Biography of British actor Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch is a charismatic British actor. His film career is full of various bright roles, but thanks to his appearance, he successfully manages to transform himself into images of geniuses and villains.

Benedict Cumberbatch in childhood and youth

Biography of Benedict Cumberbatch is public and does not conceal in itself fatal family secrets. But still quite interesting. London is the birthplace of the actor, where he was born on July 19, 1976 in the family of Wanda Wentham and Timothy Carlton. They were both actors. Therefore, the call to the stage and glory in his blood.

Parents of Benedict Cumberbatch very responsibly took to education of the son. To select the best school for him, they changed several educational institutions. From an early age the boy took part in staging various plays. Mother and father always shared with their son the experience of acting and gave valuable advice, so this mature performance of the roles of young Benedict delighted teachers and spectators.

Film career of the actor

He began to build his career at the age of 25 years. For the theatrical game Cumberbatch won the Lawrence Olivier Award, which became his first serious award. Later he was invited to the episodic roles in the series.

The first popularity with Benedikt came after playing the role of a physicist in the movie "Hawking". Gradually, he gained fame, but only in the UK. But the worldwide recognition came to him after the performance of the main role in the serial movie "Sherlock". Thanks to this role, he became recognizable. But, in addition to acting talent, he had to work on a figure for this series. With a height of 183 cm and a weight of 75 kg, Benedict Cumberbatch was to become even more skinny. With this he successfully coped with practicing yoga and swimming.

The further film career began to develop as it is impossible more successfully. Between the shootings in the series, the actor played many amazing roles in feature films.

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In the personal life of the celebrity, there were several novels, but he resolved on official relations when he turned 39 years old. A few months after the wedding, Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie had a son, but the public saw the first photos of the couple and the child only in early 2016.