Pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch, then and now

[evila_elf]

Okay, I went a bit crazy. Was just going to grab a picture from every year I can...and that turned into grabbing a picture from every role, movie and theatre that I could. And then I went and added my favorite pic from every photo shoot! XD

Lots of pictures ahead! Some I took myself from the source, some were youtube clips, and some were from Google.
Please correct me if I have any wrong.

(Warning: Possible spoilers for upcoming roles)


We begin with a baby pic:


2000 - Heartbeat


2001 - (Theatre) Love's Labour Lost


2002 - Fields of Gold


2002 - Silent Witness


2002 - Spooks


2002 - (Theatre) As You Like It



2002 - (Theatre) Romeo and Juliet


2002 - Tipping the Velvet


2003 - Cambridge Spies


2003 - Fortysomething


2004 - Dunkirk


2004 - Hawking


2004 - (Radio) Kepler


2004 - Heartbeat (second appearance)


2004 - (Theatre) Lady from the Sea


2005 - Broken News


2005 - Nathan Barley


2005 - (Theatre) Hedda Gabler


2005 - To the Ends of the Earth


2006 - Amazing Grace


2006 - Period of Adjustment


2006 - Starter for 10


2006 - (Photoshoot) Jake Walters


2007 - (Photoshoot) The Times


2007 - Inseparable


2007 - Stuart: A Life Backwards


2007 - (Theatre) Rhinoceros


2007 - (Theatre) The Arsonists


2007 - Atonement


2008 - The Last Enemy


2008 - Marple: Murder is Easy


2008 - The Other Boleyn Girl


2008 - (Theatre) The City


2008 - (Photoshoot) Sarah Dunn


2008 - (Photoshoot) Cambridge Jones


2008 - (Radio) Cabin Pressure


2009 - (Photoshoot) Alex MacNaughton


2009 - Creation


2009 - Small Island


2009 - (Theatre) Turning Point


2010 - Four Lions


2010 - Sherlock Series 1


2010 - (Theatre) After the Dance


2010 - Third Star


2010 - Van Gogh: Painted with Words


2010 - (Photoshoot) Graham Jepson


2010 - (Photoshoot) Jay Brooks


2010 - (Photoshoot) John Ferguson


2010 - (Photoshoot) Justin Sutcliffe


2010 - (Photoshoot) Marie Claire


2010 - (Photoshoot) My Cultural Life


2010 - (Photoshoot) Spencer Murphy


2010 - (Photoshoot) The Observer


2010 - (Photoshoot) The Sunday Times


2010 - (Photoshoot) The Times


2010 - The Whistleblower


2011 - (Theatre) Frankenstein


2011 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


2011 - War Horse


2011 - Wreckers


2011 - (Photoshoot) The Guardian - Frankenstein promotion


2011 - (Photoshoot) Venice Film Festival


2012 - Sherlock Series 2


2012 - Olympics Intro


2012 - Arena: The Dreams of William Golding


2012 - Parade's End


2012 - (Photoshoot) La Times


2012 - (Photoshoot) Gareth Iwan Jones


2013 - Star Trek 2: Into Darkness


2012 - (Photoshoot) Elle Japan

Comments

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Okay, this is like PICSPAM OF AWESOME! XD

1. Spooks. Want.
2. Tipping the Velvet. Um, no.
3. Lady from the Sea *pets*
4. Third Star - guh
5. Sherlock Series 2 and Star Trek - ROFL

PS you may want to warn for ST spoilage, although obviously I don't care. Also, now I want to see Smaug... *g*

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

And here I'd been thinking I had seen him in about everything that I wanted to. Looks like I have a bunch more movies to track down!

RE: Hobbit - I look forward to the behind the scenes as he uses the motion capture for the role(s)!

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, he appears all of one minute and a half, as a half-wit who commits treason from stupidity, and most of the time in his only scene the camera busies itself with Matthew Macfadyen.

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

Are you referring to Tipping the Velvet? That's interesting if you are, because that was exactly the reason I didn't like the pic - it looked like he 'wasn't quite all there', if you know what I mean. How appropriate XD

[shezan.livejournal.com]

No, to that episode of Spooks in which he has a very small part. I haven't seen "Tipping The Velvet".

[daasgrrl.livejournal.com]

kk, appreciate it. Although I am a sucker for suits XD

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

It's like he just keeps getting more gorgeous by the year.... (WOAH I HADN'T SEEN THE PARADE'S END PIC YET THANK U THANK U)

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Welcome :)

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Inseparable is quite clever (I do have a pic of it above). It would make a nice longer movie!

In looking how many things he has had going on at once, I am amazed! Quite the busy actor!

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

I'm not really one to be hunting around for photos, so this was a bit of a fun for me. Which pics do you talk of? Last ones I have run across were from ST. :)

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! That is awesome!

And cool! Thanks for the pics!

[softcake-70.livejournal.com]

What a lovely picspam, thanks for sharing.
BC is such a cutie :)

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Welcome. And yes, yes he is XD

[splix.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic, thank you! :D

[twinkelbelpeach.livejournal.com]

These are lovely and thank you so much. The only thing I'm curious about is that I know I saw him in a four part play on youtube called 'The Turning Point'. Is it on here somewhere under a different name?

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

OMG Thank you!
I saw Turning Point as well. It isn't listed on Wiki in his theatre credits, so I missed it. It has been added to 2009.

[gypsyandthecat.livejournal.com]

This is great! I wish they would stop parting his freaking hair. The theater shots are amazing, I've been trying to find a collection of those. You can see his acting skills ooze out of them. Nice job.

[siptah57.livejournal.com]

Funny to see Jared Harris with him in the Period of Adjustment picture as he played Moriarty is the most recent Sherlock movie with RDJ.

[dr-ducktator.livejournal.com]

WELL DONE!!! And thank you!

[iruka-usako.livejournal.com]

I laughed really hard at the Series 2 pic!

He seems to have quite a few roles that require him to wear the flowy, poofy sleeved shirt.

[ascendant-angel.livejournal.com]

Not only was there an abundance of lovely pics to look at, I also feel educated. I knew a lot of these but not everything and I couldn't have put it in chronological order.

[midniterose.livejournal.com]

I saw Hawking and Starter for Ten before Sherlock aired and I had admired Benedict's amazing acting and thought he was good looking. I didn't see any of his work until Sherlock and then found out that the Benedict that plays Sherlock is the same Benedict that I saw a few years before.

Yeah, weird I know but not everything of Benedict's airs on Australian television or in cinemas.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Nice time line!

[cherish4.livejournal.com]

This is brilliantly done! It's interesting to see just how much stuff he's done, plus all the different looks/haristyles he's had over the years.

[lingdouble.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!
It's a nice timeline and he didn't change a lot these years XDD
After reading this, feel like knowing Benedict's career more!

[darkscarab.livejournal.com]

I know, he really hasn't changed that much!

[elychari.livejournal.com]

no pics from cabin pressure?

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Cabin Pressure was for radio, wasn't it? I didn't know that there were any pics from his radio stuff. I'll scope it out when I get home :)

[elychari.livejournal.com]

yeah, its a radio show but i remember seeing a lot of benedict as martin crieffe pics for cabin pressure in tumblr a while ago.

[darkscarab.livejournal.com]

Ummm Thank you for these :)

[corpsebride05.livejournal.com]

This was fun!

BC website with photos of Cabin Pressure and a whole lot more!

http://benedictcumberbatch.co.uk/cabin-pressure-promotional-/

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I had run across that site when I was in search of theatre pics, but never thought to look for other stuff...looks like I might have to include photo shoots as well now....

[shadowfireflame.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! Very helpful to keep everything in perspective, too!

[thsfuhqinsux.livejournal.com]

Why doesn't he age? Well, I mean, after the baby picture, which was adorable, BTW. But lovely timeline.

[jbsnow.livejournal.com]

would you like some better ones from The Last Enemy? i screencapped the whole thing...

[vash-chan.livejournal.com]

This BC picspam rules. Thanks for sharing ^^

[troublesize.livejournal.com]

Haha, wonderful! I generally have no complaints about Benedict-related picspams, and this is absolutely no exception! Although, I am upset about the number of theatre productions he's been in and I'll never get to see.... *sigh* at least there are photos for me to ogle!

[dwell-ondreams.livejournal.com]

You've made me very happy. Thank you. :D

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I love this! This is mesmerising. And so educational! There is such a lot here that I didn't even know about! Yum yum yum. You are lovely for having posted this, you darling!

[mariole.livejournal.com]

What a lovely, educational spam. I was really impressed by all his different looks-- although I do agree with those who say he doesn't age either!

I looked up the archives of the BC site to find comments on Wreckers, which I just watched, and found this lovely link as a bonus. Thank you!

[evila-elf.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D Love it when people still find this. I had just updated a few pics the other day, too :)

Glad you enjoyed!