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Benedict Cumberbatch Is Going to Be a Dad

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Sadie Gennis

Benedict Cumberbatch, Internet obsession and Golden Globe nominee, is going to be a dad.

A spokesperson for the Imitation Game star confirmed to the Daily Mailthat Cumberbatch's fiancé, actress and director Sophie Hunter, is pregnant. "I am delighted to confirm that Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter are expecting their first child. They are both over the moon," the rep said in a statement.

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The couple got engaged in early November but, according to The New York Post's Page Six (which was the first to report the news), Cumberbatch, 38, and Hunter, 36, are now planning on moving their wedding up to early spring.

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