Watch Benedict Cumberbatch Nail 11 Celebrity Impersonations in a Minute

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By Rishi Iyengar

Benedict Cumberbatch’s impersonation skills are right on point. And we’re not just talking about his next movie, The Imitation Game, in which he plays famous mathematician Alan Turing.

The Sherlock star was put on the spot during an MTV interview and had names of fellow celebrities thrown at him to do impersonations of, including Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, Matthew McConaughey and Taylor Swift.

And like everything else he does, he nailed pretty much every one. (Well, his Christopher Walken impression could use some work, but maybe Kevin Spacey can help.)

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Meet Benedict Cumberbatch's Fiancée Sophie Hunter

Sophie Hunter
Hunter poses in a photo shoot for Savoy Magazine on July 1, 2004.James Bareham—Corbis
VANITY FAIR, Romola Garai, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, 2004, (c) Focus Features/courtesy Ev
Hunter (left) had a small role as Maria Osborne in the 2004 film Vanity FairFocus Films
ITV ARCHIVE
She played the character Tiffany Glass in the pilot for the TV series Mumbai Calling in 2007ITV/REX USA
Hunter and Cumberbatch met on the set of the 2009 film Burlesque FairytalesDouble Barrel Productions
'Enron' press night after party for the West End transfer at the St Martins Lane Hotel, London, Britain - 26 Jan 2010
Sophie Hunter was the associate director on Broadway's Enron. Here she attends the Enron press night in London on Jan. 26, 2010. Dan Wooller—Rex USA
Great Performances
Hunter (top left), played a witch alongside Sir Patrick Stewart's Macbeth in PBS' Great Performances: Macbeth in 2010.Thirteen Productions LLC
The Collective Dinner, London, Britain - 15 May 2014
Hunter and Cumberbatch started seeing each other sometime after Cumberbatch's split from designer Anna Jones in 2012. Here Hunter attends The Collective Dinner in London on May 15, 2014. Rex USA
Celebrities At French Open 2014 : Day 15
The very private couple was recently spotted together at the French Open on June 8, 2014 in Paris, France. Rindoff/Charriau/French Select/Getty Images

 

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