--- title: Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombs U2 at the Oscars 2014 description: Move over, 12 Years A Slave. This was the night's real Best Picture. canonical: https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-03T12:39:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:48.227Z og:title: Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombs U2 at the Oscars 2014 og:description: Move over, 12 Years A Slave. This was the night's real Best Picture. og:url: https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Benedict Cumberbatch Photobombs U2 at the Oscars 2014 twitter:description: Move over, 12 Years A Slave. This was the night's real Best Picture. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Benedict Cumberbatch is Lord of the Photobomb  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 3, 2014 12:39 PM UTC  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 3, 2014 12:39 PM UTC Benedict Cumberbatch would like to thank U2 for giving him such an incredible opportunity, and God for giving him the strength to reach for the stars. And the Academy, and his family. Bono, it’s been an honor working with you. © Mike Blake / Reuters / REUTERS Actor Benedict Cumberbatch jumps behind U2 at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/"},"headline":"Benedict Cumberbatch is Lord of the Photobomb","datePublished":"2014-03-03T12:39:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:48.227Z","description":"Move over, 12 Years A Slave. This was the night's real Best Picture.","url":"https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","awards","Oscars","Benedict Cumberbatch","Bono","U2"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11334/benedict-cumberbatch-oscars-photobomb-u2-bono/","name":"Benedict Cumberbatch is Lord of the Photobomb"}}]}] ```