--- ---  # Here's Benedict Cumberbatch Doing His Dragon Voice From _The Hobbit_ at Comic-Con by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 29, 2014 3:17 PM UTC  Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, on March 3, 2014. Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, on March 3, 2014.Danny Moloshok—Reuters by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 29, 2014 3:17 PM UTC At San Diego Comic-Con this year, Benedict Cumberbatch was quite the busy little bee. When he wasn’t off [chillin’ with penguins](http://time.com/3031194/benedict-cumberbatch-chills-with-a-penguin-at-comic-con/), he was indulging his fans (er, excuse me, his Cumberbabes) by practicing the [dragon voice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os1G8RtqY2c) that he crafted for _The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug_. Sadly, he only says one phrase in this very special voice, but come on, don’t be greedy. Benedict Cumberbatch Does Hobbit Dragon Voice at San Diego Comic Con ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3051686/benedict-cumberbatch-hobbit-voice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3051686/benedict-cumberbatch-hobbit-voice/"},"headline":"Here's Benedict Cumberbatch Doing His Dragon Voice From The Hobbit at Comic-Con","datePublished":"2014-07-29T15:17:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:59.963Z","description":"He sure knows how to please a crowd","url":"https://time.com/3051686/benedict-cumberbatch-hobbit-voice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Benedict Cumberbatch","San Diego","celebrity","Comic Con"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacbf1f3be39d3b98/6986892dadae44866f54260b/benedict-cumberbatch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltacbf1f3be39d3b98/6986892dadae44866f54260b/benedict-cumberbatch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, on March 3, 2014.","caption":"Benedict Cumberbatch arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, on March 3, 2014.","creditText":"Danny Moloshok—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3051686/benedict-cumberbatch-hobbit-voice/","name":"Here's Benedict Cumberbatch Doing His Dragon Voice From The Hobbit at Comic-Con"}}]}] ```