Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch CBE is an English actor and film producer who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. The son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, he graduated from the University of Manchester and continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and has portrayed George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 July 1976
CityLondon, England
I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating like a foie gras goose, well beyond your appetite. Providing I don't feel too ill, I then work out two hours a day with a phenomenal trainer. It's the LA way.
I keep myself amused and others confused
Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It's hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.
When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.
I have actual acting scars.
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
Having your adolescence at an all-male boarding school is just crap.
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
I realised quite early on that, although I wasn't trying to make a career speciality of it, I was playing slightly asexual, sociopathic intellectuals.
I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.
Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame.