List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes

The list of actors 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)
*"'Robert Downey, Jr.
**"Sherlock Holmes"
*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)
* William Gillette
**"Sherlock Holmes" (1898 Broadway production)
*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)
*Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
**"The Blue Carbuncle" (2007 Danish children's audio-drama)
*Ron Moody
**"" (1989 stage production)
*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)
*Michael Pennington
**"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1987 TV film)
*Christopher Plummer
**"Murder by Decree" (1979 film)
*Jonathan Pryce
**"Baker Street Irregulars" (2007 film)
**"Silver Blaze" (1977 TV film)
*Basil Rathbone
**"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)
*Geoffrey Whitehead
**"Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson" (1980 TV series)
* Paxton Whitehead
**"The Crucifer of Blood" (1978 Broadway production)
*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)