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  • Cumberbatch single again - 14 January 2012
    -Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is single again after splitting from his fashion designer girlfriend.-The War Horse star ended a 10-year relationship with his longterm partner, actress Olivia Poulet, last March (11) and he later moved on with Anna Jones.- However, Cumberbatch's


  • Cumberbatch beams aboard Star Trek sequel - 5 January 2012
    -War Horse and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to be transported from the past to the future after landing a leading role in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel.-It has not been revealed what part the Brit will play or if his character in the much-anticipated sci-fi film is a


  • Cumberbatch stunned by London riots - 3 January 2012
    -Actor Benedict Cumberbatch was horrified to watch the London riots unfold last summer (11) after filming of his hit show Sherlock was halted when the set was targeted by protesters.-Thugs smashed shop windows, looted goods and set buildings on fire in the capital in August (

Benedict Cumberbatch - what members say


  • Amazing Grace
  • Amazing Grace review by A customer from Headingley, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars WORKMANLIKE JOB 12 September 2007
    ...rical inaccuracies, I thought it was a workmanlike job. Especially talented is Benedict Cumberbatch playing William Pitt. Given the subject though I thought the film could have h...   Read customer review
  • The Last Enemy
  • The Last Enemy review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
    Rated - 4.0 stars A visionary new thriller... 9 February 2008
    ...re turning to acting in his 20s, Max was a successful session musician. Benedict Cumberbatch won a Bafta nomination for his portrayal of the young Stephen Hawking in BBC Tw...   Read customer review
  • Small Island
  • Small Island review by CityGent from Burton Upon Trent
    Rated - 5.0 stars Top Quality Production - a Must See 11 November 2010
    ...u will be emotionally dead! The other 3 leads, Naomie Harris, David Oyelowo and Benedict Cumberbatch are well able to hold their own and the whole is just totally superb.On top of ...   Read customer review

Benedict Cumberbatch - filmography


  • Wreckers - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Claire Foy,  Benedict Cumberbatch,  Shaun Evans
    Director: D.R. Hood
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dawn (Claire Foy) and David (Benedict Cumberbatch) have moved back to the village where he grew up to start a family. Their relationship seems idyllic, but getting pregnant is proving difficult and adding to the strain of building their perfect home. Out of the blue, David's younger brother Nick (..read more »
    5 stars out of 5 95% from 2 members
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  • Wreckers (2011)
    Starring: Claire Foy,  Benedict Cumberbatch,  Shaun Evans
    Director: D.R. Hood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dawn (Claire Foy) and David (Benedict Cumberbatch) have moved back to the village where he grew up to start a family. Their relationship seems idyllic, but getting pregnant is proving difficult and adding to the strain of building their perfect home. Out of the blue, David's younger brother Nick (..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 5 members
    Due for release on 12th March 2012
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  • Small Island on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ruth Wilson,  Naomie Harris,  David Oyelowo
    Director: John Alexander
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Andrea Levy's best-selling award-winning novel, and shown on BBC One this two-part drama Small Island is an epic love story about the determined pursuit of dreams in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War in a time when ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 740 members
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  • Four Lions - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Kayvan Novak,  Riz Ahmed,  Benedict Cumberbatch
    Director: Christopher Morris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A handful of young men set out to take on the decadent West but are more of a threat to themselves than anyone else in this black comedy from teh creator of BRASS EYE, Chris Morris. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is a devout Muslim living in the United Kingdom who has decided to form a terrorist cell to bring ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 10,308 members
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  • Third Star on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hugh Bonneville,  Tom Burke,  Benedict Cumberbatch
    Director: Hattie Dalton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 585 members
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  • Four Lions on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Kayvan Novak,  Riz Ahmed,  Benedict Cumberbatch
    Director: Christopher Morris
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A handful of young men set out to take on the decadent West but are more of a threat to themselves than anyone else in this black comedy from the creator of BRASS EYE, Chris Morris. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is a devout Muslim living in the United Kingdom who has decided to form a terrorist cell to bring ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 30,806 members
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  • Creation on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jennifer Connelly,  Paul Bettany,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Jon Amiel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Jon Amiel (SOMERSBY, TV's THE SINGING DETECTIVE) directs real-life married couple Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly star as Charles Darwin and his wife in this biographical drama. Set before the publication of ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, CREATION finds Darwin grieving over the death of his daughter ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 8,297 members
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  • Atonement - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy,  Romola Garai
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    On a sultry summer day in 1935, an upper-class British family prepares for a dinner party at their country estate. The participants include Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), a precocious preteen writer, her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley), Cambridge graduate and femme fatale, Robbie Turner (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 156 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Last Enemy (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Benedict Cumberbatch,  Max Beesley
    Director: Iain B. MacDonald
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When the reclusive Stephen Ezard (Cumberbatch) returns to London for the funeral of his brother Michael (Beesley), he feels like a stranger in his own country. National security fears have transformed Britain into a security state where ID cards are compulsory and armed police patrol the streets. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 502 members
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  • The Other Boleyn Girl on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  Scarlett Johansson,  Eric Bana
    Director: Justin Chadwick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" revolves around the ferociously ambitious Boleyn sisters, Mary (Johansson) and Anne (Portman), who are rivals for the bed and heart of 16th century English King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 54,496 members
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  • Stuart - A Life Backwards on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,  Edna Dore,  Tom Hardy
    Director: David Attwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Based on the acclaimed book by Alexander Masters, STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS is the unconventional non-fiction biography of homeless alcoholic Stuart Shorter. Benedict Cumberbatch (ATONEMENT, THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL) plays Masters, a reclusive writer and illustrator who strikes up an unlikely ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 1,960 member
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  • Amazing Grace on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Rufus Sewell,  Albert Finney
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    "Amazing Grace" is based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce (Gruffudd), who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 27,138 members
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  • To The Ends Of The Earth (2 discs) (2005)
    Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,  Sam Neill,  Jared Harris
    Director: David Attwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dramatic adaptation of William Golding's trilogy 'Rites Of Passage', 'Close Quarters' and 'Fire Down Below'. A young aristocrat boards a war ship heading for Australia, where he will take up a government post. It is not long, however, before the aristocrat's social status begins to cause tension ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 167 members
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  • Hawking (2004)
    Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch,  Michael Brandon,  Lisa Dillon
    Director: Philip Martin
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A BBC drama based on events from the life of Stephen Hawking. A young theoretical physicist is diagnosed with motor neurone disease shortly before commencing his PhD in Cosmology at Oxford. Having been advised that he has less than two years to live, Stephen doesn't give much thought as to what his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 171 members
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Benedict Cumberbatch facts

5 most recent films

War Horse - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
War Horse - 3.5 stars
Wreckers - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - 3.5 stars
Sherlock - Series 2 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sherlock - Series 2 - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Sherlock - Series 2 - 4.5 stars
Sherlock - 4.5 stars
Sherlock - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Small Island - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wreckers - 2.5 stars
War Horse - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Wreckers - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars
Creation - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Creation - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Martin Freeman - 8 times - show films
Rupert Graves - 6 times - show films
Tom Hardy - 4 times - show films
Toby Jones - 4 times - show films
Alex MacQueen - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Paul McGuigan - 6 times - show films
Steve Thompson - 6 times - show films
Steven Moffat - 6 times - show films
Euros Lyn - 6 times - show films
Mark Gatiss - 6 times - show films