# List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch.
Benedict Cumberbatch is English actor known for his performances on stage and screen. Over his career he has received several accolades including a British Academy Television Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards.
For his roles on film he received two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayals of Alan Turning in the historical drama The Imitation Game (2014) and a sadistic rancher in the western psychological drama The Power of the Dog (2021). In addition, he has received two BAFTA Award nominations, two Golden Globe Award nominations, and five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations among others.
He gained stardom and acclaim for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the PBS series Sherlock from 2010 to 2017. The role earned him six Primetime Emmy Award nominations as well as the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Sherlock: His Last Vow (2014). He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for playing the title character in the Showtime series Patrick Melrose (2018).
For his roles on the West End stage, he received three Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Frankenstein (2012). In 2014, Time magazine included him in its annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World". He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2015, for his services to the performing arts and to charity. On 1 July 2018, Cumberbatch was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award at The South Bank Sky Arts Awards.

## Major awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated | |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 2004 | Best Actor | Hawking | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Supporting Actor | Small Island | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Actor | Richard III | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Actor | Patrick Melrose | Won |
| British Academy Britannia Awards |||||
| 2013 | British Artist of the Year | British Artist of the Year | Won |

### Critics' Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards |||||
| 2013 | Best Acting Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Acting Ensemble | August: Osage County | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Actor in an Action Movie | Doctor Strange | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Acting Ensemble | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards |||||
| 2012 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock | Won |
| 2013 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Parade's End | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards |||||
| 2023 | Best Actor in a Superhero Movie | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Nominated |

### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2012 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Parade's End | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Sherlock: His Last Vow | Won |
| 2016 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Sherlock: The Lying Detective | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Patrick Melrose | Nominated |
| Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series | Nominated | Patrick Melrose |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2012 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Patrick Melrose | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |

### Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2006 | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Hedda Gabler | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Frankenstein | Won |
| 2016 | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hamlet | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2013 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | August: Osage County | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2017 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Sherlock | Nominated |
| 2022 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |

## Industry awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| AACTA Awards | 2014 | Best International Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| AACTA Awards | 2021 | Best International Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2014 | The Variety Award | The Imitation Game | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2013 | Best Ensemble | August: Osage County | Won |
| Hollywood Film Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Won |
| National Film Awards UK | 2015 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Won |
| National Film Awards UK | 2022 | Outstanding Performance | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | 2019 | Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie | The Grinch | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2014 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2021 | Best Actor – Motion Picture | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Saturn Awards | 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Star Trek Into Darkness | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 2017 | Best Actor in a Film | Doctor Strange | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2014 | Choice Animated Movie: Voice | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2017 | Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy | Doctor Strange | Nominated |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2021 | TIFF Tribute Actor Award | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Saraqusta Film Festival | 2022 | Best Script | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Won |

## Television awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Crime Thriller Awards | 2010 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Won |
| Crime Thriller Awards | 2012 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Won |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2004 | Television Films - Best Performance by an Actor | Hawking | Won |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2006 | Mini-Series - Best Performance by an Actor | To the Ends of the Earth | Won |
| Golden Nymph Awards | 2014 | Television Films - Best Performance by an Actor | Sherlock | Nominated |
| National Television Awards | 2011 | Best Drama Performance | Sherlock | Nominated |
| National Television Awards | 2013 | Best Drama Performance | Sherlock | Nominated |
| National Television Awards | 2014 | Best TV Detective | Sherlock | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2008 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | The Last Enemy | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2012 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Sherlock | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2013 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Parade's End | Nominated |
| TV Choice Awards | 2012 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Won |
| TV Choice Awards | 2014 | Best Actor | Sherlock | Won |

## Theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Critics' Circle Theatre Awards | 2012 | Best Actor | Frankenstein | Won |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 2010 | Best Actor | After the Dance | Nominated |
| Evening Standard Theatre Awards | 2011 | Best Actor | Frankenstein | Won |
| Ian Charleson Awards | 2001 | Best Classical Stage Performance | Love's Labour's Lost | Nominated |
| Ian Charleson Awards | 2005 | Best Classical Stage Performance | Hedda Gabler | Won |
| Whatsonstage.com Awards | 2011 | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | After the Dance | Nominated |
| Whatsonstage.com Awards | 2016 | Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Hamlet | Won |

## Film critics association awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | 3rd Place |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Runner-up |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2021 | Best Ensemble | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 2022 | Best Ensemble | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Hollywood Critics Association | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2022 | Best Ensemble | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle | 2007 | Best British Breakthrough Actor | Amazing Grace | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Actor of the Year | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle | 2014 | British/Irish Actor of the Year | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| London Film Critics Circle | 2022 | British/Irish Actor of the Year | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Runner-up |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | 2nd Place |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| New York Film Critics Online | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2013 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Nominated |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 2022 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Won |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2013 | Best Ensemble | 12 Years a Slave | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2014 | Best Actor | The Imitation Game | Nominated |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2021 | Best Actor | The Power of the Dog | Nominated |