Awards
On record for their credited titles
Oscars
2 nominations
Emmys
1 won
+ 3 nominations
Golden Globes
3 nominations
BAFTAs
6 nominations
- Won Emmy · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Sherlock · 2014
- Nominated Oscar · Best Actor The Power of the Dog · 2022
- Nominated Oscar · Best Actor The Imitation Game · 2015
- Nominated Emmy · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Sherlock · 2017
- Nominated Emmy · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Sherlock · 2016
- Nominated Emmy · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Sherlock · 2012
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Power of the Dog · 2022
- Nominated Golden Globe · Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Imitation Game · 2015
- Nominated Golden Globe · Best Actor – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Sherlock · 2013
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Actor in a Leading Role The Power of the Dog · 2022
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Leading Actor The Hollow Crown · 2017
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Actor in a Leading Role The Imitation Game · 2015
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Actor Sherlock · 2015
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Actor Sherlock · 2012
- Nominated BAFTA · Best Actor Sherlock · 2011
29
Wins
73
Nominations
102 awards — Benedict Cumberbatch
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Primetime Emmy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock · 2014 | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock · 2017 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock · 2016 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock · 2012 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Television Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Sherlock · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Sherlock · 2016 | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | Sherlock · 2014 | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
5 nominations
| Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | August: Osage County · 2013 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave · 2014 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Sherlock · 2018 | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Sherlock · 2015 | Nominee |
20th Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
21st Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
| Best Actor in an Action Movie | Doctor Strange · 2016 | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sherlock · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
72nd Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
87th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
BAFTA Television Awards 2017
1 nomination
| Best Leading Actor | The Hollow Crown · 2017 | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Super Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Superhero Movie | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness · 2023 | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock · 2018 | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock · 2010 | Nominee |
TV Choice Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2011 | Nominee |
Crime Thriller Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2012 | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2010 | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2014 | Nominee |
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2013 | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2011 | Winner |
National Television Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best TV Detective | Sherlock · 2014 | Winner |
| Best Drama Performance | Sherlock · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Drama Performance | Sherlock · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Drama Performance | Sherlock · 2011 | Nominee |
London Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
| British/Irish Actor of the Year | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
Russian National Movie Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Foreign Hero of the Year | Sherlock · 2015 | Winner |
| Foreign Actor of the Year | Sherlock · 2015 | Nominee |
18th Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Hollywood Actor Award | The Imitation Game · 2014 | Winner |
2014 Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Ensemble Cast | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Winner |
2015 Newport Beach Film Festival Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Winner |
AACTA International Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
Britannia Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| British Artist of the Year | Star Trek Into Darkness · 2013 | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Winner |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Winner |
Hollywood Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Ensemble of the Year | August: Osage County · 2013 | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Winner |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinema Vanguard Award | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Winner |
Silver Dragon
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best actor | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · 2022 | Winner |
British Academy Television Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2015 | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2012 | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2011 | Nominee |
2014 London Film Critics' Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Actor of the Year | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
| British Actor of the Year | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Doctor Strange · 2017 | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Star Trek Into Darkness · 2014 | Nominee |
Seoul International Drama Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2016 | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Sherlock · 2014 | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Acting Ensemble | August: Osage County · 2013 | Nominee |
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Nominee |
17th British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2014 | Nominee |
19th Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2014 | Nominee |
2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2014 | Nominee |
2014 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
2014 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
2014 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2014 | Nominee |
4th AACTA International Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
68th British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · 2011 | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Ensemble | August: Osage County · 2013 | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film Performance | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Doctor Strange · 2017 | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Doctor Strange · 2016 | Nominee |
Georgia Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
Golden Nymph Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Television Film | Sherlock · 2014 | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Imitation Game · 2015 | Nominee |
Kids' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie | The Grinch · 2019 | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Villain | Star Trek Into Darkness · 2014 | Nominee |
Phoenix Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Cast | August: Osage County · 2013 | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Power of the Dog · 2022 | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | The Power of the Dog · 2021 | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Fantasy Actor | Doctor Strange · 2017 | Nominee |
Total Film Hotlist
1 nomination
| Hottest Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · 2012 | Nominee |
YouMovie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · 2012 | Nominee |
All credits
A
84
12 Years a Slave
C
68
August: Osage County
B
76
Star Trek Into Darkness
D
51
The Fifth Estate
B
79
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
B
75
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A
82
The Hollow Crown
B
71
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
B
72
War Horse
B
74
Four Lions
A
85
Sherlock
B
70
The Whistleblower
D
59
Creation
C
62
The Other Boleyn Girl
A
80
Atonement
B
72
Amazing Grace
C
68
Starter for 10
B
77
Nathan Barley
–
Marple
–
Fortysomething
–
Silent Witness
–
Heartbeat
A
80
The Simpsons
C
66
Saturday Night Live