Benedict Cumberbatch does impressions of Alan Rickman, Tom Hiddleston and Matthew McConaughey – and he’s BRILLIANT

GIVE HIM AN OSCAR NOW

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by Emmeline Saunders |
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Not-married-yet-so-we-can-still-slavishly-follow-his-every-move-without-enterting-weirdo-territory-man Benedict Cumberbatch has proved he really is the best person EVER with this video of him doing impressions of fellow celebrities.

The Imitation Game actor was challenged to take on the personas of Jack Nicholson, John Malkovich, Alan Rickman, Sean Connery, Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, The Dark Knight Rises’ Bane and Matthew McConaughey – and did amazingly.

He was also asked to try Christopher Walken and, er, Taylor Swift, but couldn’t quite pull them off. WHICH ONLY MAKES HIM HOTTER, AMIRIGHT.

Benedict, who has already been tipped for an Oscar for his turn as World War 2 maths genius Alan Turing, last week announced his engagement to theatre director Sophie Hunter via the social column of The Times.

Parts of the heat office are still unusable thanks to the sheer amount of flooding that occurred when 80% of us burst into tears, but we’re doing better now, thanks for asking.

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Domhnall Gleeson

He’s ginger, he’s got the pale white skin of a milk bottled angel and he played the heroic Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise. AND he’s got the blood of acting royalty - Brendan Gleeson and Mary Gleeson – pumping through his veins. PHWOAR.

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Julian Ovenden

Julian’s currently starring as Lady Mary’s socialist suitor, Charles Blake, in Downton Abbey. However, he’s excelled in a slew of period productions throughout his acting career, which has led us to believe that he’s an ACTUAL ENGLISH GENTLEMAN. With manners and proper pronunciation and everything. Cool fact: He recently told us that he made a boa constrictor cake for his son for his birthday, which he pressed a sieve against to give the appearance of scales. What more could you want in a man? Except, maybe, an absence of a child, and a fantastic opera-singing wife. SIGH.

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Eddie Redmayne

He might have sounded a bit like Kermit in Les Miserables, but this 32-year-old British actor is definitely more prince than frog. We’d better snog him a few times just to check.

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Allan Leech

Allan’s not a particularly inspiring name, but hopefully this Irish charmer can make a stand for Allans everywhere. Cast in Downton Abbey as the ambitious chauffeur Tom Branson, Allan is set to ruffle a few feathers in the upcoming Imitation Game alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.

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Freddie Fox

What is it about thespian dynasties and their ability to produce super-hot blokes? Is it something to do with the concentration of their genes? Freddie’s mum and dad are Joanna David and Edward Fox, and his older sis is Emilia Fox. He also counts Billie Piper as his cousin by marriage, which is nice.

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Max Irons

You might recognise melt-in-the-mouth Max from the film The Riot Club, which was out earlier this autumn. But if you’re not already a devotee, there’s plenty of reason to start now. With that cut-glass accent and chiselled, straight-out-of-a-Burberry-advert jawline (he’s a former model for the company), he gives off the constant air of having just represented Oxford University in a rugby match. You get the feeling that engaging in any kind of physical activity with him would feel a bit like romping with a future prime minister, just without the annoying political banter and ensuing press coverage. Power = sexy.

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Austin Butler

We first spied this blond bombshell in the Carrie Diaries, and now we can’t stop dribbling over his Instagram. Soz, Austin. Come to the UK soon, yeah?

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Justin Chambers

He plays Dr Alex Karev in Grey’s Anatomy, but you might have seen his gorgeous fizzog around elsewhere before that. He was an American model back in the day, and he has a really fat old beagle called D'Artagnan. Unfortunately he’s married. To his wife of 20 years. Damn…

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Jesse Williams

Another Grey’s Anatomy stalwart, Jesse plays Dr Jackson Avery and… sorry, did you say something? We just… his eyes, we… drowning…

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Nathan Fillion

Nathan’s got the kind of face that a lot of guys have, but better. It’s much better than all those other guys. You might recognise him from Castle, Desperate Housewives, or pretty much any American TV series. We like his funny hair.

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Chris Pratt

He's funny and he's in loads of stuff. And he's got a nice face. And a decent body. That's all you need to know.

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Martin Compston

This man is very Scottish, and he looks cheeky. We like this combination.

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Dougie Poynter

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Brock Hurn

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Douglas Booth

Like the English version of Chace Crawford. We would. Several times over.

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Theo James

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Sam Claflin

We'd let him play Hunger Games with us all day long.

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Matthew Goode

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Kwabs

British singer with the voice of an angel and the face of a god. Yes please.

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