Sherlock Holmes (Character)

Created by Arthur Conan Doyle and appeared as the main character in a series of novels and short stories.

In the Guiness Book of Records as the character played by the most actors.

Actors who've Played Sherlock Holmes

 * Tom Baker (Hound of the Baskervilles [TV Film] 1982)
 * Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock [TV Series])
 * Peter Cushing (The Hound of the Baskervilles [Film] 1959, Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes [TV Series], The Masks of Death [TV Film] 1984)
 * Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes [Film], Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [Film])
 * Rupert Everett (Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking [TV Film])
 * Christopher Lee (Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, Incident at Victoria Falls)
 * Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary [TV Series])
 * Roger Moore (Sherlock Holmes in New York [TV Film])
 * Basil Rathbone (15 films)

Characters who "are Sherlock Holmes"

 * James Bond
 * The Doctor
 * Capt. Esteban
 * Khan Noonien Singh