He’s played Sherlock Holmes in the original series; Khan in Star Wars: Into Darkness, Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, freaking SMAUG in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, but now he is up for his most interesting role yet: opposite The Count from Sesame Street!
That’s right, PBS tweeted out that the August: Osage County actor would be appearing on their show February 4th with the following tweet.
Surprise! Benedict Cumberbatch sheds the serious Sherlock to share some laughs w/ these 2 – stay tuned! #Counterbatch pic.twitter.com/SWbhLezClX
— PBS (@PBS) January 31, 2014
We cannot wait! Wonder if he’ll be doing any of his famed impersonations?!