List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes

The list of people who have played Sherlock Holmes in film, television, stage, or radio includes:

• Hans Albers
  • The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937 film, Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war)
• Joaquim de Almeida
  • The Xango from Baker Street (2001 film, O Xangô de Baker Street)
• James D'Arcy
  • Sherlock (2002 TV film)
• Tom Baker
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 mini series)
• John Barrymore
  • Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)
• Jeremy Brett
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-1994 TV series)
• Clive Brook
  • Sherlock Holmes (1932 film)
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929 film)
• Michael Caine
  • Without a Clue (1988 film)
• John Cleese
  • The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977 film)
  • Elementary, My Dear Watson (1973 TV film)
• Peter Cook
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)
• Peter Cushing
  • The Masks of Death (1984 TV film)
  • Sherlock Holmes (1965-1968 TV series)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)
• Rupert Everett
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004 TV film)
• Matt Frewer
  • The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002 TV film)
  • The Sign of Four (2001 TV film)
  • The Royal Scandal (2001 TV film)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000 TV film)
• Stewart Granger
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 TV film)
• Charlton Heston
  • The Crucifer of Blood (1991 TV film)
• Carleton Hobbs
  • On BBC Radio (1952-1969 radio series)
• Ronald Howard
  • Sherlock Holmes (1954-1955 TV series)
• Frank Langella
  • Sherlock Holmes (1981 TV film)
• Peter Lawford
  • Fantasy Island, episode "The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes" (1982 TV series)
• Christopher Lee
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1992 TV film)
  • Incident at Victoria Falls (1991 TV film)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962 film, Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband der Todes)
• Vasili Livanov
  • Nine Russian TV films from 1979 to 1986
• Patrick Macnee
  • The Hound of London (1993 TV film)
• Raymond Massey
  • The Speckled Band (1931 film)
• Clive Merrison
  • On BBC Radio (1989-2004 radio series)
• Roger Moore
  • Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976 TV film)
• John Neville
  • A Study in Terror (1965 film)
• Leonard Nimoy
  • Sherlock Holmes (Royal Shakespeare Company stage production)
• Eille Norwood
  • Numerous silent films from 1920 to 1923
• Peter O'Toole
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983 cartoon)
  • Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983 cartoon)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983 cartoon)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983 cartoon)
• Reginald Owen
  • A Study in Scarlet (1933 film)
• Christopher Plummer
  • Murder by Decree (1979 film)
  • Silver Blaze (1977 TV film)
• Basil Rathbone
  • The Great Mouse Detective (1986 cartoon)
  • Suspense, episode "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" (1953 TV series)
  • Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
  • Terror by Night (1946 film)
  • Pursuit to Algiers (1945 film)
  • The Woman in Green (1945 film)
  • The House of Fear (1945 film)
  • The Pearl of Death (1944 film)
  • The Scarlet Claw (1944 film)
  • The Spider Woman (1944 film)
  • Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943 film)
  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943 film)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943 film)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942 film)
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)
• Robert Rendel
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film)
• Ian Richardson
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 TV film)
  • The Sign of Four (1983 TV film)
• Nicholas Rowe
  • Young Sherlock Holmes (1985 film)
• Richard Roxburgh
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 TV film)
• Robert Stephens
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970 film)
• Nicol Williamson
  • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976 film)
• Douglas Wilmer
  • The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975 film)
  • BBC series (1964-1965 TV series)
• Arthur Wontner
  • Silver Blaze (1937 film)
  • The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935 film)
  • The Sign of Four (1932 film)
  • The Missing Rembrandt (1932 film)
  • The Sleeping Cardinal (1931 film)
• John Wood
  • Sherlock Holmes (1974-1976 Broadway theatre production)
• Edward Woodward
  • Hands of a Murderer (1990 TV film)