# List of male detective characters

This is a list of fictional male detective characters from novels, short stories, radio, television, and films.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* External links

## A

* Detective Chief-Inspector Roderick Alleyn, by Ngaio Marsh
* Jonathan Ames, Bored to Death: A Noir-otic Story by Jonathan Ames
* Bob Andrews, Three Investigators by Robert Arthur Jr.
* Arjun, by Samaresh Majumdar

## B

* Byomkesh Bakshi, by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
* Goenda Baradacharan, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
* Cyrus Barker by Will Thomas
* Parashor Barma, by Premendra Mitra
* John Barnaby, Midsomer Murders
* Tom Barnaby, Midsomer Murders
* Red Barry, Red Barry
* P. K. Basu, by Narayan Sanyal
* Martin Beck, by Sjöwall and Wahlöö
* Ambrose Bierce, by Oakley Hall
* Blacksad, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
* Detective Inspector Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte, by Arthur Upfield
* James Bond by Ian Fleming
* FBI Agent Seeley Booth, Bones, by Kathy Reichs
* Harry Bosch, by Michael Connelly
* Slam Bradley, Slam Bradley
* Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
* Romeo Brown, Romeo Brown
* Detective Sammy Bryant, Southland

## C

* Brother Cadfael, The Cadfael Chronicles by Ellis Peters
* Rick Cahill, Yesterday's Echo by Matt Coyle
* Lieutenant Horatio Caine, CSI: Miami
* Slim Callaghan, by Peter Cheyney
* Vincent Calvino, by Christopher G. Moore
* Albert Campion, by Margery Allingham
* Inspector Canardo, Canardo
* Frank Cannon, Cannon
* Nick Carter, Nick Carter
* Peter Timotheus "Tim" Carsten, TKKG by Rolf Kalmuczak
* Henri Cassin, So Dark the Night
* Richard Castle, Castle
* Charlie Chan, by Earl Derr Biggers
* Nick Charles, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
* Dipak Chatterjee, by Samarendranath Pandey
* Clifton, by Raymond Macherot and later authors
* Inspector Clouseau, The Pink Panther
* Rustin Cohle, True Detective by Nic Pizzolatto
* Elvis Cole, by Robert Crais
* Lieutenant Columbo, Columbo
* FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks
* Michael Cordero, Jane the Virgin
* Peter Crenshaw, Three Investigators by Robert Arthur Jr.
* Carland Cross, Carland Cross.
* Mateo Cruz, BAU Section Chief, Criminal Minds

## D

* Dr. Phil D'Amato, by Paul Levinson
* Harry D'Amour, by Clive Barker
* Adam Dalgliesh, by P. D. James
* Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel, Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill
* Lieutenant Cedric Daniels, The Wire
* Shabor Dasgupta, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
* Lucas Davenport, by John Sandford
* Peter Decker, by Faye Kellerman
* Judge Dee, by Robert van Gulik
* Alex Delaware, by Jonathan Kellerman
* Harry Devlin, by Martin Edwards
* Dick, The Famous Five by Enid Blyton
* Mike Dime, by Barry Fantoni
* Dylan Dog, by Tiziano Sclavi
* Harry Dresden, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
* Dan Dunn, by Norman W. Marsh
* Nathaniel Dusk, (DC Comics)

## E

* Eken Babu, by Sujan Dasgupta

## F

* Marcus Didius Falco, by Lindsey Davis
* Erast Fandorin, by Boris Akunin
* Dr. Gideon Fell, by John Dickson Carr
* Feluda, by Satyajit Ray
* Detective Don Flack, CSI: NY
* Detective Inspector Malcolm Fox, by Ian Rankin

## G

* Detective Sergeant David Gabriel, The Closer
* Inspector Gadget, Inspector Gadget
* Commander George Gideon, by John Creasey
* Pandab Goenda, by Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
* Gogol, by Samaresh Basu
* Gordianus the Finder, by Steven Saylor
* Detective Inspector Alan Grant, by Josephine Tey
* Inspector Gregson, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* Inspector Goole, An Inspector Calls

## H

* Healer, played by Ji Chang-wook
* Mike Hammer, by Mickey Spillane
* Hanpei Hattori, Kikaider, by Shotaro Ishinomori
* Heiji Hattori, by Gosho Aoyama
* Hawkshaw, Hawkshaw the Detective
* Wayne Hays, True Detective, by Nic Pizzolato
* Shotaro Hidari, Kamen Rider W
* Ric Hochet, Ric Hochet
* Harry Hole, by Jo Nesbø
* Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* Somerset Holmes, Somerset Holmes
* Aaron Hotchner, BAU unit chief, Criminal Minds

## J

* Barnaby Jones, Barnaby Jones
* Athelney Jones, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* Jupiter Jones, Three Investigators by Robert Arthur Jr.
* Gil Jourdan by Gil Jourdan
* Julian, The Famous Five by Enid Blyton

## K

* Kakababu, by Sunil Gangopadhyay
* Martin Kane, Martin Kane, Private Eye
* Julian Kestrel, by Kate Ross
* Rip Kirby, Rip Kirby
* Nick Knatterton, Nick Knatterton.
* Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak, Kojak
* Detective Vince Korsak, Rizzoli & Isles
* Shinichi Kudo, Case Closed

## L

* L Lawliet, Death Note
* Lew Archer, by Ross Macdonald (name converted to Lew Harper in several films starring Paul Newman).
* Thomas Lynley, by Elizabeth George
* Inspector Lestrade, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

## M

* Constable Hamish Macbeth, by Marion Chesney
* Detective Vic Mackey, The Shield
* Thomas Magnum, Magnum, P.I.
* Jules Maigret, by Georges Simenon
* Joe Mannix, Mannix
* Philip Marlowe, by Raymond Chandler
* Perry Mason, by Erle Stanley Gardner
* Angus McDonald, The Adventure Zone
* Travis McGee, by John D. MacDonald
* Detective Jimmy McNulty, The Wire
* Sir Henry Merrivale, by Carter Dickson
* Detective Joe Miller, The Expanse
* Prodosh C. Mitter, (aka Feluda) by Satyajit Ray
* Adrian Monk, Monk
* Richard Moore/Kogoro Mori, by Gosho Aoyama
* Derek Morgan, Criminal Minds
* Inspector Morse, by Colin Dexter
* Bhaduri Moshai, by Nirendranath Chakraborty
* FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder, The X-Files
* Bangladesh Counter Intelligence Masud Rana, Masud Rana
* Mouri Kogorou, Case Closed
* Inspector Juzo Megure, Case Closed
* Detective William Murdoch, Murdoch Mysteries

## N

* Sokichi Narumi, Kamen Rider W
* Detective Zack Nichols, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
* Bogey Nicholson, Bogey

## P

* Detective Sergeant Peter Pascoe, Dalziel and Pascoe by Reginald Hill
* Max Payne, by Remedy Entertainment
* Hercule Poirot, by Agatha Christie
* Bernard Prince, Bernard Prince
* Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza, The Closer
* Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
* Problem Sleuth (Problem Sleuth)

## Q

* Ellery Queen, The Adventures of Ellery Queen

## R

* Jack Reacher, by Lee Child
* Detective Danny Reagan, Blue Bloods
* Detective Inspector John Rebus, by Ian Rankin
* Spencer Reid, Criminal Minds
* Arkady Renko, of the Moscow Militsya, by Martin Cruz Smith
* Dave Robicheaux, by James Lee Burke
* Detective Inspector Jack Robinson, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
* Jim Rockford, The Rockford Files
* Lincoln Rhyme, by Jeffery Deaver
* David Rossi, Unit Senior Agent, Criminal Minds
* Kiriti Roy, by Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta

## S

* Sakkarbaar by Gunvantrai Acharya
* Colonel Niladri Sarkar by Syed Mustafa Siraj
* Willi "Klößchen" Sauerlich, TKKG by Rolf Kalmuczak
* Michael Shayne, by Brett Halliday
* Dan Shepherd, by Stephen Leather
* Sergeant Andy Sipowicz, NYPD Blue
* Sam Spade, by Dashiell Hammett
* Lance Spearman, in African Film magazine
* Doctor Spektor, Doctor Spektor
* Shawn Spencer, Psych
* Spenser, by Robert B. Parker
* Detective Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
* Nigel Strangeways, by Cecil Day-Lewis
* Professor John Stubbs, by Ruthven Todd
* Detective Matthew Scudder, by Lawrence Block
* Shuichi Saihara, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

## T

* Goenda Tatar, by Sasthipada Chattopadhyay
* Tif, Tif et Tondu
* Tareq, Miss Farah
* Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, by Mark Billingham
* Tondu, Tif et Tondu
* Philip Trent, by E. C. Bentley
* Detective David Tapp, by James Wan and Leigh Whannell

## V

* Detective Van Zwam, The Adventures of Nero
* Philo Vance, by S. S. Van Dine
* Nick Valentine, Fallout 4
* Karl "Computer" Vierstein, TKKG by Rolf Kalmuczak

## W

* Inspector Kurt Wallander, by Henning Mankell
* Dr. John Watson, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
* Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford, by Ruth Rendell
* Lord Peter Wimsey, by Dorothy L. Sayers
* Nero Wolfe, by Rex Stout
* William Murdoch, Murdoch Mysteries

## Y

* Inspector Jugo Yokomizo, Detective Conan
* Inspector Sango Yokomizo, Detective Conan
* Inspector Misao Yamamura, Detective Conan

## Z

* Inspector Koichi Zenigata, Lupin III, by Monkey Punch