![]() ![]() In 2005 he was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for best actor for his portrayal of physicist Stephen Hawking in the BBC television biopic Hawking (2004). He became a familiar face on television as well, playing supporting roles in series such as Tipping the Velvet and Silent Witness (both 2002), Fortysomething (2003), and To the Ends of the Earth (2005). Over the next few years, he continued performing in London theatres, often in classics such as Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (2005 nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for best supporting actor) and Eugène Ionesco’s Rhinoceros (2007). Cumberbatch’s first work in the professional theatre was primarily Shakespearean, beginning with two repertory seasons with the New Shakespeare Company in London’s Regent Park in 20. After his return to Great Britain, he studied drama at the University of Manchester and earned a master’s degree in classical acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.Īt the start of his career, he used his father’s stage name, Carlton, but, encouraged by a colleague, he began to appear under the family’s original, unusual surname in order to attract greater professional attention. He took a year off between school and university, during which he taught English to Tibetan Buddhist monks in India. As a student, he took part in school plays, taking roles in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (in which he played Titania, the queen of the fairies) and As You Like It. He was educated at Brambletye school, in West Sussex, and Harrow School. Early life and careerĬumberbatch was the son of two actors, Timothy Carlton (né Cumberbatch) and Wanda Ventham. He gained widespread popularity playing a modern Sherlock Holmes in the television series Sherlock (2010– ) and subsequently garnered a succession of substantial roles in mainstream features.
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