FrameThrower · Actors · Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
26 films · 1,876 frames · top-billed in 11 · 2006–2025
Born 19 July 1976 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Cumberbatch won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Frankenstein and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Sherlock. His performances in the dramas The Imitation Game (2014) and The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 26 films · 1,876 frames · top-billed in 11 · 2006–2025
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor2019
- British Academy Television Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2014
- Order of the British Empire
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- British Independent Film Awards2014
- Critics' Choice Television Award2012
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor2012
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film2012
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Time 100
How their films are shot
Measured across 1,876 frames from the 26 films we hold. This is the look of the work Benedict takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 26 films we hold, 54% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Benedict takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Thing with Feathers
2025 · Dad
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023 · Henry Sugar / Make-Up Artist
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022 · Doctor Stephen Strange
Prehistoric Planet
2022 · Narrator (Voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · Doctor Strange
The Mauritanian
2021 · Lt. Stuart Couch
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021 · Louis Wain
The Power of the Dog
2021 · Phil Burbank
Doctor Strange
2016 · Dr. Stephen Strange
The Imitation Game
2014 · Alan Turing
Poison
· Harry Pope
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Uncle Nubar
The End We Start From
2023 · AB
The Book of Clarence
2023 · Benjamin
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Doctor Strange
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Doctor Strange
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Doctor Strange
Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · Classified (voice)
12 Years a Slave
2013 · William Ford
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · John Harrison / Khan
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Smaug / Sauron
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2011 · Peter Guillam
War Horse
2011 · Maj. Jamie Stewart
Atonement
2007 · Paul Marshall
Starter for 10
2006 · Patrick Watts
1917
· Colonel MacKenzie
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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