<P> Doctor Strange is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the fourteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . The film was directed by Scott Derrickson , who wrote it with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill , and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character , along with Chiwetel Ejiofor , Rachel McAdams , Benedict Wong , Michael Stuhlbarg , Benjamin Bratt , Scott Adkins , Mads Mikkelsen , and Tilda Swinton . In Doctor Strange , surgeon Strange learns the mystic arts after a career - ending car accident . </P>
<P> Doctor Strange is a 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the fourteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . The film was directed by Scott Derrickson , who wrote it with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill , and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character , along with Chiwetel Ejiofor , Rachel McAdams , Benedict Wong , Michael Stuhlbarg , Benjamin Bratt , Scott Adkins , Mads Mikkelsen , and Tilda Swinton . In Doctor Strange , surgeon Strange learns the mystic arts after a career - ending car accident . </P>
who is the actor who plays doctor strange
who is the actor who plays doctor strange
Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch