Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed he secretly underwent surgery following surfing injury

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed he secretly underwent surgery following a brutal surfing injury.The English actor, 49, who was seen with his arm in a sling at the Cannes Film Festival in May, damaged his shoulder as a result of 'overdoing' his favourite pastime and went under the knife after spending over a year in pain.Speaking on the SmartLess podcast , he said: 'I started in my forties, and I’m near the end of my forties, and I’m still feeling like I’m starting.'But I had a short operation, so I haven’t done it at all for about six months. But I love it.'Of his injury, he added: 'It’s a long time of ill use and a lot of surfing in very bad conditions and overdoing it.'I had a torn rotator cuff and then also a frozen shoulder on top of it, which I only found when I went into it to do the repair to the rotator, which was a complete tear. I lived with chronic pain for about a year and a half.'