First Pictures of Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing

Benedict Cumberbatch is a busy guy these days. Between movies, television, voice work and the occasional stage performance, he seems to be everywhere. Having recently wrapped production on series three of Sherlock, he's moved on to his next project.

Many of you may have never heard of Alan Turing before, but he's a hugely important historical figure. In a nutshell, he was a mathematician who worked with the British government during World War II, discovering the cyphers for the German Enigma machine. He was also a gay man (homosexual acts were illegal in England at that time) - he was discovered to have taken part in them and was prosecuted; a few years later he committed suicide by taking cyanide.

Cumberbatch will be playing Turing in the upcoming film The Imitation Game, and now thanks to our friends at Buzzfeed, we have our first look.

And here's a look at what Alan Turing looked like:

The Imitation Game will hit theatres sometime in 2014. You can see Cumberbatch in another bio-pic The Fifth Estate which is out on October 18th.

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