Benedict Cumberbatch officiates gay wedding

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Benedict Cumberbatch officiates gay wedding on Mediterranean island resort

'Star Trek Into Darkness' actor helps friends tie the knot in beautiful Ibiza ceremony.

By Ethan Sacks / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Thursday, July 25, 2013, 1:20 PM

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Newly ordained Benedict Cumberbatch officiated the wedding of two gay friends Saturday at the Hacienda Hotel Ibiza.

Is there anything Benedict Cumberbatch can’t do?

Fresh off an Emmy nomination for the mini-series “Parade’s End” and a breakthrough role as the villain in “Star Trek Into Darkness,” the 37-year-old British actor married a gay couple on the Spanish island of Ibiza on Saturday.

Courtesy of Ivan Massow

Benedict Cumberbatch flew into the Spanish island of Ibiza on his 37th birthday on Friday to make the wedding.

Cumberbatch, a newly ordained minister, officiated the wedding of his friends Seth Cummings and Rob Ridner, according to the a Facebook post from one of the guests.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the BBC's 'Sherlock,' is fresh off an Emmy nomination for miniseries 'Paradise's End.'

The wedding-goer also posted several pictures of the ceremony itself, conducted atop a cliff on the grounds at the Hacienda Hotel Ibiza, overlooking a picture-post card view of the Mediterranean Sea during the ceremony.

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Benedict Cumberbatch arriving at the Ibiza Airport wearing a suit jacket and shorts with a pair of flip-flops Friday, a day before the wedding he officiated.

In the photos, Cumberbatch sported a black suit with a white dress shot, with the buttons left open at the collar.

“It's a very private, lovely thing to be asked to do," Cumberbatch told Vulture last week before the ceremony. "Of course, I'm going to make a joke after it, 'I do weddings. Next will be children's parties and Bat Mitzvahs,' if it goes well.

“It's a mainly Jewish and gay audience, so hopefully they will be lenient towards me."