1917

…big screen, directing the acclaimed 1917, about World War I. The film, which he also cowrote, received the Golden Globe for best drama, and Mendes won for best director. It later garnered 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture and nods for best director and best original screenplay for Mendes. In…

…the World War I drama 1917, which was directed by Sam Mendes. Cumberbatch later portrayed a Cold War spy in The Courier (2020).

…the World War I drama 1917 (2019), which was directed by Sam Mendes. His credits from 2020 included an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and the drama Supernova, about a man taking a road trip with his long-term partner (played by Stanley Tucci) after the latter is…

…in the 2019 war film 1917; starring as a rideshare driver who takes a hostage in an episode (2019) of Netflix’s Black Mirror, for which he received an Emmy nomination); and winning a third Laurence Olivier Award, this time for his performance as Garry Eserdine, the lead character in Noël…