List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes

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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.

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Radio and audio dramas

NameTitleDateType
Edward H. SmithThe Sign of the Four [2] 1922Radio (WGY)
William Gillette The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"1930Radio (NBC Blue Network)
Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes"1935Radio adaptation of the play (NBC)
Clive Brook The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League" [3] 1930Radio (NBC)
Richard Gordon The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [3] 1930–1933, 1936Radio (Mutual, NBC)
Louis Hector The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [3] 1934–1935Radio (NBC)
Orson Welles The Mercury Theatre on the Air – "Sherlock Holmes"1938Radio adaptation of the play (CBS)
Basil Rathbone The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939–1946Radio (Blue Network, Mutual)
Arthur Wontner The Boscombe Valley Mystery [4] 1943 BBC Home Service
John CheatleMy Dear Watson [4] 1943
Cedric Hardwicke The Adventure of the Speckled Band [5] 1945
Laidman Browne Silver Blaze [5] 1945
Tom Conway The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1946–1947Radio (ABC)
John Stanley The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1947–1949Radio (Mutual)
H. Marion-Crawford The Adventure of the Speckled Band [5] 1948BBC Home Service
Ben Wright The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1949–1950Radio (ABC)
Carleton Hobbs Sherlock Holmes [6] 1952–1969Radio (BBC series)
John Gielgud The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [7] 1954Radio series (BBC Light Programme)
Richard Hurndall The Sign of Four Parts 1–51959BBC Light Programme
Robert LangfordSherlock Holmes1967South African Broadcasting Corporation
Robert Hardy Sherlock Holmes [8] 1970–1971 LP record series
Robert Powell A Study in Scarlet [9] 1974 BBC Radio 4
Kevin McCarthy CBS Radio Mystery Theater [10] 1977Radio (CBS)
Barry Foster Sherlock Holmes [11] 1978Radio series (BBC Radio 4)
Graham Armitage The Stories of Sherlock Holmes1979–1985Radio series (Springbok Radio)
John Beal CBS Radio Mystery Theater – "The Vanishing Herd" [10] 1981Radio (CBS)
Gordon Gould CBS Radio Mystery Theater [10] 1981–1982
John Moffatt Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula [12] 1981BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
Mark Wing-Davey The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller [13] 1986BBC Radio 4
Tim Pigott-Smith The Valley of Fear [13] 1986
Roger Rees The Hound of the Baskervilles [14] 1988
Ronald Pickup The Singular Case of Sherlock H. and Sigmund F. [15] 1988BBC Radio 3
Clive Merrison BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (the entire canon – the first actor to do so) [16] 1989–1998BBC Radio 4
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series)2002–2010
William ChubbThe Adventure of the Pimlico Poisoner [17] 1990BBC Radio 4
Simon Callow The Seven-Per-Cent Solution1993BBC radio dramatisation of the novel
The Unopened Casebook of Sherlock Holmes [18] 1993Radio series (BBC Radio 5)
John Gilbert The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)1998–2000Radio series ( Imagination Theatre )
Roy Hudd The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1999 BBC Radio 2
John Patrick Lowrie The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series)2001–presentRadio series ( Imagination Theatre )
The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (the entire canon)2005–2016
Roger Llewellyn Sherlock Holmes – The Death and Life, [19] Sherlock Holmes – The Last Act [20] 2009Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions)
Nicholas Briggs Sherlock Holmes [21] 2010–present
Mir Afsar Ali Sunday Suspense [22] 2012-presentRadio Mirchi / Goppo Mir-er Thek
Seamus Dever The Hound of the Baskervilles [23] 2014Audio drama (L.A. Theatre Works)
Derek Jacobi The Hound of the Baskervilles [24] 2017Audio play (Bleak December Inc.)
Orlando Wells Mrs Hudson's Radio Show [25] 2018BBC Radio 4
Nicholas BoultonSherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason [26] 2020Audio drama (Audible Original)
Colin Salmon The Hound of the Baskervilles [27] 2021
Phil LaMarr Moriarty [28] 2022-present
Mark Gatiss Drama on 3 - "The Hound of the Baskervilles" [29] 2023BBC Radio 3
Peterson Joseph Baker Street Four [30] 2023Audible Original
Harry AttwellSherlock & Co [31] 2023-present Scripted podcast (Goalhanger Podcasts)

Stage plays

NameTitleDateType and location
C.H.E. Brookfield Under the Clock [32] 1893Stage (Royal Court Theatre)
John WebbSherlock Holmes [33] 1894Stage (Royalty Theatre, Glasgow)
William Gillette Sherlock Holmes 1899Stage (Broadway)
The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes [34] 1905Stage (Metropolitan Opera House)
John F. PrestonThe Bank of England: An Adventure in the Life of Sherlock Holmes [35] 1900Stage (Clapham)
Clarence Blakiston Sheerluck Jones, or Why D’Gillette Him Off [36] 1901–1902Stage (Terry's Theatre)
Walter EdwardsThe Sign of the Four [34] 1903Stage (West End Theater)
Herbert Kelcey Sherlock Holmes1903Stage (Broadway Theatre, Butte, Montana)
Stage (Spokane Theatre, Spokane, Washington)
Harry Arthur Saintsbury Sherlock Holmes 1903–1910Stage (London)
The Speckled Band [37] 1910
Kenneth Rivington Sherlock Holmes [38] 1904–1905Stage (UK tour)
H. Lawrence Leyton Sherlock Holmes [39] 1905–1906
Károly BaumannSherlock Hohmec, the King of Detectives1905Stage (Hungary)
Arthur V. Johnson The Burglar and the Lady [40] 1905–1906Stage (US)
H. Hamilton Stewart Sherlock Holmes [41] 1906–1918Stage (England)
Ferdinand Bonn Sherlock Holmes [42] 1906Stage (Berliner Theatre)
Der Hund Von Baskerville [42] 1907
Dennis Neilson-Terry The Crown Diamond [43] 1921Stage (London)
Eille Norwood The Return of Sherlock Holmes [44] 1923Stage (UK)
Hamilton Deane Sherlock Holmes [45] 1923–1932
Tod Slaughter The Return of Sherlock Holmes1928Stage (England)
Felix Aylmer The Holmeses of Baker Street [44] 1933Stage (Lyceum Theatre)
Tod Slaughter Sherlock Holmes1930 (~)Stage
Basil Rathbone "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Bergère [46] 1953Stage play
Fritz Weaver Baker Street [47] 1965Stage musical (Broadway Theatre, NYC)
John Neville Sherlock Holmes [48] 1973 (~)Stage (Royal Shakespeare Company)
John Wood Sherlock Holmes 1974–1976Stage (Broadway)
Leonard Nimoy Sherlock Holmes 1976Stage (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Frank Langella Sherlock Holmes [49] 1977, 1981Stage (Williamstown Theater Festival), filmed for TV in 1981
Sherlock's Last Case [50] 1987Stage (Nederlander Theatre)
Paxton Whitehead The Crucifer of Blood 1978Stage (Broadway)
Keith Michell The Crucifer of Blood 1979Stage (London)
Valentīns SkulmeŠerloks Holmss1979Stage (Latvia)
Keith Baxter The Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes [51] 1980Stage (Off-Broadway)
Murder Dear Watson [52] 1983Stage (UK)
Paul SingletonGrit in a Sensitive Instrument1980, 1982Stage (regional theatre, Off-Broadway), cable TV
The Blue Carbuncle2007–2008Stage (Off Broadway, Los Angeles)
Charlton Heston The Crucifer of Blood 1981Stage (Los Angeles)
Sherlock's Last Case1990Stage (Broadway)
Tom Baker The Mask of Moriarty [53] 1985Stage (Dublin)
Alec Baldwin A Study in Scarlet [54] 1987Stage (The Free Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Jeremy Brett The Secret of Sherlock Holmes1988–1989Stage (touring, British)
Time WintersSherlock Holmes and the Hands of Othello1987Stage (Off-Off Broadway, NY)
Ron Moody Sherlock Holmes: The Musical 1989Stage
Christopher Lloyd Sherlock Holmes [55] 1990Stage (The Weston Playhouse)
Javier Marzan The Hound of the Baskervilles [56] 2007Stage (West Yorkshire Playhouse)
Julien MasdouaLe Cabaret Sherlock Holmes2013Stage (France)
Benjamin LawlorThe Hound of the Baskervilles2013Stage (UK)
Simon Michael MorganSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol2013Stage (Britain)
Gregory Wooddell Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery [57] 2015 Arena Stage in Southwest, Washington, D.C.
Euan Morton Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery [58] 2015 Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California
Paul Andrew GoldsmithSherlock Holmes & the Case of the Christmas Carol [59] 2015–2016UK theatre tour
Jay Taylor Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery [60] 2017–2018 Liverpool Playhouse
Luke BartonSherlock Holmes – The Sign of Four [61] 2018–2019UK theatre tour [62]
Collin ConwayThe Hound of the Baskervilles2022Stage (Encore Center Threatre, Southern Pines, NC, USA)
Danny RichterSherlock Holmes und der Hund der Baskervilles [63] 2023–2025European theatre tour [64]

Television and DTV films

NameTitleDateType
Louis Hector The Three Garridebs [65] 1937Television play for NBC (American)
John Longden The Man Who Disappeared 1951Television short
Andrew OsbornThe Mazarin Stone [66] 1951Television film for BBC (British)
Stewart Granger The Hound of the Baskervilles 1972Television film (American)
John Cleese Comedy Playhouse series 13 – "Elementary, My Dear Watson"1973Television film (British)
Roger Moore Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976Television film (American)
Christopher Plummer Silver Blaze 1977Television film (Canadian)
John Cleese The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It 1977Television film (British)
Algimantas Masiulis Blue Carbuncle1980Television film (Belarusfilm)
Frank Langella Standing Room Only Sherlock Holmes [67] 1981Television play for HBO (American)
Tom Baker The Hound of the Baskervilles 1982Television serial in four parts (British)
Peter O'Toole Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear 1983Animated television film (Australian)
Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse 1983
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet1983
Ian Richardson The Sign of Four 1983Television films (British-American)
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983
Peter Cushing The Masks of Death 1984Television film (British)
Guy Rolfe The Case of Marcel Duchamp 1984
Michael Pennington The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1987Television film (American)
Edward Woodward Hands of a Murderer 1990
Charlton Heston The Crucifer of Blood 1991Television film adaptation of the play (American)
Christopher Lee Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991Television films
Incident at Victoria Falls 1992
Patrick Macnee The Hound of London 1993Television film (Luxembourgian/Canadian)
Anthony Higgins Sherlock Holmes Returns 1993Television film (American)
Matt Frewer The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire 2002Television films (Canadian)
The Sign of Four 2001
The Royal Scandal 2001
The Hound of the Baskervilles 2000
James D'Arcy Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002Television film (American)
Richard Roxburgh The Hound of the Baskervilles 2002Television film (British)
Rupert Everett Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking 2004
Jonathan Pryce Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars 2007
Ben Syder Sherlock Holmes 2010DTV film (American)
Michael York Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes 2010Animated DTV film; voice only (American)
Anthony D.P. MannSherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers2011DTV film (Canadian)
Vernon Dobtcheff L'hypothèse de la reine rouge2018Online short film (French)

Television series

NameTitleDateType
Milton Berle Texaco Star Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes in the Mystery of the Sen Sen Murder" [68] 1949TV episode (American)
Alan Napier Your Show Time – "The Speckled Band"1949
Alan Wheatley Sherlock Holmes 1951TV series (British)
Basil Rathbone Suspense – "The Adventure of the Black Baronet"1953TV episode (American)
Ronald Howard Sherlock Holmes 1954–1955TV series (American)
Boris Karloff The Elgin Hour – "Sting of Death"1955Based on the novel A Taste for Honey (American)
Douglas Wilmer Detective – "The Speckled Band"1964 Backdoor pilot for the 1965 series (British)
Sherlock Holmes 1965TV series (British)
Erich Schellow Sherlock Holmes 1967–1968TV series (German)
Peter Cushing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes 1968TV series (British)
Nando Gazzolo Sherlock Holmes 1968TV series (Italian)
Vasily Livanov The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1979–1986TV film series (USSR)
Geoffrey Whitehead Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson 1979TV series (American-Polish)
Peter Lawford Fantasy Island – "Save Sherlock Holmes" [69] 1982TV episode (American)
Guy Henry Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House 1982TV series (British)
Roger Ostime The Baker Street Boys 1983
Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes 1984–1994
Taichirō Hirokawa Sherlock Hound 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version)
Larry Moss 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub)
Elio Pandolfi 1984–1985TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub)
Pat Fraley BraveStarr – "Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century" Parts 1 and 21988Animated TV episodes (American)
Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. Alvin and the Chipmunks – "Elementary, My Dear Simon"1988
Brian Bedford Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"1989TV episode (American)
Jeremy Irons Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party" [70] 1991TV sketch (American)
Peter Capaldi The All New Alexei Sayle Show – "Sherlock Holmes & Watson" [71] 1994TV sketch (British)
Jason Gray-Stanford Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century 1999–2001Animated TV series (American-British)
Robert Webb That Mitchell and Webb Look – "Holmes and Watson"2007TV sketch (British)
Ian Buchanan Batman: The Brave and the Bold – "Trials of the Demon!" [72] 2009Animated TV episode (American)
David Mitchell That Mitchell and Webb Look – "Old Sherlock Holmes"2010TV sketch (British)
Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock 2010–2017TV series (British)
Alexander Armstrong The Armstrong and Miller Show 2010TV sketch (British)
Jonny Lee Miller Elementary 2012–2019TV series (American)
Zach Sherwin Epic Rap Battles of History – "Batman vs. Sherlock Holmes"2012Online series episode (American)
Igor Petrenko Sherlock Holmes 2013TV series (Russian)
Louis Oliver Moffat Sherlock Flashbacks of Holmes as a child 2013TV series (British)
Kōichi Yamadera Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015TV series (Japanese)
Ewan Bremner Houdini & Doyle – "Bedlam"2016TV episode (American)
Mark Caven Houdini & Doyle – "The Pall of LaPier"2016
Yūji Oda IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius2016TV series (Japanese)
Yūko Takeuchi Miss Sherlock 2018
Dean Fujioka Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019
Katsuyuki Konishi Case File nº221: Kabukicho 2019–2020TV anime series (Japanese)
Ian Sinclair 2019–2020TV anime series (English dub)
Maksim Matveyev Sherlock in Russia 2020TV series (Russian)
Makoto Furukawa Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021TV anime series (Japanese)
Theo Devaney 2021TV anime series (English dub)
Henry Lloyd-Hughes The Irregulars 2021TV series (British-American)
Masato Obara Lupin the 3rd Part 6 2021-2022TV anime series (Japanese)
Yong Yea 2022TV anime series (English dub)
Shin-ichiro Miki Undead Girl Murder Farce 2023TV anime series (Japanese)
Mark Gatiss Inside Classical - "The Hound of the Baskervilles" [73] 2023Televised concert (British)
David Thewlis Sherlock & Daughter 2025TV series (American-British)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin Young Sherlock 2025TV series (British)

Theatrical films

NameTitleDateType
Broncho Billy Anderson Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom 1905Silent films (American)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery 1908
Alwin Neuß Sherlock Holmes1908Silent films (German)
The Stolen Legacy (Den stjaalne millionobligation)1911
Detektiv Braun 1914
Der Hund von Baskerville 1914
Viggo Larsen Sherlock Holmes in Deathly Danger1908One-reel short films (Danish)
Raffles Escapes From Prison1908
The Secret Document [74] 1908
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes 1910Silent film (German)
Otto LagoniSherlock Holmes i Bondefangerklør1910Silent short films (Danish)
The Bogus Governess (Den forklædte barnepige)1911
The Black Hand (Den sorte Haand)1911
A Confidence Trick1911
Einar ZangenbergHotel Thieves1911Silent short film (Danish)
Lauritz OlsenDen sorte hætte1911Silent film (Danish)
Mack Sennett The $500 Reward1911Silent short film (American)
Georges Tréville The Speckled Band1912 Éclair series short films (British-French)
Silver Blaze1912
The Beryl Coronet1912
The Musgrave Ritual1912
The Reigate Squares1912
The Stolen Papers1912
The Mystery of Boscombe Valley1912
The Copper Beeches1912
Harry Benham Sherlock Holmes Solves The Sign of the Four [75] 1913Silent two-reel film (American)
James Bragington A Study in Scarlet 1914Silent film (British)
Francis Ford A Study in Scarlet 1914Silent film (American)
William Gillette Sherlock Holmes 1916Silent adaptation of the play (American)
Harry Arthur Saintsbury The Valley of Fear 1916Silent film (British)
Hugo Flink Der Erdstrommotor1917Silent films (German)
Der Schlangenring1917
Die Kassette1917
Eille Norwood 45 short silent films1921–1923 Stoll film series (British)
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1921
The Sign of the Four 1923
John Barrymore Sherlock Holmes 1922Silent adaptation of the play (American)
Carlyle Blackwell Der Hund von Baskerville 1929Silent film (German)
Clive Brook The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1929American film
Paramount on Parade : "Murder Will Out"1930Anthology film sequence (American)
Sherlock Holmes 1932American film
Arthur Wontner The Sleeping Cardinal 1931 1931–1937 film series (British)
The Missing Rembrandt 1932
The Sign of Four 1932
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935
Silver Blaze 1937
Raymond Massey The Speckled Band 1931British film
Robert Rendel The Hound of the Baskervilles 1932
Reginald Owen A Study in Scarlet 1933American film
Bruno Güttner The Hound of the Baskervilles (Der Hund von Baskerville)1937German film
Basil Rathbone The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 1939–1946 film series (USA)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943
Crazy House (short cameo)1943
The Spider Woman 1944
The Scarlet Claw 1944
The Pearl of Death 1944
The House of Fear 1945
The Woman in Green 1945
Pursuit to Algiers 1945
Terror by Night 1946
Dressed to Kill 1946
The Great Mouse Detective 1986Animated film (archive; voice only) (American)
Peter Cushing The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959British film
Christopher Lee Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962West German-French-Italian film
John Neville A Study in Terror 1965British film
Peter Jeffrey The Best House in London (short cameo)1969British film
Robert Stephens The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970American film
Douglas Wilmer The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother 1975
Nicol Williamson The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976
Peter Cook The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978British film
Christopher Plummer Murder by Decree 1979British-Canadian film
Nicholas Rowe Young Sherlock Holmes 1985American film
Mr. Holmes [76] 2015British-American film (cameo in a film-within-the-film)
Michael Caine Without a Clue 1988British film
Juan Manuel MontesinosSherlock Holmes en Caracas [77] 1992Venezuelan film
Joaquim de Almeida A Samba for Sherlock 2001Brazilian-Portuguese film
Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes 2009American-British films
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011
Gary Piquer Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days 2012Spanish film
Ian McKellen Mr. Holmes 2015American film
Yoshimitsu Takasugi The Empire of Corpses 2015Voice role; anime film (Japanese)
Chuck Huber 2016Voice role; anime film (English dub)
Johnny Depp Sherlock Gnomes 2018Voice role; computer-animated film (American)
Naoki Tanaka Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger en Film 2018Japanese film
Will Ferrell Holmes and Watson 2018American film
Henry Cavill Enola Holmes 2020American-British film
Enola Holmes 2 2022

Video games

NameTitleDateType
Peter Farley Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective 1991Consulting Detective series; live-action cutscenes
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. II 1992
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. III [78] 1993
David Ian Davies The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel [79] [80] 1992, 1994Voice role (1992 release); live-action video clips (1994 release)
Jarion Monroe The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [81] 1996Voice only; digitized sprites based on a different actor
George Gregg The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo [81] 1996Digitized-sprite actor
John Bell Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy 2002 Sherlock Holmes series; voice role
Rick Simmonds Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring 2004
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 2007
Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsène Lupin 2007
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper 2009
Kerry Shale Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles2011
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes 2012
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments 2014
Alex Jordan Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter [82] 2016
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One 2021
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened 2023
Shinji Kawada The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures 2015The Great Ace Attorney series; voice role (Japanese)
The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve 2017
Takahiro Mizushima Fate/Grand Order (Limited event character) [83] 2017Mobile game; voice role (Japanese)
Robert Paterson There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension 2020Voice Role (English)
Bradley Clarkson The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures 2021The Great Ace Attorney series; voice role (English, as Herlock Sholmes)
The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve 2021

Actors who have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

A small number of actors have played both Holmes and Watson, including Reginald Owen who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes (1932) and Holmes in A Study in Scarlet (1933); [84] [85] Jeremy Brett, who played Watson on stage in the United States prior to adopting the mantle of Holmes on British television; [86] Howard Marion-Crawford, who played Holmes on British radio and Watson on American television; Carleton Hobbs, who played both roles in British radio adaptations; [87] Patrick Macnee, who played both roles in US television movies; [88] and Anthony D.P. Mann who played Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers (2011) and Watson in the 2017 Bleak December audio adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.

See also

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