Playing the role of Sherlock Holmes is probably an entry on many actors’ bucket lists. Here are five essential men who have (or will) fill the shoes of the legendary detective.

On TV, the record was Jeremy Brett’s, who played Sherlock Holmes in 41 episodes of an adaptation by the TV company Granada Television between 1984 and 1994.

Ian McKellen's career has been long and varied, and in addition to Professor X (of the X-Men) and Gandalf, he also counts Sherlock Holmes as one of his many roles. He played the character, whom he ...

Sherlock Holmes, as first published in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, wasn't the first fictional detective—but he's undoubtably the most famous. Sure, you probably remember seeing him in a ...

Sherlock Holmes can be old-school, punk, steampunk, or just a boor with great cheekbones. He’s survived silent films, ...

Sherlock Holmes has been played by 75 actors in 211 movies Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law star in director Guy Ritchie's latest adaptation, opening on Christmas The character was created by doctor ...

In 1989 the actor memorable played The Great Detective in The Secret of Sherlock Holmes at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre. Accompanied by faithful Watson – played on screen and stage by Edward ...

Christian Kohn (born 1968) He may not be as well known as some Sherlocks who have gone before, but the leading man in the Cleveland Play House's "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure," which opens ...

Edward Hardwicke, who played Dr. John Watson opposite Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes on television in the 1980s and ’90s, died of cancer May 16 in a hospice in Chichester in southern England.

"Mad Men" star Jared Harris will play the nefarious Moriarty in Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes 2," the actor's publicist has ... Harris famously played Andy Warhol in Mary Harron's acclaimed 1996 ...