Benedict Cumberbatch: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: ABC News - Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestors got rich from slavery in Barbados. Now he could be on the hook for reparations. | May 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Benedict Cumberbatch digs into toxic masculinity in 'The Power of the Dog'. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Benedict Cumberbatch. | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Benedict Cumberbatch: �I loved not being a people-pleaser�. | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: All American Entertainment Speakers - Benedict Cumberbatch. | Sep 15, 2024 | ||
| Revised the caption of the headshot. | May 22, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Benedict Cumberbatch. | Jan 24, 2024 | ||
| Noted that Keira Knightley also appeared in The Imitation Game. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jul 19, 2023 | ||
| Added several films, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. | May 13, 2022 | ||
| Added his Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog. | Feb 09, 2022 | ||
| Added the movie The Power of the Dog. | Dec 13, 2021 | ||
| Added the film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. | Oct 22, 2021 | ||
| Added the movies The Courier and The Mauritanian. | Feb 18, 2021 | ||
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Dec 16, 2019 | ||
| Added the movie The Current War (2017). | Oct 24, 2019 | ||
| Added the movie Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) and the TV movie Brexit (2019). | Jan 19, 2019 | ||
| Added the movie The Grinch (2018). | Nov 09, 2018 | ||
| Added the TV movie A Child in Time (2017), the film Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and the TV series Patrick Melrose (2018). | May 14, 2018 | ||
| Added the movie Thor: Ragnarok (2017). | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Added the film Doctor Strange. | Feb 06, 2017 | ||
| Noted the release of Black Mass (2015). | Sep 29, 2015 | ||
| Noted his appearance as Hamlet at the Barbican Centre. | Aug 07, 2015 | ||
| Noted that Cumberbatch was named CBE. | Jun 16, 2015 | ||
| Deleted extra period at the end of the first sentence. | May 28, 2015 | ||
| Revised the description of August: Osage County. | May 28, 2015 | ||
| Added photographs. | May 28, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Benedict Cumberbatch. | Mar 05, 2015 | ||
| Noted his Academy Award nomination for best actor for The Imitation Game. | Jan 16, 2015 | ||
| Noted the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). | Dec 19, 2014 | ||
| Noted recent films. | Nov 24, 2014 | ||
| Noted that Cumberbatch won a 2014 Emmy Award for his performance in Sherlock. | Aug 27, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Benedict Cumberbatch. | Jul 15, 2014 | ||
| Noted the release of August: Osage County (2013). | Dec 20, 2013 | ||
| Noted the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013). | Dec 13, 2013 | ||
| Noted release of 12 Years a Slave. | Nov 01, 2013 | ||
| Revised wording regarding his education and his surname. | Jul 12, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 21, 2013 | ||
| Revised information on his teaching of English to Tibetan Buddhist monks. | Jun 06, 2013 | ||
| New article added. | Jun 04, 2013 |
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