Real People Played By Benedict Cumberbatch

By Betty Zhang

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing in the upcoming film The Imitation Game, also starring Keira Knightley. Check out the other notable men he has played!

  • Alan Turing

    Benedict plays [Alan Turing](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_turing) - the mathematician, logician & cryptanalyst who contributed to the development of computer science - in the film [The Imitation Game](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5CjKEFb-sM). See it this November!  

  • Julian Assange

    Benedict played WikiLeaks founder [Julian Assange](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange) in the 2013 film [The Fifth Estate](http://leaked confidential information on the US military's operations in Afghanistan and Iraq to newspapers). Assange leaked confidential information on the US military's operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • Humphrey Bogart

    Benedict is the iconic American actor [Humphrey Bogart](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_bogart) in [Electric Cinema: How To Behave](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQO5ZalDsc) (2012), a video shown at London's Electric Cinema before movies to remind patrons to be considerate.   

  • Vincent Van Gogh

    Benedict played the famous post-impressionist painter [Vincent Van Gogh](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh) in the 2010 TV movie [Van Gogh: Painted With Words](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGvbkmAvY6I). 

  • Joseph Hooker

    Benedict played the great British botanist and explorer [Joseph Hooker](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker) in [Creation](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=knH9vK4zgGw), a 2009 film on [Charles Darwin](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_darwin) and his revolutionary theory of evolution. 

  • Alexander Masters

    Benedict played the writer [Alexander Masters](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Masters) in the 2007 TV movie [Stuart: A Life Backwards](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJCXTbHR9ww), about Masters' friend Stuart Shorter, a homeless alcoholic who experienced a traumatic event as a child.

  • William Pitt the Younger

    Benedict played the late C18th to early C19th British Prime Minister [William Pitt the Younger](http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger) in the 2006 film [Amazing Grace](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eKzTyr-c_M). 

  • Stephen Hawking

    Benedict played the genius theoretical physicist and cosmologist [Stephen Hawking](http://http//www.hawking.org.uk) in the 2004 film [Hawking](http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvVA0xQXUvQ). The film documents Hawking's life and work, including his struggle with ALS.

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