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#10: Benedict Cumberbatch
Here's a household name that's also fun to say: the British actor seemed to be everywhere this year, from Springfield (as a voice on "The Simpsons") to Middle Earth (he provides the dragon's voice in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ) to the world of WikiLeaks (The Fifth Estate).
However, the film that boldly brought him into the ranks where no Cumberbatch has gone before was Star Trek Into Darkness, in which he mightily flexed (and forced the Enterprise to crash) as the formidable, genetically-engineered superman known as Khan.
Cumberbatch returns to TV in January 2014 in new episodes of "Sherlock".
Here's a household name that's also fun to say: the British actor seemed to be everywhere this year, from Springfield (as a voice on "The Simpsons") to Middle Earth (he provides the dragon's voice in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ) to the world of WikiLeaks (The Fifth Estate).
However, the film that boldly brought him into the ranks where no Cumberbatch has gone before was Star Trek Into Darkness, in which he mightily flexed (and forced the Enterprise to crash) as the formidable, genetically-engineered superman known as Khan.
Cumberbatch returns to TV in January 2014 in new episodes of "Sherlock".
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