1976 Benedict Cumberbatch is born in London on 19 July 1976. He’s the only son of actors Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham - who played Cassandra’s mum in Only Fools And Horses.
When Benedict Cumberbatch's parents see him on stage, they finally back his acting dream. ‘My dad said: “I think you could do better at this than I’ve ever done.” We were both crying,’ he recalls. At first he decides to take his father’s stage name Carlton.
‘I assumed I couldn’t be called Benedict Cumberbatch. It sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn’t it?’ he admits. But in the end he decides that the name will help him stand out.
Benedict Cumberbatch is attacked in South Africa while filming BBC drama To The Ends Of The Earth in 2004. He's accosted by 6 armed carjackers and bundled into a car with a couple of co-stars. ‘I could see the headlight beams bumping over the dirt track and I thought of shallow graves,’ he remembers. Benedict’s acting skills save him when his attackers shove him into the boot. He tells them he has a heart and brain problem and will die. ‘A dead Englishman in your car. Not good,' he warns.
In 2006, Benedict Cumberbatch stars alongside Dominic Cooper and James McAvoy in Starter For 10, the saga of a college entering University Challenge. He knows he’s no poster boy. ‘My friend James is gorgeous on screen - I’m not,’ he says
2010 Benedict Cumberbatch's career reaches a new level in 2010 when he clinches the lead in BBC show Sherlock.
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