Sherlock series 3: Ten things you didn't know about Benedict Cumberbatch

January 11, 2014 - 12:16 GMT hellomagazine.com

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Benedict's full name is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch.

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One of his first acting roles was playing Titania, the Queen of the Fairies, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, when he was 13-years-old.

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Benedict has a condition called heterochromia, which means that his eyes are different colours.

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An adrenaline junkie, Benedict enjoys skydiving, high-speed motorcycling and hot-air ballooning.

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The 37-year-old actor was once held at gunpoint and kidnapped in South Africa whilst driving to the set of To the Ends of the Earth, but managed to talk his way into being released.

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Before attending the University of Manchester, he took a gap year and taught English in a Tibetan monastery.

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A fan-made video of Benedict facing Tom Hiddleston in a dance-off went viral.

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His favourite films include Ghostbusters and Annie Hall.

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Benedict does a great impression of Alan Rickman, and even voiced him in an episode of The Simpsons.

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If stranded on a desert island, Benedict has said his choice items would be a scuba diving kit, a Kindle and a survival handbook.

Ten things you didn't know about Benedict Cumberbatch

Ten things you didn't know about Benedict Cumberbatch

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