Benedict Cumberbatch Net Worth: $40 Million (approx.)
| Net Worth: | $40 Million approx. |
| Date of Birth: | Jul 19, 1976 |
| Age: | 46 years |
| Height: | 6 ft (1.83 m) |
| Profession: | Actor, Voice Actor |
| Nationality: | United Kingdom |
Benedict Cumberbatch net worth is around $40 million. Benedict Cumberbatch is a famous British actor. Benedict Cumberbatch acting career started in 2000 and has never looked back since then.
Benedict Cumberbatch is widely recognized for his work in such film projects as “The Other Boleyn Girl”, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, and in the popular BBC series, “Sherlock” as Sherlock Holmes.
Benedict Cumberbatch Biography:
| Nаmе: | Benedict Cumberbatch |
| Rеаl Nаmе: | Веnеdісt Тіmоthу Саrltоn Сumbеrbаtсh |
| Gеndеr: | Маlе |
| Аgе: | 46 уеаrѕ |
| Віrth Dаtе: | 19 Јulу 1976 |
| Віrth Рlасе: | Quееn Сhаrlоttе’ѕ аnd Сhеlѕеа Ноѕріtаl, Lоndоn, Unіtеd Кіngdоm |
| Nаtіоnаlіtу: | Вrіtіѕh |
| Неіght: | 1.83 m |
| Wеіght: | 78 kg |
| Ѕехuаl Оrіеntаtіоn: | Ѕtrаіght |
| Маrіtаl Ѕtаtuѕ: | Маrrіеd |
| Wіfе/Ѕроuѕе (Nаmе): | Ѕорhіе Нuntеr (m. 2015) |
| Сhіldrеn: | Yеѕ (Наl Аudеn Сumbеrbаtсh, Сhrіѕtорhеr Саrltоn Сumbеrbаtсh) |
| Dаtіng/Gіrlfrіеnd | |
| (Nаmе): | N/А |
| Рrоfеѕѕіоn: | Асtоr |
| Nеt Wоrth: | $40 mіllіоn |
| Lаѕt Uрdаtеd: | ([current_date format=’F, Y’]) |
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born on July 19, 1976 Hammersmith, London, England.
Benedict Cumberbatch attended boarding schools when he was 8 years old, beginning with Brambletye School in West Sussex. He grew up in a family of actors.
Benedict attended prestigious Harrow School on an Arts scholarship, where he was involved in many Shakespearean plays. Cumberbatch made his acting debut in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” when he was 12.
Benedict took a gap year before college to volunteer as an English teacher at a Tibetan monastery in India. Benedict then graduated from the University of Manchester, where he majored in Drama. From there, Cumberbatch went ahead to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Benedict Cumberbatch Movies Career:
Cumberbatch has appeared in many successful theater playes, film, television productions, and has built a brand name for himself playing leading man with “issues”.
Since 2001, Benedict has had major roles in classic plays at the Regent’s Park Open Air, Royal Court, and Royal National Theaters. Benedict Cumberbatch has also appeared in many Shakespeare plays at the London Barbican Theater.
Benedict’s role in “Hedda Gabler” in May 2005 marked his first-ever West End appearance in London. He has also starred in the multi-award-winning theater production of “Frankenstein” at the Royal National opposite Johnny Lee Miller.
Benedict Cumberbatch started appearing on TV when he got guest roles in “Heartbeat” and “Tipping the Velvet” in the early 2000s.
In 2004, Benedict got his first main TV part when he appeared as Stephen Hawking in “Hawking.” For his performance, Benedict was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor and won the Golden Nymph for Best Performance by an Actor.
Benedict Cumberbatch got his first starring role in a film in 2007’s “Atonement.” In 2008, he starred in “The Other Boleyn Girl.” Cumberbatch began playing his most iconic role to date in 2010 when he starred as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series “Sherlock.”
Benedict Cumberbatch performance and the show as a whole were widely critically acclaimed during the series’ run from 2010-2017. Benedict Cumberbatch was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his role over the course of the show and won one in 2014.
In 2013, Cumberbatch appeared in 4movies that ended up being nominated in some or several Academy Awards categories. Those movies were “12 Years as a Slave”, “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, “August: Osage County” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”. In 2014 Benedict starred in “The Imitation Game”, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
In November 2016, Benedict starred as Doctor Strange in a film with the same name, in “Avengers: Infinity War” in 2018, and “Avengers: Endgame” in April 2019. Also in 2019 he appeared briefly in the Sam Mendes war film “1917.” In 2019 itself, Benedict Cumberbatch won a BAFTA for his starring role in the Showtime/Sky Atlantic limited series “Patrick Melrose.”
Outside of his on-stage and on-screen career, Benedict Cumberbatch has also done loads of voice work. He has an affinity for radio work and has done numerous BBC productions.
Benedict Cumberbatch best-known radio work is his 2009 adaptation of a novel by John Mortimer titled “Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders.” Benedict also played Angel Islington in the 2013 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere.”
On June 6, 2014, the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings, Benedict Cumberbatch read the original BBC radio bulletins for BBC Radio 4. Benedict Cumberbatch has also narrated several documentaries for National Geographic and Discovery, as well as narrated several audiobooks.
Benedict Cumberbatch Wife:
Benedict Cumberbatch married opera director Sophie Hunter in February 2015. They had been friends for 17 years prior. They have two sons, Christopher Carlton (b. 2015) and Hal Audren (b. 2017).
Benedict Cumberbatch Charity Work:
Benedict Cumberbatch is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust. He supports many organizations that focus on using the arts to help disadvantaged young people, including Odd Arts, Anno’s Africa, and Dramatic Need.
Benedict Cumberbatch has been an ambassador for the Motor Neurone Disease Association since portraying Stephen Hawking in 2004. Benedict Cumberbatch donates artworks for charities and fundraisers in support of The Willow Foundation and the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children.
In May 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch joined Prince William and Ralph Lauren at Windsor Castle for a cancer awareness fundraising gala for the benefit of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Benedict Cumberbatch posed for photographer Jason Bell at an exhibit at Pall Mall, London in 2014 to mark ten years of the “Give up Clothes for Good” charity campaign. It has raised $17 million for Cancer Research UK. Cumberbatch is also a founding member of the “Save Soho” campaign, which aims to protect iconic music and performing arts venues in Soho.
Benedict Cumberbatch has also fronted a video campaign to help the charity Save the Children in its mission to aid young Syrian refugees. Benedict Cumberbatch was one of the signatories of an open letter published in The Guardian that criticized the government for its actions around the refugee crisis.
Benedict Cumberbatch received the honor of CBE from the Queen at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on November 10, 2015 for his services to the performing arts and to charity. In 2016, he was appointed a visiting fellow at Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford University.
Benedict Cumberbatch Interesting Facts:
Benedict Cumberbatch a Second Generation Star
Acting is in his genes. Cumberbatch was born to actor Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton.
Things Are About to Get Really Strange
Benedict Cumberbatch is dipping his toes into the ever-popular world of Marvel superheroes. He’s been cast as Doctor Strange for the newest installment in the franchise’s movie empire. Cumberbatch’s character is a surgeon turned world-saving sorcerer.
Benedict Cumberbatch Almost Wasn’t Sherlock
Popular for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch nearly turned down the role, fearing that it would be “cheap and cheesy.”
Benedict Cumberbatch did notAlways Wanted to Share the Stage
Benedict’s first stab at acting was a role as a “very bossy” Joseph in his school’s Nativity play. Bossy, because he ended up pushing Mary off the stage because “she was taking too long.”
Benedict Cumberbatch has beenGenetically Gifted
Benedict Cumberbatch has a rare genetic condition called heterochromia iridis. It means that his eyes are actually two different colors.
His Fans Love Him a Little Too Much
Benedict is known for his particularly adoring fans. However, they’ve been known to cross a few lines. Once, a fan was found live-tweeting his every move inside his house. That’s a little much.
Benedict Cumberbatch Well Traveled
In between his years studying at the University of Manchester, Benedict Cumberbatch traveled to Tibet to teach English at a monastery.
Benedict Cumberbatch has Been Abducted
While filming in South Africa in 2005, he was kidnapped. But, Cumberbatch actually managed to talk himself into being released.
Benedict Cumberbatch and his two friends Theo and Denise Black were abducted in South Africa after busting a tire. They were held at gunpoint by a group of locals, put in a van and driven into unsettled territory.
Before tire burst , they had been listening to Radiohead’s “How to Disappear Completely.” Cumberbatch has stated that now whenever he hears the song it reminds him of a “sense of reality and a reason for hope.” While filming “To the Ends of the Earth” in 2005 in South Africa, he experienced a terrifying carjacking incident.
He Gets Starry-Eyed
When he meets fellow celebrities, Benedict Cumberbatch still gets starstruck. He suffers from “the same butterflies and inability to be cool” .
He Loves Kubrick
Benedict Cumberbatch favorite director is Stanley Kubrick. In fact, the director was the subject of Cumberbatch’s college dissertation.
Benedict Cumberbatch is Little Self-Conscious
Cumberbatch thinks that he’s “weird” looking, at least when compared to stars like Brad Pitt and George Clooney.
Benedict Cumberbatch Dieted to Play Sherlock
When prepping for the role of Sherlock Holmes, Cumberbatch lost some serious weight. For him, it was meant to show that Holmes’s intelligence outweighs his “physical limitations.”