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Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch (born July 19, 1976) is an British and American actor. Known for his roles on the screen and stage, he has received various accolades throughout his career, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Cumberbatch won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Frankenstein and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Sherlock. His performances in the dramas The Imitation Game (2014) and The Power of the Dog (2021) earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award, all for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For playing the title role in five-part drama miniseries Patrick Melrose, he won a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2014 Time magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to the performing arts and to charity. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, Cumberbatch 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 made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005. Since then, he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2011). In 2015, he played the title role in Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre. Cumberbatch's television work includes his performance as Stephen Hawking in the television film Hawking in 2004. He gained worldwide recognition for his performance as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End (2012), The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016), Patrick Melrose (2018), and Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019). In films, Cumberbatch has starred in Amazing Grace (2006) as William Pitt the Younger, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) as Khan, 12 Years a Slave (2013) as William Prince Ford, The Fifth Estate (2013) as Julian Assange, and The Imitation Game (2014) as Alan Turing. He also acted in the historical dramas The Current War (2017), 1917 (2019) and The Courier (2020), and received critical acclaim for his performance in Jane Campion's Western drama The Power of the Dog (2021). From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and Sauron in The Hobbit film series. Cumberbatch portrays Dr. Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with Doctor Strange (2016), and also voiced the character in the animated series What If...? (2021).
Benedict Cumberbatch
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for Will A. Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Live Action Saga
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A live-action saga of the six seasons of the manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, created by Hirohiko Araki. Like the anime, it is divided into six seasons, starting with Phantom Blood, set in the 1800s and starring Jonathan Joestar and a young Dio Brando. The second season, Battle Tendency, is set between the 1930s and 1940s, with Jonathan's grandson, Joseph Joestar, pitting him against the Pillar Men. The third season, Stardust Crusaders, sees Jotaro Kujo, Joseph Joestar's grandson, along with his grandfather and a group of other Stand Users, travel from Japan to Egypt to challenge Dio Brando, reborn after nearly 100 years. The fourth season, Diamond is Unbreakable, is set in 1999 in Morioh Town and features Josuke Higashikata, Joseph Joestar's illegitimate son. Together with Jotaro and a group of young men, he investigates a serial killer on the loose named Yoshikage Kira. The fifth season, called Golden Wind, is set in Italy, between Naples and Rome, in 2001. It features Giorno Giovanna, Dio Brando's illegitimate son, conceived through Jonathan Joestar's body. It follows his fight to seize power from the Italian mafia called Passione, alongside a group of allies against Diavolo, the final boss. The final season, called Stone Ocean, is set in Florida in 2011 and features Jolyne Kujo, Jotaro's daughter. She battles the priest Enrico Pucci, a former follower of Dio Brando whose goal is to recreate paradise. - Phantom Blood (1 season, 8 episodes) - Battle Tendency (1 season, 12 episodes) - Stardust Crusaders (3 seasons - First 10 episodes - Second 14 episodes - Third 12 episodes ) - Diamond is Unbreakable (2 seasons - First 15 episodes - Second 16 episodes) - Golden Wind (2 seasons - First 16 episodes - Second 14 episodes) - Stone Ocean (3 seasons - First 10 episodes - Second 12 episodes - Third 8 episodes) Movies Spin-Off - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Blood of the Ancients - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Rise of the Ripple Master - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Shadows of the Stone - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Shining of Diamonds - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Silver Odyssey - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: The Honor of Passione - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Purple Haze Feedback - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Gravity of Faith There are three live action TV series that conclude the saga - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe (3 stagioni, 10 episodi per stagione) - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Kira Shadows of Morioh (2 stagioni, 10 episodi per stagione) - JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure: Speedwagon Chronicles (5 stagioni, 10 episodi per stagione)
