Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch - the most fashionable British actor of modern theater and cinema. He gained audience popularity thanks to his triumphant role in the TV series "Sherlock", where he showed his acting talent at the highest level.

The path to fame is full of events and bright roles that allowed Benedict to become the owner of the title of genius of the film industry, as a magnet attracting the views of millions of viewers. Cumberbatch himself admitted that he goes on stage and stands in front of the camera to make his parents proud.

The fate of the future star was predetermined from birth. Benedict Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976, in the family of famous actors of English theater Wanda Wentham and Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch. The boy's parents gave the boy an impeccable prestigious education at Harrow School, which produced Winston Churchill and Jawaharlal Nehru, John Golsworthy and Richard Curtis.

Before entering higher education, the young man goes on an annual round-the-world trip to gain life experience. During this time, Cumberbatch deeply learned the "charms" of the lives of people outside London and even mastered the profession of teacher, having settled as an English teacher in a Tibetan high-altitude monastery.

After such a strengthening of spirit and comprehensive personal development, Benedict Cumberbatch returned home and became a student at the University of Manchester, and after graduating received an additional education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

It is worth noting that the appearance of the actor is as outstanding as his multifaceted acting talent. Benedict Cumberbatch, who is 183 cm tall, has a rather unnatural masculine appearance. Curly curls, large almond-shaped eyes, elongated head, disarming smile and royal become allow him to transform into any role and attract the attention of others in any crowd.

Active professional activity began in 2001 on the stage of the largest British theaters. At that time, the young man played the role of the first plan in classical plays, for which he was awarded prestigious awards.

In parallel, the theater star tried himself as a film actor, playing several episodic roles in minor short films. Also, the future Sherlock participated in all sorts of TV projects, where he showed himself in all its glory. Ambitious, bright, textured and expressive artist, who is able to suddenly reincarnate and get used to his roles, covered with a wave of success. Cumberbatch became popular not only among the large audience, but also in the circle of creators of world film masterpieces. The directors "clinged" to a dead grip, wanting to use Benedict in their films.

Cumberbatch did not particularly resist and enjoyed such rapid popularity. The debut in the big cinema was the film "Amazing Lightness" by Michael Epped, which was named "Breakthrough of the Year", the film crew received the prestigious award of London film critics.

The turning and fateful year for the actor was 2010, which brought the title role in the TV series "Sherlock". That year, Benedict auditioned for the role of the Doctor in the cult British sci-fi series Doctor Who, but decided that he was not ready for such responsibility to fans of the half-century franchise, and joined a new experimental project.

At that time, the prospect of the Sherlock project was ambiguous. This famous detective was repeatedly filmed all over the world and was considered a cult. The modern adaptation, which critics initially called disrespectful to the original, was also alarming.

However, as practice has shown, Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock Holmes in the best performance in the history of British cinema. He was able to convey the essence of the character Conan Doyle in the form of a genius sociopath with impeccable manners. Dr. Watson in this film adaptation played martin Freeman, for whom the series also became a road to worldwide fame and Hollywood blockbusters. The detective's parents were Benedict's father and mother.

The series "Sherlock" is distinguished by timekeeping - each series is a separate film, as well as long breaks between seasons. Because of this, fans during the third season began to worry about the age of the actors, which began to affect more and more, moving them away from the on-screen characters.

Later, the established duo of Freeman and Cumberbatch starred in The Hobbit on toLkien's book. Usually directors try not to use together actors from the popular tandem, so as not to cause comparisons and allusions, but in "The Hobbit" this rule was relaxed, as Benedict had to play a dragon, partly drawn using computer graphics.

Colleagues on the set and critics of the film believe that Benedict Cumberbatch - an encyclopedia of acting, which can become a unique training base for beginner actors. The artist's Oscar-winning colleagues have repeatedly spoken out in a positive context about his unique talent, calling him an "alarmingly talented English star."

In addition to the film awards, according to the popular cinematic magazine Empire Cumberbatch became "the sexiest celebrity of 2013", and in 2014 in time magazine entered the ranking of "100 most influential people in the world."

In 2014, Benedict starred in The Imitation Game, where his filming partner was Keira Knightley. The screen adaptation of Alan Turing's biography is very important for Great Britain, as it is the government and the laws of the country at that time who are guilty of the death of the scientist.

In 2015, the actor's creative activity was noted by Elizabeth II. The queen awarded Cumberbatch the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

In the same year the actor played Hamlet. The importance of this event was not only that Benedict played one of the most important roles of world theatrical art, but also that the recording of the production was later shown in cinemas around the world.

In 2017, as the writers stated, the final season of "Sherlock" was released. He had record-breaking little views, fans did not like that from a well-calibrated detective series with complex cases and independent series "Sherlock" turned into a family drama with a lot of logical errors and pseudo-romantic moments.

The main feature of Benedict is that the actor is not afraid to play completely different appearances of personalities, both historical and characters of the established franchises, looks in these roles so organically that the audience forgets about the portrait resemblance. Thus, Cumberbatch appeared as Van Gogh, a low and round-faced Alan Turing, possessing rough features of Julian Assange's face.

Despite this, critics have repeatedly accused the artist of the same type. And a depressed artist, and a mathematician-gay, and a hacker-fighter with the system - all of them - the same type: a detached genius, not understanding ordinary people and not seeking to get close to them, still the same brought the actor fame Sherlock.

Some films deny the allegations. For example, in the film "Stuart: Past Life" Cumberbatch reincarnated as a modest writer, assistant to the main character, but the role of a rebel and historical personality went to Tom Hardy.

Perhaps the strangest role of an actor is an otter. For the first time, Benedict's resemblance to this predator was noticed by bloggers, and later on the graham Norton show the presenter asked him to depict a mammal. And Cumberbatch depicted an otter, focusing on a photo with these predators, which made the release a truly viral release.

Cumberbatch's personal life, by his own admission, is old-fashioned. The movie star has been dating colleague Olivia Poulet for 12 years since his university studies. After the couple broke up in 2011, the man had a brief romance with Russian model Ekaterina Elizarova and designer Anna Jones, with whom it was not possible to create a serious relationship.

Popularity and demand in film and theater led to the fact that Benedict, like many of his characters, was "married" at work. And the yellow press was rumoured to be unconventional about celebrity orientation when, in an interview with THE LGBT publication Out, the entertainer said he experimented with same-sex relationships in his youth. Cumberbatch had no wife or children at the time, but he said he would not mind starting a family.

In late 2013, Benedict began a whirlwind romance with Sophie Hunter. The actors appeared in one film in 2009, but then did not see each other's soul mate. Sophie studied French at Oxford University, then drama at Jacques Leccok's school, recorded The Isis Project, where she sang to her own piano accompaniment.

The tabloid The Times reported that Cumberbatch and Hunter plan to become husband and wife, according to the old British tradition, publishing an ad in the wedding section. The couple married on February 14, 2015, at Peter and Paul Church on the Isle of Wight in England. In June, the actor's son, named Christopher Carlton, was born.

The secrets of the family celebrity protects no worse than Sherlock reveals crimes. Getting a photo of Benedict's children is another challenge. The news of the birth of her son Hal in March 2017 was only announced a month later.

Fans of genealogical research found in the archives evidence of Benedict Cumberbatch's kinship with the author of novels, whose adaptation made the Briton a star. Allegedly, the actor and writer has a common ancestor, with blue blood - John Ghentsky, son of King Edward III of England. The sources did not say how reasonable this statement is, but they remembered that Benedict's filmography has a picture about the life of the royal court. This is the drama "Another of the Boleyn family" starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson.

The same Edward III, or rather his grandson John Beaufort, connects Cumberbatch's blood ties with Alan Turing.

Social media Benedict Cumberbatch considers the destruction of personality, so he does not intend to start accounts on Instagram or Twitter. What is published there now is a reflection of the audience's love.

According to British media reports, Benedict agreed to star in the 5th season of the stories about Sherlock. The authors decided that it is impossible to ignore the popularity and deprive viewers of the pleasure of viewing. But the exact date of the beginning of filming was difficult to name, and the reason for this employment of the main performers.

In May 2018, another, in addition to the image of Hamlet, the dream of Cumberbatch - the actor received the role of Patrick Melrose in the film adaptation of the novels of Edward St. Aubin. Benedict, as critics noted, "was caught up in a steep mix of arthouse, heroin and self-destruction." The artist wrote about the desire to star in the film, not hoping for success, wrote to the creators on the forum Reddit.

Having received the invitation, re-read the last two books, was late for a meeting with the producers, but was nervous, it turned out, in vain - no one else for the main role and did not consider.

To get used to the image of a drug addict with a tendency to suicide Cumberbatch helped spouses-psychologists, who got rid of addiction and now advise patients clinics. "But the most interesting thing was to get to the point where behind this restless appetite, this passion that drugs cause. What are drug addicts trying to replace?" the actor said. In the role of Patrick's mother starred Jennifer Jason Leigh, as his wife - Anna Madeley.

In Los Angeles in the same year presented a sequel about Marvel superheroes "Avengers: Infinity War" with a record participation of Hollywood stars. In addition to Cumberbatch, the sci-fi action film features Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland and Josh Brolin, and dozens of other actors whose names automatically provide a rolling profit. Benedict was commissioned to play the defender of the Earth Stephen Strange.

The screen incarnation of comic book characters has no end in sight. "Avengers 4" is scheduled for release in 2019, in which the Briton got a former character. Benedict once said that at one time not in vain, after much hesitation, preferred "Marvel" productions on Broadway. Although after each film on the body added scars.

At the Cinema Con festival, Benedict Cumberbatch and Cate Blanchett announced a film with a familiar story for millions - about a boy raised by wolves. Warner Bros. studio planned to make a film called "The Jungle Book: The Beginning." However, Netflix, which acquired distribution rights, renamed the painting Mowgli. The voice of the Briton will speak tiger-eater Sherhan.

And in 2020, the actor appeared in the historical drama directed by Sam Mendes "1917".

2002 - Silent Witness

2003 - "Kill the King"

2004 - Hoging

2006 - "Amazing Grace"

2007 - "Atonement"

2009 - Origin

2010-2017 - "Sherlock"

2011 - "War Horse"

2013 - "Star Trek: The Revenant"

2014 - "The Imitation Game"

2015 - "Black Mass"

2016 - "Dr. Strange"

2017 - Thor: Ragnarek

2018 - "Patrick Melrose"

2020 – «1917»

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