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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

Dr. Strange
for Dr. Strange in Breath of the Midnight War
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As the Demon Slayer Corps wages war against Muzan Kibutsuji and his Upper Moons in Taisho-era Japan, an unexpected event changes everything. During a fierce battle, a forbidden demonic technique creates a massive portal, swallowing Tanjiro Kamado, Nezuko, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and several Hashira. When they regain consciousness, they find themselves in an unfamiliar world—modern-day Earth. Confused and disoriented, the Demon Slayers wander through the neon-lit streets of New York City, struggling to understand the strange technology and overwhelming noise of this era. However, they are not alone. Blade, the infamous Daywalker, detects their presence and mistakes them for supernatural threats. A heated battle erupts between Tanjiro and Blade, but before things escalate further, Iron Fist intervenes, recognizing their martial arts stances and sensing they are not enemies. Elsewhere, the rift that transported the Demon Slayers has also unleashed a greater danger—Muzan and several Upper Moons have arrived in the modern world. Sensing the new opportunities this era presents, Muzan manipulates dark forces, forming alliances with powerful villains and experimenting on humans to create an evolved breed of demons immune to traditional weaknesses. The Demon Slayers would realise that they need new allies so their do everything in their power to stop Muzan & the Kizuki