The following is a list of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
Name Title Date Type Rex Evans The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Great Gandolfo", "The Tell-Tale Pigeon Feathers" 1945, 1946 Radio (Mutual) Val Gielgud The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" 1954 BBC Light Programme Malcolm Graeme Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans", "The Final Problem" 1954, 1955 BBC Home Service Keith Williams Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter" 1960 BBC Light Programme Felix Felton Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" 1964 BBC Light Programme John Hartley BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes (3 stories) See also "The Bruce-Partington Plans" (1994) and "The Retired Colourman" (1995). 1992–1995 BBC Radio 4 Philip Voss The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1993 BBC radio dramatisation of the novel Frank Buxton The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) – "The Secret of the Fives" (End credits.) 1998Radio (Imagination Theatre)Ted D'Arms The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) 2000–2006 Raffles, the Gentleman Thief – "An Affair of State" (End credits.) 2007 David Warner "The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel", "The Adventure of the Bloomsbury Bomber" 2008, 2015 Audio dramas (Big Finish)Terry Edward Moore The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter", "The Bruce-Partington Plans"According to the closing credits of "The Greek Interpreter" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans". 2010Radio (Imagination Theatre) The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (American series) 2011–present James Laurenson The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (British series) – "The Marlbourne Point Mystery" Parts 1–2 2010 BBC Radio 4 Timothy Bentinck Sherlock Holmes 2014, 2018 Audio dramas (Big Finish) Greg Page Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason (End credits.) 2020 Audio drama (Audible Original) Thomas Mitchells Sherlock & Co. – "The Greek Interpreter" 2026 Scripted podcast
Television and DTV films
Name Title Date Type Boris Klyuyev The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1980Television films (USSR) The Twentieth Century Approaches 1986 Peter Jeffrey Hands of a Murderer 1990 Television film (British) Jerome Willis Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991Television films Incident at Victoria Falls 1992 R. H. Thomson The Royal Scandal 2001 Television film (Canadian) Richard E. Grant Sherlock: Case of Evil 2002 Television film (American) Nathan Wiley Moriarty Rising: A Sherlock Holmes Tale 2027 Microdrama/feature film dual release (American-Italian)
Television and streaming series Name Title Date Type Derek Francis Sherlock Holmes – "The Bruce-Partington Plans" 1965 TV episode (British) Hans Cossy Sherlock Holmes – "Die Bruce-Partington-Pläne" 1968 TV episode (German) Ronald Adam Sherlock Holmes – "The Greek Interpreter" 1968 TV episode (British) Charles Gray Sherlock Holmes 1985–1994 TV series (British) Graeme Campbell Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" 1989 TV episode (American) Mark Gatiss Sherlock 2010–2017 TV series (British) Rhys Ifans Elementary 2013–2014 TV series (American) Igor Petrenko Sherlock Holmes 2013 TV series (Russian) Kōichi Yamadera Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015 TV series (Japanese) Yukiyoshi Ozawa Miss Sherlock 2018 TV series (Japanese) Katsunori Takahashi Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019 TV series (Japanese) Hiroki Yasumoto Moriarty the Patriot 2020–2021 TV anime series (Japanese) J. Michael Tatum 2020–2021 TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) Jonjo O'Neill The Irregulars – "Chapter Two: The Ghosts of 221B", "Chapter Three: Ipsissimus" 2021–2021 Netflix original series Vincent Gale Watson – "A Variant of Unknown Significance" 2025 TV series (American) Max Irons Young Sherlock 2026 Amazon Prime Video original series Christian Koerner The Death of Sherlock Holmes 2027 TV series (Swiss-German-Belgian)
Theatrical films Name Title Date Type Lewis Gilbert The Bruce Partington Plans 1922 Stoll series silent film (British) Robert Morley A Study in Terror 1965 British film Christopher Lee The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 American film Charles Gray The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976 American film Stephen Fry Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 British–American film John Sessions Mr. Holmes 2015 British–American film Hugh Laurie Holmes & Watson 2018 American film Sam Claflin Enola Holmes 2020 American-British film Nathan Wiley Moriarty Rising: A Sherlock Holmes Tale TBA Italian production
Video games Name Title Date Type Roger L. Jackson The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo 1996 Voice role; digitized sprites based on a different actor Jon Severity Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments 2014 Sherlock Holmes series; voice role Phillipe Bosher Sherlock Holmes Chapter One 2021 Richard Rycroft The Beekeeper's Picnic 2025 Voice role
See also List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes List of actors who have played Dr. Watson List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade List of actors who have played Irene Adler List of actors who have played Mrs. Hudson List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty
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