Son born
Cumberbatch and Hunter welcome their first child, a boy. Rep:
Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter are delighted to announce the arrival of their beautiful son. We would kindly ask everyone to respect the family’s privacy during these next few precious weeks
Cumberbatch, Hunter marry
Cumberbatch marries fiancee Hunter in a private ceremony at St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Mottistone, located on the Isle of Wight in England.
Cumberbatch, Hunter engaged
The couple announce their engagement by placing a classified ad in the The Times.
An announcment in The Times suggests Benedict Cumberbatch is getting married http://t.co/BAuGaNLg73 pic.twitter.com/ZX9v1HJPYM
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 5, 2014
Ice Bucket Challenge: Benedict Cumberbatch
Cumberbatch accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge after being nominated by Tom Hiddleston. He completed the challenge only after providing a brief statement on the importance of the organization. As an Motor Neurone Disease Association Ambassador, completes the challenge not one but over 4 times.
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He nominates Kylie Minogue, Harvey Weinstein, and Lewis Hamilton.
Replaces Guy Pearce in Whitey Bulger film
After scheduling issues with Pearce, Cumberbatch is tapped to take on the role of Billy Bulger, Whitey Bulger’s brother and Massachusett’s State Senator. The project is based on the book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob written by Boston Blobe reporters Dick Lerh and Gerard O’Neill. This movie has been in the works since 2004 and will feature Johnny Depp in the leading role of the ruthless gangster.
Will star in ‘Yellow Birds’
The actor will star in the Iraq war-drama Yellow Birds, based on the 2012 National Book Award finalist by Kevin Powers. Cumberbatch will play an Army sergeant that takes two young soldiers under his wing. The book, based on Powers’ personal experiences in the Iraq War, has been called “the All Quiet on the Western Front for America’s Arab wars” by Tom Wolfe.
Teaches English in Tibet
Cumberbatch teaches English to Tibetan Buddhist monks at a monastery in a Nepali home near Darjeeling
They were amazingly warm, intelligent, humorous people. Hard to teach English to. I built a blackboard, which no other previous teachers seem to have done. With 12 monks in a room with an age-range of about 8 to 40, that’s quite important – and the reward-punishment thing of sweets or no sweets, or game or no game, worked quite well. But they taught me a lot more than I could possibly ever teach them. They taught me about the simplicity of human nature, but also the humanity of it, and the ridiculous sense of humour you need to live a full spiritual life.
Penhaligon’s
During his gap year between attending Harrow’s and Manchester University, the actor hears of an opportunity to volunteer for teaching English at a Tibetan monastery. He seeks out employment at Penhaligon’s perfumery where he works for six months to earn the income he will need to make the journey.I had a real yearning to make use of the opportunities I had at school. When I heard about the gap year of teaching English at a Tibetan monastery, I knew I had to do something about it really quickly otherwise it was going to get allocated. I was very decisive. I worked for six months to drum up the finance as it was voluntary – there was no income.