Support WBURBenedict Cumberbatch: Code Breaker Alan Turing Was A Puzzle HimselfPlay08:14Download AudioNPR StaffNovember 21, 2014 ShareBenedict Cumberbatch plays British mathematician Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. "You're not asked to like the character," Cumberbatch says. "You're introduced to him, warts and all." (Black Bear Pictures)