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Welcome to Benedict Cumberbatch Central, dedicated to the two-time Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for playing Doctor Strange in the MCU, Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog and Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock. Our aim is to provide you with the newest updates on everything related to Benedict and his career, always respecting his personal life and his privacy. We hope you enjoy your stay!

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Benedict supports the Theatre Artists Fund

In a video for the Official London Theatre in which he talked about his turning point in the British theatre and how the COVID-19 pandemic...

March 11, 2021 by Bru

Benedict helps launch Red Nose Day 2021

Benedict, alongside Dame Judi Dench Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi, Sir Lenny Henry and others, appears in a video titled "Funny is Power" to...

February 2, 2021December 28, 2021 by Aline

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Benedict attends GEANCO’s Virtual Gala for Africa

Unbreakable Joy, the Virtual Gala for Africa organized by GEANCO, was broadcast last night, October 24, and featured some guests like Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo,...

October 25, 2020January 6, 2021 by Aline

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Benedict donates a pair of Grinch shoes to Small Steps Project

For the sixth year in a row, Benedict has donated shoes to the Small Steps Project’s annual Celebrity Shoe Auction. For this year's edition he...

October 17, 2020November 9, 2020 by Aline

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Benedict reads “Three Little Monkeys” for Save The Children UK

Save the Children UK released today a video of Benedict Cumberbatch reading Three Little Monkeys, by Emma Chichester Clark, for Save with Stories, a new...

June 22, 2020 by Aline

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Benedict to read a children’s story in Yahoo’s new podcast “STOR14S”

Benedict will read "Jack's Dream" in the first episode available this coming Thursday, June 18; the podcast will raise funds to GEANCO Foundation. Read more:...

June 16, 2020 by Aline

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Benedict joins Taika Waititi’s charity reading of “James and the Giant Peach”

Benedict is taking part in Taika Waititi's charity reading of Roald Dahl’s classic James and the Giant Peach. The first two (out of ten) installments...

May 18, 2020 by Gi

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Benedict attends The Fayre of St James charity Christmas concert

Tonight Benedict attended the eighth The Fayre of St James, a charity event promoted annually by the Quintessentially Foundation in partnership with The Crown Estate...

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 by Gi

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Benedict donates a pair of trainers to the Small Steps Project

For the sixth year in a row, Benedict has donated shoes to the Small Steps Project's annual Celebrity Shoe Auction! This time, it's a pair...

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 by Gi

Current Projects

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

Louis Wain

Now streaming on Prime Video in selected countries

The true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, psychedelic pictures transformed the public's perception of cats forever. Set in the early 1900s, we follow Wain as he seeks to unlock the "electrical" mysteries of the world and, in so doing, to better understand his own life and the profound love he shared with his wife Emily Richardson.

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The Power of The Dog (2021)

Phill Burbank

Available worldwide on Netflix

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Doctor Strange

17 December (US)

For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man

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Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Doctor Strange

In theaters 6 May, 2022

The MCU unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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