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Benedict Cumberbatch has been named best actor for his starring role in Sherlock at the TV Choice Awards.
The actor, who was recently tipped for an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Alan Turing in new film The Imitation Game
Sherlock success at last month’s Emmys .
Cumberbatch was not present at the awards, but his mother Wanda Ventham, who starred briefly in the show’s last series, and Sherlock star Amanda Abbington were present as the producers and cast accepted the award from Michelle Kegan.
Show all 12 1 /12The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The role that catapulted him to global fame: As a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in BBC drama Sherlock
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch stars alongside Keira Knightley in Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Cumberbatch bore an uncanny resemblance to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate (2013)
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch As Stephen Hawking in the 2004 BBC television film following the physicist's early years at Cambridge University
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch dresses ominously as Richard III for The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature and Cumberbatch as Dr Frankenstein at the National Theatre in 2011
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Cumberbatch took on the role of tortured artist Vincent van Gogh in Alan Yentob's 2011 BBC drama-documentary Van Gogh: Painted With Words
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch as the idealistic Christopher Tietjens in 2012's Parade's End
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Looking sharp as John Harrison in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch With Adelaide Clemens in BBC Edwardian period drama Parade's End
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch Alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor in Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, which won Best Film at the 2014 Oscars
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The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch The many faces of Benedict Cumberbatch As confectionery millionaire and rapist Paul Marshall in Atonement (2007); Sherlock creator Steven Moffat said he wanted Cumberbatch for the detective series after watching the film
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BBC drama Happy Valley was also a double winner, picking up awards for best new drama and best actress, which was won by Sarah Lancashire for her performance as policewoman Catherine Cawood.
Elsewhere, Game of Thrones won best international show, Educating Yorkshire won best factual entertainment show and EastEnders won best soap, with the cast collecting their gong from Mary Berry.
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