List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty

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The following is a list of actors who have played Professor Moriarty in various media.

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Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateType
Louis Hector The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Missing Leonardo Da Vinci" [1] 1932Radio (NBC Blue Network)
Charles Bryant Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes" [2] 1935Radio adaptation of the play (NBC)
Eustace Wyatt The Mercury Theatre on the Air – "Sherlock Holmes"1938Radio adaptation of the play (CBS)
Joseph Kearns The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Singular Case of the Paradol Chamber" [3] 1945Radio (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] 1953Radio 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] 1957BBC Home Service
Rolf Lefebvre Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" [10] 1967BBC Light Programme
Michael Pennington BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem", "The Empty House"1992 BBC Radio 4
Ronald Pickup BBC Radio Sherlock HolmesThe Valley of Fear [11] 1997BBC Radio 4
David KingThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution1993BBC 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] 2006Radio ( 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] 2011Audio drama (Big Finish Productions)
Gerard McDermottSherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason [15] 2020Audio drama (Audible Original)
Dominic Monaghan Moriarty: The Devil's Game [16] 2022Audio drama (Audible Original)

Stage plays

NameTitleDateType
George Wessells Sherlock Holmes 1899 Broadway (American)
Frank Keenan Sherlock Holmes 1928Broadway (American)
Thomas Gomez "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Bergère [17] 1953Broadway (American)
Martin Gabel Baker Street 1965Stage musical (Broadway)
Terry Williams Sherlock Holmes: The Musical 1988Stage musical (Exeter, England)

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
John Huston Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976Television film (American)
Viktor Yevgrafov The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1980Television film (USSR)
Anthony Andrews Hands of a Murderer 1990Television film (British)
Vincent D'Onofrio Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002Television film (American)
Steve Powell Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street 2010Japanese anime film (English dub, released on DVD)
Malcolm McDowell Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes 2010Animated direct-to-DVD film (American)

Television series

NameTitleDateType
Colin Jeavons The Baker Street Boys – "The Adventure of the Winged Scarab" Parts 1 and 21983TV episodes (British)
Chikao Ōtsuka Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version)
Hamilton Camp Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub)
Mauro Bosco Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub)
Eric Porter Sherlock Holmes 1985TV series (British)
Daniel Davis Star Trek: The Next Generation – "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle"
Star Trek Picard (Season 3)
1988, 1993, 2023TV episodes (American)
John Colicos Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"1989TV episode (American)
Richard Newman Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century 1999–2001TV series (British-American)
Andrew Scott Sherlock 2010–2017TV series (British)
Natalie Dormer Elementary 2013–2015TV series (American)
Alexey Gorbunov Sherlock Holmes 2013TV series (Russian)
Masashi Ebara Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015TV series (Japanese)
David S. Lee The Librarians 2015TV series (American)
Shima Ōnishi Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019TV series (Japanese)
Seiichirō Yamashita Case File nº221: Kabukicho 2019–2020TV anime series (Japanese) (Japanese version)
Justin Briner Case File nº221: Kabukicho 2019–2020TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub)
Sōma Saitō Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Aaron Dismuke Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub)
Shizuka Ishigami Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version)
Emily Neves Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version) (English dub)
Dougray Scott Sherlock & Daughter 2025TV series (American-British)
Dónal Finn Young Sherlock 2025TV series (British)

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Ernest Maupain Sherlock Holmes 1916First silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)
Booth Conway The Valley of Fear Silent film (British)
Gustav von Seyffertitz Sherlock Holmes 1922Silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)
Percy Standing The Final Problem1923 Stoll series short silent film (British)
Harry T. Morey The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929American film
Norman McKinnel The Sleeping Cardinal 1931 1931–1937 film series (British)
Ernest Torrence Sherlock Holmes 1932First sound adaptation of the stage play (American)
Lyn Harding The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 1931–1937 film series (British)
Silver Blaze 1937
George Zucco The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 1939–1946 film series (American)
Lionel Atwill Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942
Henry Daniell The Woman in Green 1945
Hans Söhnker Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962West German-French-Italian film
Leo McKern The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother 1975American film
Laurence Olivier The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976American film
Anthony Higgins Young Sherlock Holmes 1985American film
Paul Freeman Without a Clue 1988American film
Kiyoshi Kobayashi Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street 2002Japanese anime film (Japanese version)
Richard Roxburgh The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003American film
Jared Harris Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011British-American film
Ralph Fiennes Holmes & Watson 2018American film
Sharon Duncan-Brewster Enola Holmes 2 2022Netflix film

Video games

NameTitleDateType
Roger L. Jackson The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [18] [19] 1996Voice only; digitized sprites based on a different actor
George Gregg The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [19] 1996Digitized-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] 2017Mobile game; voice role (Japanese)

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