A brief biography (Siblings' ages, parents' ages, and siblings' ages) Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born in London on July 19, 1976. Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, both of whom are performers, are his parents. Unsurprisingly, the lad had pursued acting from boyhood. Tracy Peacock, his mother's elder half-sister from her previous marriage to James Tabernacle, is his older half-sister. In terms of his educational background, he attended Brambletye School and then Harrow School. Similarly, he earned a BA in Drama from the University of Manchester and an MA in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Cumberbatch, Benedict Timothy Carlton CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor with credits in cinema, television, theatre, and radio. He is the son of Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, both of whom are actors. Cumberbatch earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Acting from the University of Manchester and continued his education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he earned a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He began his career in Regent's Park's Open Air Theatre in Shakespearean plays and made his West End debut in 2005 as George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler. Since then, he has been in the Royal National Theatre's After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2012) performances (2011). In 2015, he appeared at the Barbican Theatre in a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Benedict Cumberbatch was cast in the BBC and HBO co-produced miniseries âParade's Endâ in 2012. Susana White directed the five-episode miniseries. His work in the miniseries won him his second Emmy nomination for âBest Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie. ’ Cumberbatch was cast as Patrick Melrose in a miniseries adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's books in February 2017.
Cumberbatch, Benedict Timothy Carlton CBE (born 19 July 1976) is an English actor with credits in cinema, television, theatre, and radio. He is the son of Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, both of whom are actors. Cumberbatch earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Acting from the University of Manchester and continued his education at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he earned a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He began his career in Regent's Park's Open Air Theatre in Shakespearean plays and made his West End debut in 2005 as George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler. Since then, he has been in the Royal National Theatre's After the Dance (2010) and Frankenstein (2012) performances (2011). In 2015, he appeared at the Barbican Theatre in a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
