Thanh tra Lestrade

Thanh tra Lestrade () là một nhân vật hư cấu và được coi là địch thủ nhưng chưa bao giờ xứng tầm của Sherlock Holmes.

Chân dung
Lestrade được mô tả là thanh tra viên Scotland Yard. Ông ta gầy, lùn, mặt mũi đen đúa xấu xí nhưng vô cùng tinh ranh. Tuy nhiên, trái bộ dạng khó ưa, Lestrade tỏ ra hoàn toàn vô dụng trong kĩ năng phá án và thường phán quyết sai be bét khiến đồng nghiệp hết sức khó chịu.

Lestrade thường bị Sherlock Holmes kín đáo dùng làm công cụ cởi nút các vụ phức tạp vì lí lịch cảnh sát của ông ta, nhờ vậy, những "công tích" của Lestrade thường xuyên được báo giới ca tụng, còn Sherlock Holmes chìm vào bóng tối.

Truyền thông
 Alan Mowbray played Lestrade in A Study in Scarlet. 
 Dennis Hoey played Lestrade in six of the Universal Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone.
 Archie Duncan played Lestrade in the 1954–55 Sheldon Reynolds French-made series Sherlock Holmes.
 Patrick Newell played him in the 1980 Sheldon Reynolds Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson series made in Poland. This had Geoffrey Whitehead as Holmes and Donald Pickering as Watson.
 Borislav Brondukov played him in all five films of the Soviet series Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson starring Vasily Livanov.
 Frank Finlay played him twice, in A Study in Terror and Murder by Decree, both focusing on non-canon stories with Holmes investigating the Jack the Ripper murders.
 Roger Ashton-Griffiths played Lestrade in Young Sherlock Holmes (1985); his taking credit for solving the mystery earns him a promotion from Detective to Inspector.
 Jeffrey Jones played Lestrade in Without a Clue
 Kenaway Baker made a brief appearance as Lestrade in Incident at Victoria Falls
 Lestrade was played by two different actors in the 1960s BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: Peter Madden opposite Douglas Wilmer as Holmes in six episodes of the first series in 1965, and William Lucas opposite Peter Cushing as Holmes in one episode of the second series in 1968.
Ronald Lacey played Lestrade in the 1983 film The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Ian Richardson as Holmes.  (Lacey would later play the Sholto Brothers in the Granada television production of The Sign of the Four with Jeremy Brett as Holmes.)
 John Colicos played both Lestrade and Professor Moriarty at the same time in 1989 TV role of My Dear Watson.  Colicos and Colin Jeavons are so far the only actors to play both the policeman and the villain.
 Donald Gee played Inspector Giles Lestrade throughout most of the entire BBC Radio canon opposite Clive Merrison's Holmes beginning with the November 1989 broadcast of A Study in Scarlet and ending with the October 13th 1993 broadcast of "The Second Stain". Stephen Thorne took over the role beginning with the January 12th 1994 broadcast of "The Cardboard Box" and ending in the March 29th 1995 broadcast of "The Retired Colourman"; he returned to the role in the BBC Radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ngày 15 tháng 6 năm 2004 broadcast of "The Striking Success of Miss Franny Blossom", the January 2nd 2009 broadcast of "The Eye of Horus" and the January 16th 2009 broadcast of "The Ferrers Documents".
 Eddie Marsan plays him in Guy Ritchie's Warner Bros. adaptation Sherlock Holmes, alongside Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law (2009). This incarnation of Lestrade expresses a high level of irritation for Holmes, who in turn regards him with affectionate mockery. Lestrade nevertheless depends on Holmes, calling him to crime scenes and even allowing a fugitive Holmes to escape police custody. He briefly reprised the role in the 2011 sequel Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
 William Huw portrays Lestrade in the 2010 direct-to-DVD Asylum film Sherlock Holmes. In this film, Lestrade does not seem to recognise Watson (Gareth David Lloyd), and often takes credit for Holmes's accomplishments. He becomes involved in the chase of a criminal mastermind dubbed "Spring-Heeled Jack", who uses several mechanical creatures to commit crimes across London.
 In the 2010 BBC TV series Sherlock, Detective Inspector Greg Lestrade is played by Rupert Graves.  In this series set in contemporary London, Lestrade is depicted as a competent detective who uses Sherlock Holmes as a consultant on difficult cases.
 He appears in the second season of the TV show “Elementary” as a beleaguered member of Scotland Yard who needs Holmes's help to restore his reputation.
 James Fleet portrayed Lestrade as the lead character in the BBC Radio 4 drama series called The Rivals in 2011. Each episode had Lestrade team up with a different fictional Victorian detective, Sherlock Holmes' "Rivals" in the field. The series returned in 2013, but the role of Lestrade was recast and played by Tim Pigott-Smith due to James Fleet's non-availability. Fleet returned to play Lestrade when The Rivals was renewed for a third series in 2015 and a fourth series in 2016.
 Sean Pertwee plays Lestrade in the season two premiere of Elementary, where his first name is given as Gareth.  His character recurs later in the season, as well.
 Mikhail Boyarsky played the role of Inspector Lestrade in the Russian TV adaptation, Sherlock Holmes.
In the 2014 NHK puppetry series Sherlock Holmes, Lestrade is a tall, slender, and earnest blond schoolboy with the atmosphere of mod who lives in Cooper house of Beeton School. He often solves a trouble with Holmes for he is a member of life guidance committee. Though he and Holmes trust each other, Grimesby Roylott, who is in charge of the committee hates Holmes. In some cases, he requests Holmes to solve troubles. He is voiced by Daisuke Kishio. In the episode 6 of the series, he tells Holmes and Watson that his given name is Gordon.
 Inspector Lestrade is a logic puzzle game online through Everett Kaser Software.
 Lestrade is briefly mentioned in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I.
 Lestrade is a recurring character in the Moonstone Books versions of Sherlock Holmes adventures.  His "We're proud of you" speech is adapted for a scene in Holmes' birthday in "Return of the Devil".
 In the TV show Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century one of the main characters was Inspector Beth Lestrade, a descendant who is quite efficient in her own way and has inherited Doctor Watson's diaries.
 A search engine, the Inspector Lestrade, is used by MacIntosh, a "fast, lightweight meta searcher."
 "The Inspector Lestrade Award" is a rising term among message boards for a person who is "almost correct." It has shown up on zdnet and "Bad Astronomy and the Universe Today" forum
 The Peterson Pipes company has a Sherlock Holmes (Return) Series of handmade pipes with silverwork.  Two Lestrade pipes are in the collection.
 He appears in the book series The Boy Sherlock Holmes as the son of a ferret-faced inspector by the same name who dislikes Sherlock greatly.
 In the novel The Canary Trainer, Sherlock Holmes uses "Inspector Lestrade" as an alias while investigating the phantom of the Paris Opera while incognito.
 Holmes also used the alias Inspector Lestrade in the pastiche, The Counterfeit Detective by Stuart Douglas.
 Lestrade appears as a Non-player character in the Sherlock computer adventure game.
 A young female pickpocket based on Lestrade, her first name being "Gina", appears in the Ace Attorney spin-off, Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken. She appears as a witness in the game's third case, and as a defendant falsely accused of murder and stabbing Sherlock Holmes in the game's fifth case.  She joins the police force as a trainee and dubs herself "Inspector Lestrade" in the game's sequel, Dai Gyakuten Saiban 2: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo.
 In the otome dating game and phone app "Guard Me, Sherlock!", Lestrade appears as "George" Lestrade, who is an inspector in the apparently "useless" Scotland Yard. There is a story route for him.

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"Starring Sherlock Holmes" David Stuart Davies; Titan Books, 2001

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