# What's Benedict Cumberbatch's Best Performance?

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**Created:** [December 5, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-benedict-cumberbatchs-best-performance/803632 "2017-12-05T14:33:11Z")\
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> [@pythonzzz](#):
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> _Atonement_ has him playing (surprise) a totally, posh ass.

As does _Starter for Ten_ (although his part is relatively small - the film is recommended for any James McAvoy fans though).

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**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-benedict-cumberbatchs-best-performance/803632/22 "2017-12-06T12:21:39Z")

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> [@Jophiel](#):
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> Only other place I’ve seen Cumberbatch was the first season of Sherlock which my wife insisted I watch. I felt that Martin Freeman was more interesting, both the character of Watson and Freeman’s performance.

The writers of Sherlock have said that, although the crime solving is interesting, the main point of the series for them is the relationship between Holmes and Watson.  
I think Cumberbatch and Freeman carry this off magnificently.

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**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-benedict-cumberbatchs-best-performance/803632/23 "2017-12-06T16:32:18Z")

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I haven’t seen **[Parade’s End](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1956017/)** mentioned. That’s the first thing I saw him in and still my favorite.

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**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-benedict-cumberbatchs-best-performance/803632/24 "2017-12-07T02:07:43Z")

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> [@teela\_brown](#):
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> Just what I came in to post. He was great in both _Henry VI, Part III_ and _Richard III_. That scene in the _Henry VI_ movie where he comes to kill the former king at the end is bone-chilling.
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> I also loved _The Imitation Game_. His Alan Turing certainly makes Sheldon Cooper look silly.

Yep, agree on the Histories, though I thought he was better in the stripped down film version of Tinker Tailor than the Turing thing

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