Uzun yillardir Sherlock karakterini birçok ünlü oyuncu canlandirdi. Iste o oyunculardan bazilari.
William Gillette (1916)
John Barrymore (1922)
Arthur Wontner (1935)
Basil Rathbone (1940)
Peter Cushing (1959)
Robert Stephens (1970)
Stewart Granger (1972)
John Cleese (1977)
Christopher Plummer (1979)
Tom Baker (1983)
Jeremy Brett (1984)
Hugh Fraser (1987)
Michael Caine (1988)
Clive Merrison (1989)
Christopher Lee (1990)
John Nettles (1997)
Roger Llewellyn (1999)
Roy Hudd (1999)
Ian Richardson (2000)
Richard Roxburgh (2002)
Robert Downey Jr. (2009)
Benedict Cumberbatch (2010)
Jonny Lee Miller (2012)
Sir Ian McKellen (2015)