![]() “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”: This adaptation of the John Le Carre novel was one of Cumberbatch’s earliest roles in a major movie. In 1961, Montalban dubbed the English-language voice of Claudius for a German-language screen version of “Hamlet” directed by Maximillian Schell. “Star Trek Into Darkness”: In this sci-fi sequel, Cumberbatch played the interstellar villain Khan - a role originated on screen in 1982 by Ricardo Montalban. The cast also included Sam Shepard, who played the Ghost in the 2000 Michael Almereyda film adaptation of “Hamlet,” starring Ethan Hawke. “August: Osage County”: Cumberbatch had a brief role in this adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Tony Award-winning play. “The Fifth Estate”: Playing Julian Assange in this movie based on the Wikileaks controversy, Cumberbatch acted alongside Dan Stevens, formerly of “Downton Abbey.” In the PBS series, Stevens’ mother is played by Penelope Wilton, who earned raves as Gertrude opposite Jude Law in a 2009 London production of “Hamlet.” The supporting cast also featured Paul Giammati, who played a middle-aged Hamlet at Yale Repertory Theater in 2013. “12 Years a Slave”: Cumberbatch had a brief role in Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning drama. The voice cast also featured Swedish actor Peter Stormare, who played Hamlet in an Ingmar Bergman stage production that came to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1988. ![]() “Penguins of Madagascar”: Cumberbatch lent his voice to this Dreamworks Animation movie, in which he played a grey wolf. His co-star Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf, performed “Hamlet” back in 1971 in Britain and on tour. Tolkien, Cumberbatch donned a motion-capture suit to play the dragon Smaug. “The Hobbit” movies: For Peter Jackson’s trilogy adapted from the novel by J.R.R.
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