Jeremy Brett
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Peter Jeremy William Huggins, known professionally as Jeremy Brett was a highly acclaimed English actor, with an illustrious career spanning stage, film, and TV. Best known for playing the famous, fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in the Granada Television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" from 1984 to 1994, Brett's portrayal is considered iconic. His interpretation brought depth, intellect, and charisma to the character, earning him widespread acclaim and a devoted fanbase. Brett's dedication to embodying the intricacies of Sherlock Holmes, capturing the detective's eccentricities and brilliance, solidified his legacy as one of the definitive portrayals of the character in the history of film and TV adaptations.
Known for
Credits
My Fair Lady (1964)
as Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Moll Flanders (1996)
as Artist's Father
War and Peace (1956)
as Nikolai Rostov
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
as Sherlock Holmes
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
as (uncredited)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
as Edward Parrish
An Ideal Husband (1969)
as Arthur, Viscount Goring
The Master Blackmailer (1992)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Merchant of Venice (1973)
as Bassanio
Love's Labour's Lost (1975)
as Berowne
The Sign of Four (1987)
as Sherlock Holmes
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
as Count Karel Kinsky
The Prodigal Daughter (1975)
as Father Daley
Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective (1995)
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
An Aspidistra in Babylon (1973)
as Captain Blaine
The Last Vampyre (1993)
as Sherlock Holmes
Morte d'Arthur (1984)
as King Arthur
Girl in the Headlines (1963)
as Jordan Barker
The Merry Widow (1968)
as Count Danilo Danilovitch
The Eligible Bachelor (1993)
as Sherlock Holmes
Act of Reprisal (1964)
as Harvey Freeman
Florence Nightingale (1985)
as William Nightingale
Svengali (1954)
as Pierre
Deceptions (1985)
as Bryan Foxworth
The Wild and the Willing (1962)
as Andrew Gilby
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)
as Tony Vernon-Smith
The Secret of Seagull Island (1982)
as David Malcolm
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
as Basil Hallward
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995)
as Self - Host / Freddy Eynsford-Hill
The Very Edge (1963)
as Mullen (The Intruder)
The School for Scandal (1975)
as Joseph Surface
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)
as Robert Browning
Macbeth (1981)
as Macbeth
Madame X (1981)
as Dr. Terrence Keith
Three Sisters (1970)
as Dancer in dream sequence (uncredited)
Haunted: The Ferryman (1974)
as Sheridan owen
Macbeth (1964)
as Malcolm
One Deadly Owner (1974)
Actor
The Rivals (1970)
as Captain Jack Absolute
The Good Soldier (1981)
as Edward Ashburnham
On Approval (1982)
as George