The best Benedict Cumberbatch movies and TV shows include some huge blockbusters, several historical biopics, and a reinterpretation of one of literature’s greatest detectives. Cumberbatch got his start in theater work and has starred in several plays since 2001. He also got his start on television with guest roles in 2000, and his roles grew to the point where he got his first starring role in 2004’s Hawking. In 2006, Cumberbatch starred in Starter for 10, which helped him become a star.
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Cumberbatch has mostly dedicated himself to the big screen, although he has a huge television role in Sherlock, where he plays a modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes. His other television roles include Patrick Melrose and the Netflix series Eric. On the big screen, Cumberbatch has appeared in both the MCU as Doctor Strange and The Lord of the Rings franchise as Smaug. He has also played Alan Turing and appeared in more than one Best Picture Oscar contender over his career.
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The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013)
Smaug
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
PG-13
Adventure
Fantasy
Drama
8/10
7/10
Release Date
December 13, 2013
Runtime
161 Minutes
Director
Peter Jackson
Writers
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, J.R.R. Tolkien
Sequel(s)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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Martin Freeman
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Ian McKellen
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was the second of The Hobbit trilogy, and as the title suggests, this was the movie that focused on the great dragon Smaug. That is where Benedict Cumberbatch comes in as he voices the mighty Smaug himself. A prequel to Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, this series follows Bilbo Baggins as he works with Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarf warriors as they attempt to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug.
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The prequel trilogy received average reviews, and most critics and fans admit that it isn’t up to the level set by the original trilogy. However, the pundits also pointed out that the depiction of Smaug was the best since Jackson created Gollum in the original trilogy. This was the strongest movie of The Hobbit trilogy, and much of that is on the shoulders of the dragon that Cumberbatch voiced. The Desolation of Smaug earned three Oscar nominations but didn’t win anything.
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Eric (2024)
Vincent Anderson
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Eric
TV-MA
Drama
Thriller
6/10
Release Date
2024 – 2023
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Gaby Hoffman
Creator(s)
Abi Morgan
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In 2024, Benedict Cumberbatch returned to television for the Netflix streaming series Eric. The series is set in the 1980s in New York City, and Cumberbatch plays Vincent Anderson, a puppeteer whose son Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe) goes missing. Vincent becomes more volatile after the disappearance, alienating him from his friends and family. After falling into addiction issues, Vincent believes that he can use his seven-foot-tall puppet, Eric, to find and reunite with his son.
Critics gave the six-episode miniseries positive reviews, as it sits at 71% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. They praised Eric for its “startlingly disturbing” storyline and called it a “demented binge” watch. In the Screen Rant review of Eric, the miniseries hailed Cumberbatch, who “absolutely dominates his performance, believably tapping into the former’s darker tendencies, while also making Eric feel like both a completely separate character and extension of his flawed protagonist.“
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War Horse (2011)
Major Jamie Stewart
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War Horse
PG-13
War
Drama
6/10
8/10
Release Date
December 25, 2011
Runtime
146minutes
Director
Steven Spielberg
Writers
Steven Spielberg
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Tom Hiddleston
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Jeremy Irvine
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Benedict Cumberbatch worked with Steven Spielberg in the 2011 war drama War Horse. The film follows the story of a horse sold to the army to use in World War I. Later, the boy who loved and raised the horse gets old enough and enlists to fight in the war, and eventually, the young man and horse are reunited in a crowd-pleasing moment. As for Benedict Cumberbatch, he plays Major Jamie Stewart, part of the unit that the horse, Joey, was sent to work with.
The film ended up as the highest-grossing World War I movie of all time before Wonder Woman took that spot. Critics gave War Horse mostly positive reviews, with a 74% Rotten Tomatoes score. However, it was a huge movie when awards season rolled around, picking up six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, although it didn’t win any awards. It also earned five BAFTA nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, although it was shut out there as well.
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1917 (2019)
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1917
R
Drama
Biography
7/10
8.1/10
Release Date
December 25, 2019
Runtime
119 minutes
Director
Sam Mendes
Writers
Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns
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Colin Firth
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Teresa Mahoney
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Sam Mendes directed the World War I film 1917, and Benedict Cumberbatch was one of the actors he brought into the project. Filmed to look like it was shot in one long take, 1917 tells the story of two soldiers who had to deliver an important message to call off an offensive attack that was walking into a German trap. It was an intense movie with the two men going from one battle to the next as they worked their way to the commanding officers who were about to lead troops to their deaths.
The two young soldiers were played by up-and-coming actors George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman. Benedict Cumberbatch is Colonel Mackenzie, the man they had to reach and deliver the message to, as he led the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. The battle reached the last possible second as Mackenzie had already started the attack when the final surviving soldier arrived and helped stop it just in time. 1917 earned 10 Oscar nominations and won three, including Best Cinematography.
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Alan Turing
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The Imitation Game
PG-13
Drama
Biography
Thriller
8/10
13
8/10
Release Date
November 28, 2014
Runtime
114minutes
Director
Morten Tyldum
Writers
Graham Moore
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Mark Strong
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Matthew Goode
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In 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch starred in the biographical war movie The Imitation Game as Alan Turing, one of the biggest heroes in World War II and was then humiliated by the same government he helped win the war. Turing was a mathematician who helped decrypt German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. However, when the war was over, he was chemically castrated by the government because he was gay.
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Critics praised the film and awarded it a 90% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Imitation Game earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Cumberbatch. It only won for Best Adapted Screenplay. It also earned nine BAFTA nominations and didn’t win any of those awards either. The film did win the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release.
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The Power Of The Dog (2021)
Phil Burbank
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The Power of the Dog
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Western
Drama
8/10
7.7/10
Release Date
November 17, 2021
Runtime
126 minutes
Director
Jane Campion
Writers
Jane Campion
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Frances Conroy
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Jesse Plemons
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Jane Campion has one of the best records for movies to Oscar wins of anyone in Hollywood. The most recent of these came in 2021 when Campion directed the Netflix movie The Power of the Dog. That film was a Western psychological drama about a widow and her son who get caught in between two brothers. Kirsten Dunst is the mother, Rose, while Kodi Smit-McPhee is her son, Peter. Jesse Plemons is George, the kindhearted brother who marries Rose, while George is his arrogant brother who belittles Rose and Peter constantly.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays George, one of his rare antagonistic roles. George is cruel and treats everyone terribly, but Cumberbatch takes the character and delivers some depth, making him more well-rounded, which, in turn, makes the end more tragic than it should have been. The Power of the Dog won Campion the Best Director award at the Oscars, and Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for Best Actor in the movie’s 12 Academy Award nominations.
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12 Years A Slave (2013)
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12 Years a Slave
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Drama
6/10
8.5/10
Release Date
January 9, 2014
Runtime
134minutes
Director
Steve McQueen
Writers
Steve McQueen, John Ridley
Cast
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Michael Fassbender
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Directed by Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave is a biographical historical drama about Solomon Northup, a free Black man kidnapped and sold into slavery. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon as he is enslaved and fights to regain his freedom, although he has to pass through a lot of terrible situations on his way back to his home. Benedict Cumberbatch plays William Ford, the man who first bought Northup after he was kidnapped. He is mostly kind to Northup, but he eventually sells him to another plantation owner.
Ford is a real-life historical figure, and his portrayal was mostly not as loyal to how Northup wrote about him in his book, but he was still one of the more gracious men who was part of Solomon’s journey to freedom. Critics gave the film universal praise, with a 95% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score, while it also received nine Oscar nominations, winning Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Lupita Nyong’o.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Petter Guillam
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
R
Thriller
Historical
8/10
Release Date
September 16, 2011
Runtime
127 minutes
Director
Tomas Alfredson
Writers
Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
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Gary Oldman
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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There have been several movies based on the novels by John le Carré, and arguably, the best of these adaptations was the 2011 Cold War spy film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Gary Oldman is the lead, playing The Circus’s intelligence officer, George Smiley. When Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starts, Smiley is forced into retirement, but he is called back when his former superiors realize there is a mole within The Circus. It is up to Smiley to figure out who it is and dig them out.
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the film as Peter Guillam, Smiley’s trusted right-hand man, and the first person that Smiley brings in to help him solve this case. The film received three Oscar nominations, including Best Actor for Gary Oldman, although it didn’t win any. It was more successful at the BAFTAs, where it won Outstanding British Film while getting 12 nominations overall. Cumberbatch picked up a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Sherlock (2010-2017)
Sherlock Holmes
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Sherlock
7/10
46
9.6/10
Release Date
2010 – 2016
Network
BBC
Showrunner
Steven Moffat
Directors
Steven Moffat
Writers
Steven Moffat, Steve Thompson, Mark Gatiss
Franchise(s)
Sherlock Holmes
Cast
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Martin Freeman
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Benedict Cumberbatch
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Several people have played Sherlock Holmes in movies and on television. One of the best of the best is Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in the British series Sherlock. This BBC series brought Holmes to the modern day but kept most of his mannerisms and cases intact. With Martin Freeman by his side as Dr. Watson, Cumberbatch was masterful as Sherlock Holmes and starred in four seasons (13 episodes), with fans still clamoring for more.
The first three seasons had Rotten Tomatoes scores of over 90% fresh, but the fourth was a disappointing 54%. Sherlock won four BAFTAs in 10 nominations. It also picked up 39 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning nine, including both Cumberbatch and Freeman winning in 2014 for Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Other than the MCU, this is the role that Cumberbatch is best known for around the world.
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Dr. Stephen Strange
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Avengers: Endgame
PG-13
Adventure
Action
Sci-Fi
Superhero
9/10
154
9.3/10
Release Date
April 26, 2019
Runtime
181 Minutes
Director
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers
Keith Giffen, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jim Starlin, Joe Simon, Steve Englehart, Jack Kirby, Steve Gan, Bill Mantlo, Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus
Cast
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Robert Downey Jr.
Tony Stark / Iron Man
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Chris Evans
Steve Rogers / Captain America
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Benedict Cumberbatch has played Doctor Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since he debuted in his 2016 solo MCU film Doctor Strange. Since that time, he has appeared in six different MCU movies over his time in this world. Of these movies, the best of the best remains Avengers: Endgame. In Avengers: Infinity War, Strange is forced to team with Iron Man and the Avengers in their devastating loss to Thanos, but Strange lets Tony Stark know there is still one chance to win in the future.
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Year |
Movie/TV Show |
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2016 |
Doctor Strange |
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2017 |
Thor: Ragnarok |
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2018 |
Avengers: Infinity War |
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2019 |
Avengers: Endgame |
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2021 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home |
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2021- |
What If…? |
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2022 |
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness |
That comes in Endgame, which ended up as the highest-grossing movie of all time for a short time until Avatar surpassed it in a re-release. The film was a high point for the MCU and is a big reason the franchise’s smaller movies that followed have struggled to keep fans’ attention. Strange has had two movies of his own and also had a show-stealing moment in Spider-Man: No Way Home when he tried to stop Peter Parker from opening up the world to the multiverse. And fans will be thrilled to know that Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t finished in the MCU yet.
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