In 2000 Cumberbatch acted on TV for the first time in an episode of Heartbeat, and was on the show again in 2004.[6] He began acting in theatre in 2001.[7] He played Ford in 12 Years a Slave. In 2013 Cumberbatch was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television at the Golden Globes.
Personal life
Benedict Cumberbatch was born to a family that was already wealthy. His parents were both actors, and his ancestor Abraham Cumberbatch started a sugar plantation in the British colony of Barbados which was worked by slaves.[8][9] As an adult, he dated actress Olivia Poulet.[10] On 5 November 2014, Cumberbatch announced his engagement to Sophie Hunter.[11] On 14 February 2015, Cumberbatch married Hunter.[12] They have three sons, Christopher Carlton (born 1 June 2015), Hal Auden (born 3 March 2017) and Finn (born 11 January 2019).
↑"Slave Past Haunts Rich and Famous". secretbarbados.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-27. Retrieved 2020-11-04. Ancestors of the Hollywood heartthrob owned 250 slaves in Barbados – and were compensated to the tune of £3.6m (nearly US$5m) in today's prices when the British Empire abolished the iniquitous trade in the 1830s.