(#1) Benedict Cumberbatch
- 39
Sherlock (2010 - 2017)
(#2) Jeremy Brett
- Dec. at 62 (1933-1995)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1988)
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)
(#3) Robert Downey Jr.
- 53
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
(#4) Basil Rathbone
- Died at 75 (1892-1967)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
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 (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)
(#5) Ian McKellen
- 79
Mr. Holmes (2015)
(#6) Christopher Lee
- 96
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)
Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)(#7) Michael Caine
- 85
Without a Clue (1988)
(#8) Christopher Plummer
- 89
Murder by Decree (1979)
(#9) Jonny Lee Miller
- 46
Elementary (2012 - 2019)
(#10) Peter Cushing
- Died at 81 (1913-1994)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1968)
The Masks of Death (1984)
(#11) Ian Richardson
- Dec. at 73 (1934-2007)
The Sign of Four (1983)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)(#12) Roger Moore
- 91
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
(#13) Jonathan Pryce
- 68
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
(#14) Nicol Williamson
- Dec. at 75 (1936-2011)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
(#15) Tom Baker
- 85
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
(#16) Douglas Wilmer
- 99
Sherlock Holmes (1965)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
(#17) Peter Jeffrey
- Dec. at 70 (1929-1999)
The Best House in London (1969)
(#18) Robert Stephens
- Dec. at 64 (1931-1995)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
(#19) Rupert Everett
- 59
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
(#20) Francis Ford
- Dec. at 72 (1881-1953)
A Study in Scarlet (1914)
(#21) Will Ferrell
- 51
Holmes & Watson (2018)
(#22) John Neville
- Dec. at 86 (1925-2011)
A Study in Terror (1965)
(#23) John Barrymore
- Dec. at 60 (1882-1942)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
(#24) Matt Frewer
- 61
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
(#25) Nicholas Rowe
- 52
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
(#26) Richard Roxburgh
- 57
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
(#27) Peter Cook
- Dec. at 58 (1937-1995)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
New Random Displays Display All By Ranking
About This Tool
Sherlock Holmes is the most famous and outstanding detective in the history of world literature. He is keen on observation, has outstanding reasoning ability, and is good at solving problems through observation and deductive reasoning, and legal knowledge. Conan Doyle has written more than 60 novels of the Sherlock Holmes series. He usually sits leisurely in Room B at 221 Baker Street, smoking a pipe and waiting for a commission.
Over the past few decades, many movies and TV shows have been developed with Sherlock as the main character, adapted from real events or suspenseful novels. Many actors are also famous for their classic Sherlock roles. The random tool lists 27 outstanding actors who played Sherlock.
Our data comes from Ranker, If you want to participate in the ranking of items displayed on this page, please click here.