Browse audiobooks read by benedict cumberbatch sorted by. Benedict cumberbatch cumberbatch at the premiere o 12 years a slave at the 20 toronto internaitional film festival. He is a grandson of submarine commander henry carlton cumberbatch, and a greatgrandson of diplomat henry arnold cumberbatch. He first performed for the new shakespeare company at open air theatre, regents park for two seasons. The desolation of smaug character was in tribute to his fathers reading of jrr tolkiens books as bedtime stories. Benedict cumberbatch behindthescenes of the hobbit. The voice of smaug and the necromancer have been cast as wellusing the same guy. Benedict cumberbatch joins the hobbit as smaug film. Since then, he had leading roles in royal national theatre productions after the dance 2010 and danny boyles frankenstein 2011. It is the 50s, and two war heroes have been shot dead.
It clearly begins with benedict cumberbatchs voice proclaiming. The desolation of smaug 20 benedict cumberbatch as smaug, necromancer. Benedict cumberbatch on the human touch of watchmaking. Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch cbe born 19 july 1976 is an english actor. Benedict cumberbatch introduction of the hound of the. From making smaug and the necromancer sound terrifyingly real in the. Defending the suspect is deemed hopeless, so the case is handed to a novice. The desolation of smaug the dragon smaug, whose hoard of gold includes a gem that our hobbit and dwarves seek, and a. English actor benedict cumberbatch has performed in many films, television series, theatre productions, and recorded lines for various radio programs, narrations and video games. Benedict cumberbatchs success can be attributed to a multitude of roles, but his. In 2012, cumberbatch provided the voice and motioncapture for both smaug the. The hobbit the desolation of smaug the necromancer. The hollow crown is a benedict cumberbatch masterclass. Benedict cumberbatch sala baker as sauron the necromancer was the name that the dark lord sauron took after when he arose after losing his physical body when he was defeated at the end of the second age.
Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch born 19 july 1976 is an english film, television, theatre and voice actor. Take a visual walk through his career and see 14 images of the characters hes voiced and listen to 10 clips that showcase his performances. Below is a section of the various books benedict has narrated and links to buy them to the extent that theyre available. According to the article, cumberbatch will also be the voice of the mysterious necromancer of dol guldur, whom lord of the rings fans know to actually be the dark lord sauron. We all know that benedict cumberbatch made his mark playing literary. English actor benedict cumberbatch has performed in many films, television series, theatre. William pitt in the historical film amazing grace 2006.
Benedict cumberbatch to voice smaug in the hobbit deadline. Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch 19 julie 1976 is an inglis film, televeesion, theatre an vyce actor. Benedict cumberbatch as the voice of smaug and sauron the necromancer benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch born 19 july 1976 is an english film, television, and theatre actor. Benedict cumberbatch voicing smaug and the necromancer. Cumberbatch s first west end theatre appearance was for sir richard eyres revival of hedda gabler in 2005. Deadline reports that benedict cumberbatch will voice the fearsome dragon smaug. See more ideas about benedict cumberbatch, the hobbit, smaug. The quest for stuff video game benedict cumberbatch voice letters live live theater reader rumpole and the old boy net bbc radio rumpole rumpole and the sleeping partners bbc radio rumpole. He later portrayed george tesman in richard eyres revival of hedda gabler 2005 and since then has starred in. Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch was born and raised in london, england. He first performed at the open air theatre, regents park in shakespearean productions and made his west end debut in richard eyres. Bard the bowman, smaug, and the necromancer cast in the.
Benedict cumberbatch voicing the grinch in new how the. He later portrayed george tesman in richard eyres revival of hedda gabler and since then has starred in the royal. Benedict cumberbatch as the voice of smaug and the necromancer. List of benedict cumberbatch performances wikipedia. Benedict cumberbatch continues to fill his plate with charming roles for 2016, with a new announcement today stating that the actor has been cast as the voice of the grinch for illuminations 2017 animated remake of how the grinch stole christmas the first reports of universal and illuminations plans to remake the animated films inspired by the iconic childrens stories of dr. Benedict cumberbatch plays the young, feisty, devastatingly acute horace rumpole in this collection of cracking cases, also starring timothy west as the older rumpole. He set up residence in dol guldur until he could rebuild some of his powers. Benedict cumberbatch as the voice of smaug and sauron the.
Benedict cumberbatch is an english film, television, stage, and voice actor who provides the voice and motion capture for the dragon smaug and the necromancer sauron in the hobbit film trilogy career. Benedict cumberbatch first set hearts aflutter in the bbcs hugely popular sherlock, which returns on new years day, and has since made great waves playing julian assange, khan and now, as the. An unexpected journey 2012 movie the necromancer benedict cumberbatch show nonenglish actors hide nonenglish actors jeremie covillault. Directed by peter jackson the hobbit is a trilogy of films which started with the hobbit. The necromancer is played by benedict cumberbatch he also does the voice of the dragon. Benedict cumberbatch reads sherlock holmes rediscovered railway mysteries. Cumberbatch to voice shere khan in wbs jungle book. The hobbit the desolation of smaug the necromancer scene.
How benedict cumberbatch is putting sexy into the world of classic. Benedict cumberbatch talks voice work and mocap for smaug. Benedict cumberbatch war horse, forthcoming tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, has been rumored to be a part of the cast for quite some time now, but no one knew in what capacity. In these films, cumberbatch splits his time between playing the necromancer. Its been mentioned a while ago that the movies will show us some of the events involving gandalf that happened during the hobbit but which were only mentioned in the books. Sauron voices lord of the rings behind the voice actors.
Benedict cumberbatch is a voice actor known for voicing smaug, agent classified, and grinch. His most acclaimed roles include stephen hawking in the bbc drama hawking 2004, victor frankenstein and his creature in danny boyles stage adaptation of frankenstein 2011 at the royal national theatre, sherlock holmes in the bbcpbs series sherlock, peter guillam in tinker. Ausirbenedict cumberbatch as the voice of smaug and. Sauron the necromancer benedict cumberbatch show nonenglish.
Book club genres all book club genres sorting by best selling this month book lists. He reprised his roles as smaug and the necromancer for the desolation of. Benedict cumberbatch is an english film, television, theatre and voice actor. An unexpected journey which was released on 14 december 2012. Benedict cumberbatch on sounding satanic and studying. He first performed at the open air theatre, regents park in shakespearean.
Literary roles of benedict cumberbatch quirk books. The rediscovered railway mysteries and other stories by john taylor. Benedict cumberbatch is both smaug and necromancer in the. Benedict cumberbatch plays not one, but two, evil presences in the hobbit. Benedict cumberbatch the one wiki to rule them all fandom. Benedict cumberbatch appears in the hobbit as both smaug the dragon and the voice of the necromancer. Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch cbe born 19 july 1976 is an english actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. A graduate of the victoria university of manchester, he continued his training at the london academy of music and dramatic art, obtaining a master of arts in classical acting. Benedict cumberbatch has revealed that his voice work for his the hobbit. The hobbit and wondering wholl voice the dragon smaug, deadline can. Benedict cumberbatch is in great demand as a narrator of audio books. Images of the sauron voice actors from the lord of the rings franchise. Voice of the necromancer from the hobbit sherlock holmes john watson, heart songs, necromancer. The desolation of smaug film smaug necromancer voice little favour short film wallace.
Benedict timothy carlton cumberbatch was born and raised in london. Through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of smaug and the. Cumberbatch will also be the voice of the mysterious necromancer of dol. Benedict cumberbatch is both smaug and necromancer in the hobbit.
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