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.

沪江娱乐快讯:得益于他在Tumblr(汤不热,美国一社交网站,类似轻博客)上的超高人气,这位现年35岁的英国演员近日被英国《太阳报》的读者票选为“全球最性感男士”,同时他也被邀请出演众多电影角色。

在2011年,本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇曾在多部电影中担当配角,其中包括获得奥斯卡最佳影片提名的电影《战马》以及《锅匠,裁缝,士兵,间谍》,但是他将在一些还未上映的大片中担任主角。本尼迪克特•康伯巴目前正在拍摄J•J•艾布拉姆斯的《星际迷航》系列电影,一段用iphone录制的试镜视频让他获得了这个恶棍的角色。网上有传言说他将出演“可汗”这一经典的坏蛋角色,但是这个消息尚未得到证实。

在《星际迷航》上映之前,本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇将在彼得•杰克逊的《指环王》三部曲之《霍比特人》中再次扮演一个大坏蛋。本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇在这部电影中实际上扮演了两个角色,一个是通过动作捕捉技术扮演怪兽史矛革,并为其配音,另一个角色则是亡灵巫师,也就是后来为人所知的索隆。与他合作过《新福尔摩斯》的马丁•弗里曼在本片中扮演比尔伯•巴金斯,因此,他们俩在这部电影里将不再是一对好搭档,而是一对敌人。

除了这两部还未上映的好莱坞大片以外,影迷们还能欣赏到本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇获得奥利弗奖(Olivier Award,英国最重要的戏剧及音乐剧大奖)的作品《弗兰肯斯坦》。这部舞台剧去年曾在伦敦的英国国家大剧院演出过,将于今年7月开始在其他剧院上演。在这出由丹尼•波尔导演的舞台剧中,本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇与约翰尼•李•米勒)轮流扮演弗兰肯斯坦博士和他造出来的“怪物”。

还有消息称本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇有望与丽芙•泰勒(Liv Tyler)共同出演一部名叫《凤凰城》(Phoenix,暂译)独立电影。