The following is a list of actors who have played Professor Moriarty in various media.
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Louis Hector | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Missing Leonardo Da Vinci" [1] | 1932 | Radio (NBC Blue Network) |
Charles Bryant | Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes" [2] | 1935 | Radio adaptation of the play (NBC) |
Eustace Wyatt | The Mercury Theatre on the Air – "Sherlock Holmes" | 1938 | Radio adaptation of the play (CBS) |
Joseph Kearns | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Singular Case of the Paradol Chamber" [3] | 1945 | Radio (Mutual) |
Denis Green | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The April Fool's Adventure" [4] | 1946 | |
Robert Dryden | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Guest in the Coffin" [5] | 1949 | |
Frederick Valk | Sherlock Holmes [6] | 1953 | Radio adaptation of the play (BBC) |
Orson Welles | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" [7] | 1954 | BBC Light Programme |
Ralph Truman | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" [8] | 1955 | BBC Home Service |
Felix Felton | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" [9] | 1957 | BBC Home Service |
Rolf Lefebvre | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" [10] | 1967 | BBC Light Programme |
Michael Pennington | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem", "The Empty House" | 1992 | BBC Radio 4 |
Ronald Pickup | BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes – The Valley of Fear [11] | 1997 | BBC Radio 4 |
David King | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1993 | BBC radio dramatisation of the novel |
Geoffrey Whitehead | The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | 1999 | BBC Radio 2 |
Nolan Palmer | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Moriarty Resurrection" [12] | 2006 | Radio ( Imagination Theatre ) |
Richard Ziman | The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" [13] | 2009 | |
Alan Cox | Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem/The Empty House [14] | 2011 | Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) |
Gerard McDermott | Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason [15] | 2020 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
Dominic Monaghan | Moriarty: The Devil's Game [16] | 2022 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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George Wessells | Sherlock Holmes | 1899 | Broadway (American) |
Frank Keenan | Sherlock Holmes | 1928 | Broadway (American) |
Thomas Gomez | "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Bergère [17] | 1953 | Broadway (American) |
Martin Gabel | Baker Street | 1965 | Stage musical (Broadway) |
Terry Williams | Sherlock Holmes: The Musical | 1988 | Stage musical (Exeter, England) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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John Huston | Sherlock Holmes in New York | 1976 | Television film (American) |
Viktor Yevgrafov | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson | 1980 | Television film (USSR) |
Anthony Andrews | Hands of a Murderer | 1990 | Television film (British) |
Vincent D'Onofrio | Sherlock: Case of Evil | 2002 | Television film (American) |
Steve Powell | Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | 2010 | Japanese anime film (English dub, released on DVD) |
Malcolm McDowell | Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | Animated direct-to-DVD film (American) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Colin Jeavons | The Baker Street Boys – "The Adventure of the Winged Scarab" Parts 1 and 2 | 1983 | TV episodes (British) |
Chikao Ōtsuka | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version) |
Hamilton Camp | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub) |
Mauro Bosco | Sherlock Hound | 1984–1985 | TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub) |
Eric Porter | Sherlock Holmes | 1985 | TV series (British) |
Daniel Davis | Star Trek: The Next Generation – "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle" Star Trek Picard (Season 3) | 1988, 1993, 2023 | TV episodes (American) |
John Colicos | Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" | 1989 | TV episode (American) |
Richard Newman | Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century | 1999–2001 | TV series (British-American) |
Andrew Scott | Sherlock | 2010–2017 | TV series (British) |
Natalie Dormer | Elementary | 2013–2015 | TV series (American) |
Alexey Gorbunov | Sherlock Holmes | 2013 | TV series (Russian) |
Masashi Ebara | Sherlock Holmes | 2014–2015 | TV series (Japanese) |
David S. Lee | The Librarians | 2015 | TV series (American) |
Shima Ōnishi | Sherlock: Untold Stories | 2019 | TV series (Japanese) |
Seiichirō Yamashita | Case File nº221: Kabukicho | 2019–2020 | TV anime series (Japanese) (Japanese version) |
Justin Briner | Case File nº221: Kabukicho | 2019–2020 | TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) |
Sōma Saitō | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
Aaron Dismuke | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) |
Shizuka Ishigami | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version) |
Emily Neves | Moriarty the Patriot | 2020–2021 | TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version) (English dub) |
Dougray Scott | Sherlock & Daughter | 2025 | TV series (American-British) |
Dónal Finn | Young Sherlock | 2025 | TV series (British) |
Name | Title | Date | Type |
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Roger L. Jackson | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [18] [19] | 1996 | Voice only; digitized sprites based on a different actor |
George Gregg | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [19] | 1996 | Digitized-sprite actor |
Unknown actor | The Testament of Sherlock Holmes | 2012 | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role |
Unknown actor | Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | 2016 | |
Takaya Hashi | Fate/Grand Order (Limited event character) [20] [21] | 2017 | Mobile game; voice role (Japanese) |
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