List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty

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The following is a list of actors who have played Professor Moriarty in various media.

Radio and audio dramas

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NameTitleDateType
Louis Hector

| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Missing Leonardo Da Vinci"{{cite book|last=Dickerson|first=Ian|author-link=Ian Dickerson|title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2019|isbn=978-1629335070|page=42}}

| 1932

| Radio (NBC Blue Network)

Charles Bryant

| Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes"{{cite book|last=Dickerson|first=Ian|title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2019|isbn=978-1629335070|page=65}}

| 1935

| Radio adaptation of the play (NBC)

Eustace Wyatt

| The Mercury Theatre on the Air – "Sherlock Holmes"

| 1938

| Radio adaptation of the play (CBS)

Joseph Kearns

| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Singular Case of the Paradol Chamber"{{cite book|last=Dickerson|first=Ian|title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2019|isbn=978-1629335070|page=160}}

| 1945

| rowspan="3"|Radio (Mutual)

Denis Green

| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The April Fool's Adventure"{{cite book|last=Dickerson|first=Ian|title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2019|isbn=978-1629335070|page=196}}

| 1946

Robert Dryden

| The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Guest in the Coffin"{{cite book|last=Dickerson|first=Ian|title=Sherlock Holmes and His Adventures on American Radio|publisher=BearManor Media|year=2019|isbn=978-1629335070|page=269}}

| 1949

Frederick Valk

| Sherlock Holmes{{cite book|last=De Waal|first=Ronald Burt|title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes|year=1974|publisher=Bramhall House|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/383 383]|isbn=0-517-217597|url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/383}}

| 1953

| Radio adaptation of the play (BBC)

Orson Welles

| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem"{{cite book |last=Eyles|first=Alan|title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |url=https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle|url-access=registration|year=1986 |publisher=Harper & Row |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/137 137] |isbn=0-06-015620-1 }}

| 1954

| BBC Light Programme

Ralph Truman

| Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem"{{cite book|last=De Waal|first=Ronald Burt|title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes|year=1974|publisher=Bramhall House|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/385 385]|isbn=0-517-217597|url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/385}}

| 1955

| BBC Home Service

Felix Felton

| Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem"{{cite book|last=De Waal|first=Ronald Burt|title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes|year=1974|publisher=Bramhall House|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/386 386]|isbn=0-517-217597|url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/386}}

| 1957

| BBC Home Service

Rolf Lefebvre

| Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem"{{cite book|last=De Waal|first=Ronald Burt|title=The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes|year=1974|publisher=Bramhall House|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/392 392]|isbn=0-517-217597|url=https://archive.org/details/worldbibliograph00dewa/page/392}}

| 1967

| BBC Light Programme

Michael Pennington

| BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem", "The Empty House"

| 1992

| BBC Radio 4

Ronald Pickup

| BBC Radio Sherlock HolmesThe Valley of Fear{{cite web |url=http://merrisonholmes.com/valley.php |website=The BBC audio complete Sherlock Holmes |title=The Valley of Fear |last=Coules |first=Bert |access-date=8 July 2020}} (The "narrator" is Moriarty.)

| 1997

| BBC Radio 4

David King

| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

| 1993

| BBC radio dramatisation of the novel

Geoffrey Whitehead

| The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

| 1999

| BBC Radio 2

Tony Jay

| Sherlock Holmes Theatre

| 2006

| Hollywood Theatre of the Ear

Nolan Palmer

| The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Moriarty Resurrection"{{cite book|last=Elliott|first=Matthew J.|chapter=The Moriarty Resurrection|title=Sherlock Holmes on the Air|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNi6BAAAQBAJ&q=Nolan+Palmer|publisher=MX Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9781780921051}}

| 2006

| rowspan="2"|Radio (Imagination Theatre)

Richard Ziman

| The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Return of Sherlock Holmes"{{cite web|title=The Return of Sherlock Holmes|url=https://harrynile.com/product/the-return-of-sherlock-holmes/|website=Imagination Theatre|date=2020|access-date=25 March 2020}} (End credits.)

| 2009

Alan Cox

| Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem/The Empty House{{cite web|title=2.1. Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem/The Empty House|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/sherlock-holmes-the-final-problem-the-empty-house-17|website=Big Finish|date=2020|access-date=25 March 2020}}

| 2011

| Audio drama (Big Finish Productions)

Norman Lloyd

| Sherlock Holmes

| 2011

| California Artists Radio Theatre{{cite web |title=Sherlock Holmes - California Artists Radio Theatre|url=https://www.cartradio.com/sherlock-holmes.html |access-date=February 2, 2025|work=cartradio.com}}

Gerard McDermott

| Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Treason-Audible-Original/dp/B084BT2LK4/|title=Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason: An Audible Original Drama|website=Amazon|date=2020|access-date=25 March 2020}} (End credits.)

| 2020

| Audio drama (Audible Original)

Dominic Monaghan

| Moriarty: The Devil's Game{{cite web|url=https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Moriarty-Podcast/B0B2DYRHFC?qid=1666240080&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=PJVMK89AFC563X2M4FEG

|title=Moriarty|website=Audible|date=2022|access-date=20 October 2022}}

| 2022

| Audio drama (Audible Original)

Stage plays

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NameTitleDateType
George Wessells

| Sherlock Holmes

| 1899

| Broadway (American)

Frank Keenan

| Sherlock Holmes

| 1928

| Broadway (American)

Thomas Gomez

| "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Bergère{{cite book |last=Eyles |first=Alan |title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |year=1986 |publisher=Harper & Row |pages=[https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/103 103] |isbn=0-06-015620-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/103 }}

| 1953

| Broadway (American)

Martin Gabel

| Baker Street

| 1965

| Stage musical (Broadway)

Terry Williams

| Sherlock Holmes: The Musical

| 1988

| Stage musical (Exeter, England)

Television and DTV films

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NameTitleDateType
John Huston

| Sherlock Holmes in New York

| 1976

| Television film (American)

Viktor Yevgrafov

| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

| 1980

| Television film (USSR)

Anthony Andrews

| Hands of a Murderer

| 1990

| Television film (British)

Vincent D'Onofrio

| Sherlock: Case of Evil

| 2002

| Television film (American)

Steve Powell

| Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street

| 2010

| Japanese anime film (English dub, released on DVD)

Malcolm McDowell

| Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

| 2010

| Animated direct-to-DVD film (American)

Television series

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NameTitleDateType
Colin Jeavons

| The Baker Street Boys – "The Adventure of the Winged Scarab" Parts 1 and 2

| 1983

| TV episodes (British)

Chikao Ōtsuka

| Sherlock Hound

| 1984–1985

| TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version)

Hamilton Camp

| Sherlock Hound

| 1984–1985

| TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub)

Mauro Bosco

| Sherlock Hound

| 1984–1985

| TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub)

Eric Porter

| Sherlock Holmes

| 1985

| TV series (British)

Daniel Davis

| Star Trek: The Next Generation – "Elementary, Dear Data" and "Ship in a Bottle"
Star Trek Picard (Season 3)

| 1988, 1993, 2023

| TV episodes (American)

John Colicos

| Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson"

| 1989

| TV episode (American)

Richard Newman

| Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

| 1999–2001

| TV series (British-American)

Andrew Scott

| Sherlock

| 2010–2017

| TV series (British)

Natalie Dormer

| Elementary

| 2013–2015

| TV series (American)

Alexey Gorbunov

| Sherlock Holmes

| 2013

| TV series (Russian)

Masashi Ebara

| Sherlock Holmes

| 2014–2015

| TV series (Japanese)

David S. Lee

| The Librarians

| 2015

| TV series (American)

Shima Ōnishi

| Sherlock: Untold Stories

| 2019

| TV series (Japanese)

Seiichirō Yamashita

| Case File nº221: Kabukicho

| 2019–2020

| TV anime series (Japanese) (Japanese version)

Justin Briner

| Case File nº221: Kabukicho

| 2019–2020

| TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub)

Sōma Saitō

| Moriarty the Patriot

| 2020–2021

| TV anime series (Japanese)

Aaron Dismuke

| Moriarty the Patriot

| 2020–2021

| TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub)

Shizuka Ishigami

| Moriarty the Patriot

| 2020–2021

| TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version)

Emily Neves

| Moriarty the Patriot

| 2020–2021

| TV anime series (Japanese) (Younger version) (English dub)

Akira Ishida

| rowspan="2" | Lupin the 3rd Part 6

| 2021-2022

| TV anime series (Japanese)

Khoi Dao

| 2022

| TV anime series (English dub)

Wataru Yokojima

| Undead Girl Murder Farce

| 2023

| TV anime series (Japanese)

Randall Park

| Watson

| 2025

| TV series (American)

Dougray Scott

| Sherlock & Daughter

| 2025

| TV series (American-British)

Dónal Finn

| Young Sherlock

| 2025

| TV series (British)

Theatrical films

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NameTitleDateType
Ernest Maupain

| Sherlock Holmes

| rowspan=2|1916

| First silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)

Booth Conway

| The Valley of Fear

| Silent film (British)

Gustav von Seyffertitz

| Sherlock Holmes

| 1922

| Silent film adaptation of the stage play (American)

Percy Standing

| The Final Problem

| 1923

| Stoll series short silent film (British)

Harry T. Morey

| The Return of Sherlock Holmes

| 1929

| American film

Norman McKinnel

| The Sleeping Cardinal

| 1931

| 1931–1937 film series (British)

Ernest Torrence

| Sherlock Holmes

| 1932

| First sound adaptation of the stage play (American)

rowspan="2"|Lyn Harding

| The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

| 1935

| rowspan="2"|1931–1937 film series (British)

Silver Blaze

| 1937

George Zucco

| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

| 1939

| rowspan="3"|1939–1946 film series (American)

Lionel Atwill

| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

| 1942

Henry Daniell

| The Woman in Green

| 1945

Hans Söhnker

| Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

| 1962

| West German-French-Italian film

Leo McKern

| The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

| 1975

| American film

Laurence Olivier

| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

| 1976

| American film

Anthony Higgins

| Young Sherlock Holmes

| 1985

| American film

Paul Freeman

| Without a Clue

| 1988

| American film

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

| Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street

| 2002

| Japanese anime film (Japanese version)

Richard Roxburgh

| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

| 2003

| American film

Jared Harris

| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

| 2011

| British-American film

Ralph Fiennes

| Holmes & Watson

| 2018

| American film

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

| Enola Holmes 2

| 2022

| Netflix film

Jared Stephens

| Sherlock Holmes: Mare of the Night

| 2025

| American film

Video games

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NameTitleDateType
Roger L. Jackson

| The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo{{cite web |title=The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/The-Lost-Files-of-Sherlock-Holmes-The-Case-of-the-Rose-Tattoo/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=10 July 2020}}{{cite web |title=The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo (DOS) |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/lost-files-of-sherlock-holmes-case-of-the-rose-tattoo |website=MobyGames |access-date=10 July 2020}}

| 1996

| Voice only; digitized sprites based on a different actor

George Gregg

| The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo

| 1996

| Digitized-sprite actor

Unknown actor

| The Testament of Sherlock Holmes

| 2012

| rowspan="2" | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role

Unknown actor

| Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

| 2016

Takaya Hashi

| Fate/Grand Order (Limited event character){{cite web|title=Sherlock Holmes Tries To Solve The Case Of "Fate/Grand Order" Gacha In Latest Event Summoning|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/07/30-1/sherlock-holmes-tries-to-solve-the-case-of-fategrand-order-gacha-in-latest-event-summoning|website=Crunchyroll|last=Green|first=Scott|date=30 July 2017|access-date=12 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Takaya-Hashi/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |title=Takaya Hashi |access-date=12 June 2020}}

| 2017

| Mobile game; voice role (Japanese)

See also

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Actors who have played Professor Moriarty

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