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- Jude LawDr. John Watson
- Rachel McAdamsIrene Adler
- Mark StrongBlackwood
- Eddie MarsanInspector Lestrade
- Kelly ReillyMary
- Geraldine JamesMrs. Hudson
- James FoxSir Thomas Rotheram
- Robert MailletDredger
- William Houston (actor)Constable Clark
- Hans MathesonLord Coward
- William Hope (actor)Ambassador Standish
- Clive RussellCaptain Tanner
- David GarrickMcMurdo
- Ky DiscalaMaid
- Andrew BrookeGuard Captain
- Tom Watt (actor)Carriage Driver
- James A. StephensCaptain Philips
Sherlock Holmes (2009) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history, having appeared on screen 254 times as of 2012. [1] Additionally, many actors have portrayed Sherlock Holmes in audio dramas and stage productions.
NameTitleDateTypeHarry AttwellSherlock & Co [26]2023-presentScripted podcast ( Goalhanger Podcasts )2022-presentAudio drama ( Audible Original )The Hound of the Baskervilles [24]2021Audio drama ( Audible Original )Nicholas BoultonSherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason ...2020Audio drama ( Audible Original )1. Basil Rathbone. Actor. Writer. Additional Crew. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War.
- Clive Brook
- Arthur Wontner
- Basil Rathbone
- Peter Cushing
- Jeremy Brett
- Nicholas Rowe
- Jason Gray-Stanford
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- Jonny Lee Miller
Clive Brook is the earliest actor to portray Sherlock Holmes in a speaking role on film. He played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective three times, starring as Sherlock Holmes in The Return Of Sherlock Holmes (1929), in the “Murder Will Out” segment of Paramount On Parade (1930), and Sherlock Holmes (1932). Brook’s first portrayal of Sherlock...
Arthur Wontner was the next most prolific actor to portray Sherlock Holmes on the silver screen. Wontner played Sherlock Holmes in five movies: The Sleeping Cardinal (1931), The Missing Rembrandt (1932), The Sign Of Four: Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest Case (1932), The Triumph Of Sherlock Holmes (1935), and Silver Blaze (1937). Wontner got his start act...
Basil Rathbone has the distinction of the most portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, playing the detective a whopping 17 times. While Rathbone primarily played Sherlock Holmes on film, with his first portrayal being in 1939’s The Hound Of The Baskervilles, he also played him on television as well. Although Sherlock Holmes was Rathbone’s most significant r...
Peter Cushing played Sherlock Holmes twice, both on film and television. Cushing first played the famous detective in a 1959 movie adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes stories. He later portrayed Holmes on television in an eponymous series in 1968, although many of his episodes are...
Jeremy Brett played Sherlock Holmes in an eponymous British television series, which ran for a decade from 1984 to 1994. Of the 60 stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his famous master detective, Brett’s show Sherlock Holmes adapted 43 of them. Although Brett was most known for playing Sherlock Holmes, Brett was a prolific actor, with n...
Nicholas Rowe portrayed Sherlock Holmes in Young Sherlock Holmes, which saw adolescents Sherlock Holmes and John Watson teaming up to solve a mystery at a boarding school. Young Sherlock Holmes is historically significant for featuring the first completely computer-generated character in a full-length feature. Rowe later reprized his role as Sherlo...
Jason Gray-Stanford played Sherlock Holmes from 1999-2001 in the animated television series Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century. This series saw the titular detective being brought back to life in the 22nd century to combat a clone of his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. Outside his role as Sherlock Holmes, Gray-Stanford is a prolific television ...
Robert Downey Jr. has played Sherlock Holmes twice, in the 2009 eponymous movie and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. The movies starring Downey Jr. reimagined the character of Sherlock Holmes as a more Bohemian, eccentric figure. Though there were rumors of a third movie in the series, it hasn't materialized yet. Although his Sherloc...
Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock is perhaps the most famous version of the character in the modern age. Running from 2010 to 2017 (with a potential fifth season up in the air), Sherlockcentered around Sherlock Holmes serving as a consulting detective in modern-day London. Although Cumberbatch rose to prominence due to...
Jonny Lee Miller played Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Elementary, another contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. Set in modern-day New York (which initially drew criticism due to its similarities to Sherlock), the series ran from 2012 to 2019. Outside his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, Miller has had a prolific film and televisi...
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 period mystery action film starring Robert Downey Jr. as the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin.
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
