“My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.”

English actor

Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor. Born in 1976, he has built a career across stage, television, and film, and has 93 quotes on the site. He has received a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globes. In 2014, Time named him among the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE for services to performing arts and charity.