Top 10 Greatest Portrayals of Sherlock Holmes

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Dozens of people have played the world's most famous detective over the years. For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Greatest Portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. Featuring Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller, and many more stars!
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@WatchMojoUK Жыл бұрын

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@samhart4205 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett is number one. The newer adaptations are flashier, and Cumberbatch even said he drew heavily from Brett's performance. However, Jeremy Brett is unsurpassed.

@dorkarama3135 Жыл бұрын

Completely agree. It's a very theatrical performance, but so controlled. I love his interactions with Mrs Hudson: "You're under foot, Mrs Hudson."

@samhart4205 Жыл бұрын

@@dorkarama3135 I agree. Jeremy Brett's performance is layered yet ominous. Like book Sherlock, he keeps on your toes with everything he does.

@JoelEverettComposer 5 ай бұрын

Elementary my dear Watson! Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes.

@RealComixx 3 ай бұрын

Would way rather Benedict Cumberbatch. He actually made me interested in the series. Jeremy Brett is just the only other acceptable one, the rest are trash

@jaredfoss5668 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett is the best Sherlock Holmes ever. No one else even comes close.

@dorkarama3135 Жыл бұрын

No doubt.

@yaoyaohorse7742 Жыл бұрын

quite so

@AlanaLee-xv2qy Жыл бұрын

100%

@gregnatsch8787 Жыл бұрын

❤absolutely!

@soulfulxombi Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I love modern Sherlock and think BC does a great job but for me Jeremy Brett is my favourite Sherlock he did an amazing job portraying him even in his final series when he was clearly not well at that point.

@MarquisDeSacks Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett always and forever! The man devoted his entire life, career, and even his sanity to not just portraying Holmes, but completely BECOMING HIM.

@cyangtw Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett should have been the top 1 on the list.

@LuisAlbertoRodriguezGoff 6 ай бұрын

Yep. Without a doubt

@GurinderSingh-zr3fh 4 ай бұрын

Indeed❤

@pdcasablanca Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett embodied Sherlock Holmes, so he should be number one!

@FullyCharged22 Жыл бұрын

There is no Sherlock but Jeremy Brett.

@GrayWolf323 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett is clearly #1

@moller2159 10 ай бұрын

Vasily Livanov the best Sherlock Holmes ever. But people from western countries didn't see Soviet movies about Sherlock Holmes.

@eleanorshakespeare8477 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! Yes! I mean c'mon lines like 'Shut up Anderson, you lower the IQ of the whole street' just brilliant.

@johnsummers9660 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett was the best.

@LusciousTwinkle Жыл бұрын

TRUTH!!!!! I love both Cumberbatch and Downey Jr BUT they are not really Sherlock. Brett was obsessed with getting it right and he slayed it.

@samhart4205 Жыл бұрын

Fact 💯

@Luvie1980 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch have been the best. I wish Cumberbatch would do another installment.

@davescurry69 11 ай бұрын

With due respect to Benedict Cumberbatch, there is no way he is a better Holmes than Jeremy Brett. Brett completely inhabits the role and persona of the great detective. Cumberbatch makes it his own, but falls short compared to the brilliant mix of logic and arrogance displayed perfectly by the great Jeremy Brett. Basil Rathbone should be much higher too. At least #3.

@antonmorozenko6348 Жыл бұрын

Hell eah, Vasily Livanov is here!❤

@youarealwayscorrect 6 ай бұрын

Still unforgivable that Robert Downey Jr. is above Livanov on this list - even he admitted that Vasily was the better Sherlock.

@brandonio_granger Жыл бұрын

The only answer is Jeremy Brett.

@DBIVUK Жыл бұрын

John Cleese as 'Arthur Sherlock-Holmes' in 'The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation as we now know it' (1977) is an interesting take on the character. And Peter Cushing was good in the Hammer adaptation. But personally I'd put Livanov and Brett as joint no. 1.

@SwHealy123 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but Cumberbatch shouldn't be number 1. Also Hugh Laurie in "House" should definitely be included as it is a version of Sherlock's Holmes.

@julianaylor4351 Жыл бұрын

Jeremy Brett's television series used every novel and short story that Conan Doyle wrote, for its adaptations. Whereas Sherlock is a mosaic of Conan Doyle's work, put together by its writers.

@firet101 8 ай бұрын

How could Robert Downey Jr rendition even make this list he completely missed the point of the character emphasized the wrong personality traits while downplaying more important ones Yes as much Sherlock Holmes as a Elvis wedding chapel minister

@akaidatenshi Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Yuuko Takeuchi

@arnepianocanada 8 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett tops 1/2-dozen-plus posts right below. I too place his intense character detail, use of dramatic pauses, bipolar swinging etc. plus chemistry with BOTH Watsons at #1.👏🙏

@yaoyaohorse7742 Жыл бұрын

flip no 2 and 1,please

@RitsusDarlingGirl Жыл бұрын

Technically, my first exposure to Sherlock Holmes was Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective." Very underrated movie.

@gracehowell. Жыл бұрын

'Without a Clue' needs a lot more attention. It's freaking HILARIOUS. Edit: Basil Rathbone is only at 6? His is one of the most famous portrayals! Maybe you should've done a longer list than a top 10, so you could include Ronald Howard's portrayal, as he gave us warmth and humour the others often don't.

@BJWanlund Жыл бұрын

As someone who grew up in the mountains of Western North Carolina, I am not surprised that you forgot about William Gillette, but his work as Holmes has sadly been lost to the sands of time.

@nikoskn1252 Жыл бұрын

Jared Harris is the best Moriarty. HE EMBODED the role

@akaidatenshi Жыл бұрын

Agreed. A great non exaggerated and terrifying gentleman with a nuance that is needed for movies (unlike live theatre)

@rossinvictus 10 ай бұрын

Among many actors who played Sherlock Holmes, I single out only four: Basil Retbone, Arthur Wontner, Vasily Livanov, Jeremy Brett.

@bear5700whk Жыл бұрын

My opinion: flip #1 and #2

@bear5700whk Жыл бұрын

Jeremy should ALWAYS be number one

@robhendo3865 Жыл бұрын

tom baker played sherlock holmes

@eyerebel763 Жыл бұрын

Jonny Lee Miller is so underrated IMO. I loved the way he portrayed empathy. I would have Jeremy Brett as number one and Jonny Lee Miller as number two. In terms of Benedict Cumberbatch, I’m in the minority, I did not enjoy his performance. I didn’t think it was bad in any sense. I just thought that other people did it better-or rather-I enjoyed other performances more lol. Again, just my opinion lol.

@eyerebel763 Жыл бұрын

@WatchMojoUK_Hi! What telegram? Is there a link or something lol?

@johnshields6852 5 ай бұрын

I'm old so Rathbone and Bruce is my sentimental pick, but Brett is the best, Robert Jr was amazing, Benedict was really good. The character is flat out my favorite in the history of literature

@CloudSecurityGuy 6 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett is the GOAT.. he sets the benchmark to which everyone is measured

@joshmartin4914 Жыл бұрын

We need a top-ten Moriarty list next!

@annekezegers7477 Жыл бұрын

I would also go for a Top 10 Watson list

@ramonribascasasayas7877 11 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett for the win! Missing? Cristopher Lee aaaaaaand Robert Stephens.

@johnradovich8809 3 ай бұрын

Lee and Stephens are my favorites. Great film!

@bomcabedal 11 ай бұрын

Although Sherlock's first season started out promisingly, it was painful seeing the show being driven into the ground the way it was. By its fourth season it had become nigh unwatchable for me. However, there were problems from the outset. There are a couple of ways to identify a sub-par Sherlock Holmes adaptation, but an over-reliance on Moriarty is the main one.

@achillesglacia7700 10 ай бұрын

Mary Watson?? Over reliance on maary ugh! , Before she came along Sherlock was an in control mastermind, then she shows up and they turn Sherlock into a autistic preschooler for his mom and dad Watsons

@bomcabedal 10 ай бұрын

@@achillesglacia7700 The key with Mary in the stories is how she never comes between her husband and Holmes; on the contrary, you often get the impression she's all too happy to offload John. "New" Mary, by contrast, is a rival to Sherlock, and that changes the dynamic drastically. It can even be a valid choice if you then do something interesting with it, but here they basically split up traditional Holmes between Sherlock and Mary, making the former less interesting and the second not interesting enough. Worse still, with Mary killed you end up with half a Holmes.

@ronaldziegenhorn2209 Жыл бұрын

Brett. Rathbone, Downey, Cumberbatch, Miller. In that order. The Russian series, I have never seen, but hope to. The rest, do not waste your time.

@clffliese26 Жыл бұрын

You left out the brilliant Christopher Lee in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady and Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls. The, equally, brilliant Patrick Macnee played Dr. Watson. These two mini-series took place in the Golden Years.

@jacquelinecoley1292 Жыл бұрын

The Fact that THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOMES is not here is a travesty.

@johnradovich8809 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@ondrejkratochvil4589 Жыл бұрын

No Peter Cushing? :(

@BigyetiTechnologies 10 ай бұрын

1 - Brett 2 - Rathbone The rest I couldn't say, though Cumberbatch at No. 6 at best

@yaoyaohorse7742 Жыл бұрын

And add an honourable mention to include other great portrait like peter cushing

@williamburnham3659 Жыл бұрын

Basil Rathbone should have been in the top 3

@reefconvy7291 Жыл бұрын

Please do a top 10 sherlock holmes stories at some point

@lasencantadas8702 Ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett, his voice and eyes, and Vasily Livanov - quite delicious russian humour, good music too

@NickCC23 Жыл бұрын

So #1 and #4 are Dr. Strange and Iron Man.

@suryaprakash72771 Ай бұрын

The best onscreen version of Sherlock Holmes would always be the late legendary actor Jeremy Brett of the hugely popular Granada TV series. He truly embodied the full aspect of that super sleuth which was faithfully rendered in his performance.

@aleksandarjankovski6542 Жыл бұрын

I love Cumberbatch’s portrayal. But he’s not #1. Sorry. It is Jeremy Brett every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

@MrSavoya 2 ай бұрын

We all know that Benedict is only in first because of the pressure from his Fandom in the last video. Jeremy will always be the best.

@servingstfuhm6287 Жыл бұрын

How about top ten best animated cartoons/films portray Sherlock Homes?

@harryboyes2812 Жыл бұрын

Interesting that you don't mention Tom Baker's portrayal of Holmes. That was pretty good too.

@khope74 3 ай бұрын

The irony is the last shot of Jeremy.Brett on this has actually got Jude Law in the chair dressed as the woman.

@Pumpsboy Жыл бұрын

No way on god's earth is Benedict cumber bore better than Jeremy brett

@user-cg6gg8de4y Ай бұрын

Basil Rathbone did come close to Jeremy Brett.

@cathypiper9373 9 ай бұрын

Cumberbatch brought sexy to Sherlock. No other actor was able to do that no matter how good .

@cannon9521 6 ай бұрын

Ik it’s not technically Sherlock but Hugh Laurie’s retelling of the character introduced me to Sherlock and I feel like he deserves a mention

@thecellulontriptometer4166 7 күн бұрын

To me the best, and most accurate to the author’s intent is Basil Rathbone. I can’t believe you have him at 6. He is the benchmark. I think WM is conflating the quality and modern production entertainment value with the quality of the acting.

@chazm3 9 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett

@thedoctor9g Жыл бұрын

You forgot Ronald Howard and Tom Baker....two great portrayals!

@Natalia-oe2cq 6 ай бұрын

If Benedict Cumberbatch is the most popular it doesn't mean that he is the best

@rogerwhittaker4189 9 ай бұрын

I never heard of Jeremy Brett, but for me it's Robert downey jr ,because he takes Sherlock holmes to a whole new level and I even saw the animations from the late 90's to early 2000s when fox kid's used come on at the time.

@Temeraire101 6 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett is well worth a watch, great actor, faithful series.

@kaligupta2749 6 күн бұрын

Miss Sherlock? Putting Jeremy Brett at number 2? What the hell!

@abbeymclane6985 Жыл бұрын

Benedict Cumberbatch is my favorite Sherlock Holmes

@eileenbass952 Жыл бұрын

Best Holmes, Jeremy Brett. Best Moriarty, Andrew Scott.

@kindabatooni9314 Жыл бұрын

Andrew Scott wasn’t Moriarty. He was the Joker. He shouldn’t even be included in the list of Moriarty. Benedict was the best Homles followed closely by Jeremy.

@frankmoniz1467 Жыл бұрын

Daffy Duck as Doorlock Holmes in Looney Tunes is my favorite portrayal, with Porky Pig as Watson, of course.

@mikedaknight8854 Жыл бұрын

Richard Roxburgh did a good job. But only played him once sadly.

@mr.plague8624 Жыл бұрын

Are you serious?? Jeremy Brett is no.1 and will always be

@fishpop Жыл бұрын

Downey's Sherlock films were from 09/11? o_O Still wish we'd gotten a third film...

@bigboyfilmproductions8478 8 ай бұрын

I would have to agree with the comments Jeremy Brett should have been number 1 and Cumberbatch at 2 when I read the books, I find myself hearing Brett's voice and imagining him in the scene, and just as a note I have only seen Brett's performance from clips on KZfaq, he plays Holmes so well I don't even need to see the series to know how well he gets the character down.

@iljavieten687 5 ай бұрын

Although you're DEFINITELY right - you absolutely should watch the series!!!! At least seasons 1 & 2....I can almost guarantee that you'll like it, despite it being a little...outdated, productionwise...😉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@bigboyfilmproductions8478 5 ай бұрын

@@iljavieten687 I have the book of all the Sherlock Holmes stories and I have gotten up to the scandal in bohemia and watched the first episode which adapts that story it does it perfectly talk about accurate.

@Zekrel 6 ай бұрын

Animated incarnations should’ve been included because Theo Devaney definitely should’ve been at least an honorable mention.

@EmmaLee1210 4 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett is best when it comes to video form. But if i can include radio drama, my absolute favorite would be Sir John Gielgud. BBC Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) was quite new, fresh, but that was it.

@wizzgamer 9 ай бұрын

One of the worst lists I've seen no Peter Cushing and Basil Rathbone is usually nailed on for top 3.

@mikeallison7753 Жыл бұрын

The worst Sherlock Holmes countdown ever. Keep up the good work.

@sarahblunden4372 Жыл бұрын

What about Nicholas Rowe in Young Sherlock Holmes?

@Susah55555 3 ай бұрын

Benedict ❤❤❤❤❤

@autodidact537 6 ай бұрын

There's only one top Holmes & that is Jeremy Brett.

@matthewh.9544 8 ай бұрын

Who put Jeremy Brett in as number 2, that's just ridiculous. Noones come close to his performance

@octaviusfooks7194 Жыл бұрын

What about for radio? For example, Carleton Hobbs or Clive Merrison?

@WinLindsay_CushingContent 9 ай бұрын

Peter Cushing? 😥

@michaelpyatt831 9 ай бұрын

No Peter Cushing ?? He was great in hound of the Baskerville !!!

@gwynwellliver4489 Жыл бұрын

Another vote for Jeremy Brett for this household. "Sherlock" is brilliant, but Cumberbatch and Brett are apples and oranges. I have one word, "Mingling?"

@lauren9004 Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@michaelhinz7043 Жыл бұрын

Basil Rathbone is the next best thing to Brett!

@gevorg1989 Ай бұрын

9:00 like Suchet did later for Poirot?

@marisalally-peacock Жыл бұрын

Where's the sound on the Michael Caine film?

@rittwolf145 21 күн бұрын

Tbh I loved Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock, but Jeremy Brett is number 1!

@gingaddict Жыл бұрын

thank you for including Henry Cavill, I love seeing him in Enola Holmes!

@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy 5 ай бұрын

My top Sherlock is Rathbone. Then probably Brett, then cumberbatch

@wiseguymaguire Жыл бұрын

Ronald Howard anyone?

@PercivalBlakeney Жыл бұрын

Doesn't Lefarnov look like Denis Price? ☺️

@alexfirefly1956 Жыл бұрын

Well, first of all, how dare you?

@evs00003 4 ай бұрын

Ian Richardson should have made it in to 10

@user-kp2pb4hj7d 2 ай бұрын

How dare you put Jeremy Brett at number two

@Consulting.Detective.221b 5 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett should have been number one he was amazing as the role but stuck and fought the directors to stick to Doyle.

@michaelhinz7043 Жыл бұрын

Eric Porter is the closet thing in the stories to Professor James Moriarty.

@anwardi 2 ай бұрын

Cavill should not be on the list. He should be replaced by Christopher Lee or Nigel Davenport or Christopher Plummer.

@AMC-ko7yr Жыл бұрын

I think without RDJ's Sherlock Holmes the whole character would not have been so populair this day. It really deserved the nr 1 spot

@simarabiei 6 ай бұрын

My nr 1 is Jeremy Brett and nr 2 is Benedikt Cumberbatch

@matthew504 5 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett is number 1

@lughtionary 3 ай бұрын

Jeremy Brett indeed.

@humanaction6744 Жыл бұрын

Ian Richardson is the best Sherlock Holmes ever.