Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch is an English actor and film producer. He has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in productions such as Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet. He also portrayed George Tesman in Richard Eyre's revival of Hedda Gabler in 2005 and since then has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions After the Dance and Frankenstein. His television work includes appearances in Heartbeat, Silent Witness and Fortysomething before starring as the title character in Hawking in 2004. He has also starred in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Parade's End, as well as providing the voices of the British Prime Minister and Severus Snape on the animated series The Simpsons. He has played Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock since 2010. His first film appearance was in To Kill a King and he went on to play William Pitt the Younger in Amazing Grace in 2006 and has since appeared in the films Atonement, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, Star Trek Into Darkness, and 12 Years a Slave. 

July 19th, 1976 in Hammersmith (Age 48)