How many actors have played Sherlock Holmes?

Answer 1

If you mean the 2010 BBC production that is featured on PBS Masterpiece:

It is a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. Watson.

Answer 2

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous British sleuth, who solves mysteries through deductive reasoning, has been played on stage, screen, television and radio by too many actors to mention since the character's creation in 1887. Among the notable portrayers of Holmes on film:

• William Gillette, "Sherlock Holmes" (1916).
• John Barrymore, "Sherlock Holmes" (1922).
• Clive Brook, "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1929).
• Basil Rathbone, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1939) and others.
• Peter Cushing, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959).
• Sir Christopher Lee, "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (1962) and others).
• Robert Stephens, "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970).
• Nicol Williamson, "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" (1976).
• Sir Roger Moore, "Sherlock Holmes in New York" (1976).
• Christopher Plummer, "Murder By Decree" (1979).
• Nicholas Rowe, "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985).
• Sir Michael Caine, "Without a Clue" (1988).
• Robert Downey, Jr. "Sherlock Holmes" (2009) and others.

Actors who have played Holmes on television include:

• Jeremy Brett, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (Granada TV 1984-1994).
• Richard Roxburgh, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (BBC1, 2002).
• Benedict Cumberbatch, "Sherlock" (BBC1 and PBS, 2010 - present).
• Jonny Lee Miller, "Elementary" (CBS, 2012 - present)