carried over into the trust and affection between the characters on screen.
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Cumberbatch and Alan Turing, whom he played in The Imitation Game (2014), turned out to be related in real life. According to the family history site Ancestry, the two are 17th cousins whose lineage stretches back to the 14th century; both are descended from John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset.
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Cumberbatch's ancestry is mostly English, but he also has Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, French, Swiss-French, Swedish, German and Dutch ancestors. His paternal grandfather, Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, was born in İzmir, Turkey, while his grandmother Pauline Ellen Laing was born in the Assam region of India. His family's origins stretch across the vast geography of the British Empire.
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Genealogists established that Cumberbatch is a third cousin of King Richard III, whom he played in The Hollow Crown (2012). Cumberbatch attended the king's reburial ceremony on 26 March 2015 and read a poem; he is also Richard's 16th great-nephew, as he is descended from Richard's brother Edward.
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In a video interview with New Zealand's NewsHub, Cumberbatch said that when the pandemic began in February 2020 he was in the country to shoot The Power of the Dog (2021) and spent the quarantine there with both his parents, his wife and his three sons. The period was a valuable stretch of time he spent with his family.
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