Although Sherlock will complete its second run on U.S. television on Sunday night, it won't take much detective work to track down the future whereabouts of its star, Benedict Cumberbatch.

The 35-year old Brit, recently voted The Sun's Sexiest Man thanks to help from his rabid Tumblr fanbase, has a long line of roles ready to for the big screen.

Cumberbatch held a series of supporting movie roles in 2011, including best picture Oscar nominee War Horse and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, but he will take a more leading part in a series of upcoming tentpoles. He is shooting J.J. Abrams' Star Trek sequel -- he was cast thanks to an iPhone audition -- in which he will play a villain. Rumors around the web have him taking on the role of the classic baddie Khan, though that has not been confirmed.

Before Star Trek hits theaters, though, he'll star in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit -- again playing a villain. In fact, he has two roles: He's voicing and doing motion-capture work for the monster Smaug, as well as playing the Necromancer (or, as he'll later be known, Sauron). It also will see him reunite with his Sherlock co-star, Martin Freeman, though instead of partners, they'll be on opposite sides, as Freeman is playing Bilbo Baggins.

Beyond that, fans will be able to see Cumberbatch's Olivier Award-winning turn in the stage production of Frankenstein, which ran at the National Theatre in London last year and is coming to theaters in June. With castmate Jonny Lee Miller, Cumberbatch alternated between playing Dr. Frankenstein and his monster in the Danny Boyle-directed performance.

Cumberbatch also is rumored to be attached the indie film Phoenix, which would co-star Liv Tyler.

滬江娛樂(lè)快訊：得益于他在Tumblr（湯不熱，美國(guó)一社交網(wǎng)站，類(lèi)似輕博客）上的超高人氣，這位現(xiàn)年35歲的英國(guó)演員近日被英國(guó)《太陽(yáng)報(bào)》的讀者票選為“全球最性感男士”，同時(shí)他也被邀請(qǐng)出演眾多電影角色。

在2011年，本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇曾在多部電影中擔(dān)當(dāng)配角，其中包括獲得奧斯卡最佳影片提名的電影《戰(zhàn)馬》以及《鍋匠，裁縫，士兵，間諜》，但是他將在一些還未上映的大片中擔(dān)任主角。本尼迪克特?康伯巴目前正在拍攝J?J?艾布拉姆斯的《星際迷航》系列電影，一段用iphone錄制的試鏡視頻讓他獲得了這個(gè)惡棍的角色。網(wǎng)上有傳言說(shuō)他將出演“可汗”這一經(jīng)典的壞蛋角色，但是這個(gè)消息尚未得到證實(shí)。

在《星際迷航》上映之前，本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇將在彼得?杰克遜的《指環(huán)王》三部曲之《霍比特人》中再次扮演一個(gè)大壞蛋。本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇在這部電影中實(shí)際上扮演了兩個(gè)角色，一個(gè)是通過(guò)動(dòng)作捕捉技術(shù)扮演怪獸史矛革，并為其配音，另一個(gè)角色則是亡靈巫師，也就是后來(lái)為人所知的索隆。與他合作過(guò)《新福爾摩斯》的馬丁?弗里曼在本片中扮演比爾伯?巴金斯，因此，他們倆在這部電影里將不再是一對(duì)好搭檔，而是一對(duì)敵人。

除了這兩部還未上映的好萊塢大片以外，影迷們還能欣賞到本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇獲得奧利弗獎(jiǎng)（Olivier Award，英國(guó)最重要的戲劇及音樂(lè)劇大獎(jiǎng)）的作品《弗蘭肯斯坦》。這部舞臺(tái)劇去年曾在倫敦的英國(guó)國(guó)家大劇院演出過(guò)，將于今年7月開(kāi)始在其他劇院上演。在這出由丹尼?波爾導(dǎo)演的舞臺(tái)劇中，本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇與約翰尼?李?米勒）輪流扮演弗蘭肯斯坦博士和他造出來(lái)的“怪物”。

還有消息稱(chēng)本尼迪克特?康伯巴奇有望與麗芙?泰勒（Liv Tyler）共同出演一部名叫《鳳凰城》（Phoenix，暫譯）獨(dú)立電影。