# List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty

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

## Radio and audio dramas

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| Louis Hector | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Missing Leonardo Da Vinci" | 1932 | Radio (NBC Blue Network) |
| Charles Bryant | Lux Radio Theatre – "Sherlock Holmes" | 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" | 1945 | Radio (Mutual) |
| Denis Green | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The April Fool's Adventure" | 1946 | Radio (Mutual) |
| Robert Dryden | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Guest in the Coffin" | 1949 | Radio (Mutual) |
| Frederick Valk | Sherlock Holmes | 1953 | Radio adaptation of the play (BBC) |
| Orson Welles | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" | 1954 | BBC Light Programme |
| Ralph Truman | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" | 1955 | BBC Home Service |
| Felix Felton | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" | 1957 | BBC Home Service |
| Rolf Lefebvre | Sherlock Holmes – "The Final Problem" | 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 Holmes – The Valley of Fear | 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" | 2006 | Radio (Imagination Theatre) |
| Richard Ziman | The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" | 2009 | Radio (Imagination Theatre) |
| Alan Cox | Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem/The Empty House | 2011 | Audio drama (Big Finish Productions) |
| Norman Lloyd | Sherlock Holmes | 2011 | California Artists Radio Theatre |
| Gerard McDermott | Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason | 2020 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |
| Dominic Monaghan | Moriarty: The Devil's Game | 2022 | Audio drama (Audible Original) |

## Stage plays

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| George Wessells | Sherlock Holmes | 1899 | Broadway (American) |
| Frank Keenan | Sherlock Holmes | 1928 | Broadway (American) |
| Thomas Gomez | "Sherlock Holmes" by Ouida Bergère | 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

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| 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

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| 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 | Lupin the 3rd Part 6 | 2021-2022 | TV anime series (Japanese) |
| Khoi Dao | Lupin the 3rd Part 6 | 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

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| Ernest Maupain | Sherlock Holmes | 1916 | First silent film adaptation of the stage play (American) |
| Booth Conway | The Valley of Fear | 1916 | 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) |
| Lyn Harding | The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | 1935 | 1931–1937 film series (British) |
| Lyn Harding | Silver Blaze | 1937 | 1931–1937 film series (British) |
| George Zucco | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1939 | 1939–1946 film series (American) |
| Lionel Atwill | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | 1942 | 1939–1946 film series (American) |
| Henry Daniell | The Woman in Green | 1945 | 1939–1946 film series (American) |
| 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

| Name | Title | Date | Type |
| Roger L. Jackson | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo | 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 | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role |
| Unknown actor | Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | 2016 | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role |
| Takaya Hashi | Fate/Grand Order (Limited event character) | 2017 | Mobile game; voice role (Japanese) |