Beloved and talented English actorÂ Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the upcoming film, ‘The Imitation Game,’ about gay UK codebreaker Alan Turing — the man who saved England in World War II.

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch,Â betterÂ known as simplyÂ Benedict Cumberbatch, is well-known to American audiences from his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC’s “Sherlock,” last year’s “Star Trek Into Darkness” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” and 2011’s “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy“. In November, he’ll play Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game.”

Born in 1912, Turing is known asÂ the “FatherÂ of Theoretical Computer Science andÂ Artificial Intelligence.” He wasÂ a British mathematician,Â logician,Â cryptanalyst, philosopher,Â computer scientist, and mathematical biologist, and createdÂ the concepts of “algorithm” and “computation.” HisÂ Turing machineÂ was the model for the modern-day computer.

Turing was also gay, and despite saving England from Germany in World War II, he was prosecuted and convicted of the “crime” of homosexuality in 1952. He was chemically castrated by the British government. Two years later, he died of cyanideÂ poisoning — likely a suicide.

Time magazine saysÂ “The Imitation Game,” which also starsÂ Keira Knightley, has “already been dubbed ‘Oscar bait’ because itâ€™s, well, a World War II movie coming out in the fall, a particularly jam-packed time for award-worthy releases. Though the trailer focuses mostly on his wartime accomplishments, the movie is said to cover Turinâ€™sÂ entire life story.”

While the film may cover Turing’s life story, the film’s websiteÂ doesn’t mention that he was gay, except for this glossy line: “Turing may have been the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment.”

Regardless, the trailer is amazing.

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Turing biographical information via Wikipedia