Who plays John Watson in the TV drama ‘Sherlock’?
"scripts for this series, which was also issued on CD. Coules had previously dramatised the entire Holmes canon for BBC Radio Four. The 2009 film ""Sherlock Holmes"" earned Robert Downey Jr. a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Holmes and co-starred Jude Law as Watson. Downey and Law returned for a 2011 sequel, """". In May 2018 a release date of 25 December 2020 was set for the third film in the series. Benedict Cumberbatch plays a modern version of the detective (with Martin Freeman as John Watson) in the BBC One TV series ""Sherlock"", which premiered on 25"
"of ""I Started a Joke"". In May 2009, he starred in ""Boy Meets Girl"", a four-part drama that charts the progress of characters Veronica and Danny after an accident which causes them to swap bodies. He plays Dr. John Watson in ""Sherlock"", the BBC contemporary adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The first episode of ""Sherlock"", ""A Study in Pink"", was broadcast on 25 July 2010 to critical acclaim. For his performance in the role he won the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor, 2011 and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a"
"Martin Freeman Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian, who became known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary ""The Office"", Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama ""Sherlock"", Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's ""The Hobbit"" film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series ""Fargo"". His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy ""Love Actually"" (2003), the comic science fiction film ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), the semi-improvised comedy ""Nativity!"" (2009), the comedic ""Three Flavours Cornetto"" trilogy, most prominently in"
"Edward Hardwicke Edward Cedric Hardwicke (7 August 1932 – 16 May 2011) was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage, as well as being known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the Granada TV series ""Sherlock Holmes"". Hardwicke was born in London, England, the son of actors Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Helena Pickard. He began his film career in Hollywood at the age of 10, in Victor Fleming’s film ""A Guy Named Joe"" which starred Spencer Tracy. He returned to England, attended Stowe School, and fulfilled his national service as a pilot officer in the"
"though the ""body"" is not. The character of Alexandra Eames (as portrayed by Kathryn Erbe) in """" is loosely based on the character of Doctor Watson. The series ran from 2001-2011. In the 2010– BBC television show ""Sherlock"", Martin Freeman portrays Watson as a discharged military doctor who strikes a complicated yet good friendship with the brilliant but eccentric Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch). As with the original character, Watson served in the British Army in Afghanistan. The adaptation is set in contemporary London. The 2012 CBS show ""Elementary"" changes the character to a Asian American woman, Dr Joan H. Watson (Lucy"
"negative review, praising Benedict Cumberbatch's acting and some heartfelt, tender moments, but he was critical of the pacing, stating that ""the rhythm was just erratic, never allowing you to really ease into the plot"", and criticised the further exploration of the character's lives, rather than the adventures. The Sign of Three ""The Sign of Three"" is the second episode of the third series of the BBC television series ""Sherlock"". It was written by Stephen Thompson, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson. The episode's title is inspired by"
"followed by another leading role in the short independent film ""Nurtured"". Indica Watson Indica Watson is an English actress. She is known for her work in BBC television drama series ""The Missing"" and for playing the young Eurus Holmes in British crime drama ""Sherlock"". Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in London when she was five. Featuring Irish actress Fiona O'Shaughnessy, the six-minute film ""Who Are You?"" was commissioned by Somerset House. From this she was auditioned for the second series of television drama ""The Missing"" and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was"
"The Sign of Three ""The Sign of Three"" is the second episode of the third series of the BBC television series ""Sherlock"". It was written by Stephen Thompson, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson. The episode's title is inspired by ""The Sign of the Four"" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is set six months after the series opener ""The Empty Hearse"" and is primarily centred on the day of Watson's wedding to Mary Morstan. It garnered a viewership of 11.37 million, and received mostly positive reviews."
"Indica Watson Indica Watson is an English actress. She is known for her work in BBC television drama series ""The Missing"" and for playing the young Eurus Holmes in British crime drama ""Sherlock"". Watson's first acting appearance was in a short film in London when she was five. Featuring Irish actress Fiona O'Shaughnessy, the six-minute film ""Who Are You?"" was commissioned by Somerset House. From this she was auditioned for the second series of television drama ""The Missing"" and was cast in the role of Lucy. The series was first screened in the UK in October 2016 and was a"
"His Last Vow ""His Last Vow"" is the third and final episode of the third series of the BBC Television series ""Sherlock"", which follows the modern-day adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The episode was first broadcast on 12 January 2014, on BBC One and Channel One. It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Nick Hurran with music composed by Michael Price and David Arnold. The episode is a contemporary adaption of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story ""The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton"". In the episode, Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) take on a case"
"David Burke (British actor) David Burke (born 25 May 1934) is an English actor, known for playing Watson in the initial series of Granada Television's 1980s ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"", which starred Jeremy Brett in the title role. He also starred as Josef Stalin in the last two episodes of ""Reilly, Ace of Spies"". Burke was born on 25 May 1934 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, and trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In the theatre, Burke originated the part of Niels Bohr in Michael Frayn's ""Copenhagen"". He played Dr. Watson in ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" for the"
"Christmas Candle"" and had a supporting role as Aeschylus in """". In 2015 he was cast in the lead role of John Blackwood (Johnny Jackson) in the ITV series ""Jericho"", which aired in January 2016 in the UK. Hans Matheson Hans Matheson (born 7 August 1975) is a Scottish actor. Some of his most notable film and television roles include ""Sherlock Holmes"", ""The Tudors"", ""Tess of the D'Urbervilles"", ""Clash of the Titans"" and as Aeschylus in """". In addition to acting, Matheson plays guitar, violin and harmonica. Matheson was born in Stornoway, Scotland. His parents were Sheena, a therapist, and"
"difference'. Andrew Scott (actor) Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. In 2010, he achieved widespread recognition playing the role of Jim Moriarty in the BBC series ""Sherlock"", a dramatic role which continued until 2017. In 2017 he won acclaim playing the title role of ""Hamlet"" in a production first staged at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Robert Icke, and for which he has been nominated for a 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actor. Scott has received various awards including two Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his"
"appeared together in Series 2 of BBC drama ""The Lotus Eaters"" in 1973 and Series 3 and 4 of BBC series ""Sherlock"" in 2014 as the parents of the title character, played by their son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Timothy Carlton Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (born 4 October 1939), known professionally as Timothy Carlton, is an English actor. Carlton was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the son of Pauline Ellen Laing (née Congdon), who died on 11 October 2007, and Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, a decorated naval officer of both World Wars and a prominent figure of London high society. His grandfather,"
"refilmed, this time directed by Paul McGuigan. The British Board of Film Classification has rated the pilot as a 12 certificate (not suitable for children under 12) for video and online exhibition, and it is included as an additional feature on the DVD released on 30 August 2010. John Watson (Martin Freeman), an Army doctor injured in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) who is looking for a flatmate to share a flat at 221B Baker Street, owned by landlady Mrs. Hudson (Una Stubbs). The police, led by Detective Inspector Lestrade (Rupert Graves), have been baffled by a strange series"
"Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series) Sherlock Holmes () is a Russian television crime drama series based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was aired in November 2013. Some of the stories have never been adapted before. It stars Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes and Andrei Panin as Doctor John Watson. Eight episodes have been produced, while the first episode was aired in late 2013. This is the last film role of Andrei Panin, who died before he was able to complete the dubbing of his lines as Dr. Watson. However, they were able to finish"
"Hans Matheson Hans Matheson (born 7 August 1975) is a Scottish actor. Some of his most notable film and television roles include ""Sherlock Holmes"", ""The Tudors"", ""Tess of the D'Urbervilles"", ""Clash of the Titans"" and as Aeschylus in """". In addition to acting, Matheson plays guitar, violin and harmonica. Matheson was born in Stornoway, Scotland. His parents were Sheena, a therapist, and Iain (Ado), a folk musician and painter. His late younger brother, William Matheson, was also an actor. He made his feature film debut as Johnny Silver in Jez Butterworth's directorial debut, ""Mojo"". Prior to ""Mojo"", Matheson had appeared"
"Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson is a television series created by Sheldon Reynolds. It starred Geoffrey Whitehead, Donald Pickering and Patrick Newell in the title roles of Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Watson and Inspector Lestrade respectively. The series is considered rather obscure, and was filmed on a relatively low budget in Poland. Sheldon Reynolds structured a deal with the state Polish Television to take over Poltel Studios to produce television shows. Anthony Burgess was brought on as a consultant. Reynolds recycled some aspects from his earlier 1954 television series starring Ronald Howard such as scripts and"
"Vinette Robinson Vinette Robinson (born 1981) is an English actress. Her TV roles include ""Sherlock"", ""Black Mirror"" and ""Doctor Who"" as civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks in Series 11. Vinette Robinson was born in Bradford. Robinson attended a child agency school and made her television debut in ""The Cops"" at the age of 17. Following this she spent three years at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was awarded a Laurence Olivier bursary from the Society of London Theatre. She had a small role as the Jamaican girl in the 2004 film ""Vera Drake"" but was given"
"Sherlock Holmes (2010 film) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, also known simply as Sherlock Holmes, is a British-American 2010 steampunk mystery film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg and produced by independent American film studio The Asylum. It features the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, though it follows an original plot. The film details an unrecorded case in which eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate a series of unusual monster attacks and a plot to destroy London. Gareth David-Lloyd plays Dr. John Watson and Ben Syder, making his film debut, plays Sherlock Holmes."
"Andrew Scott (actor) Andrew Scott (born 21 October 1976) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor. In 2010, he achieved widespread recognition playing the role of Jim Moriarty in the BBC series ""Sherlock"", a dramatic role which continued until 2017. In 2017 he won acclaim playing the title role of ""Hamlet"" in a production first staged at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Robert Icke, and for which he has been nominated for a 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actor. Scott has received various awards including two Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for his roles"
"Anthony Brenton described as ""one of the best I've ever seen"".Jeremy Brett played the detective in seven series of ""Sherlock Holmes"" for Britain's Granada Television from 1984 to 1994. Watson was played by David Burke (in the first three series) and Edward Hardwicke (in the remainder). Brett and Hardwicke also appeared on stage in 1988-89 in ""The Secret of Sherlock Holmes"", directed by Patrick Garland. Bert Coules penned ""The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"" starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams/Andrew Sachs as Watson, based on throwaway references in Conan Doyle's short stories and novels. He also produced original"
"award to her and campaigns for greater awareness of sepsis. Watkins and his wife have two other children, Bessie and Gilbert. Watkins also has two sons from his first marriage. Jason Watkins (actor) Jason Watkins (born 28 October 1966 in Albrighton, Shropshire) is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama ""The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies"", for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in ""Being Human"", Gavin Strong in ""Trollied"", Simon Harwood in ""W1A"" and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series"
"Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as they use their brilliant minds to stop rival Professor James Moriarty from assassinating the Queen Victoria. In July 2008, it was reported that Sacha Baron Cohen would play Holmes and Will Ferrell would play Dr. Watson, in a comedic take on Sherlock Holmes produced by Judd Apatow with a script written by Etan Cohen for Columbia Pictures. On August 17, 2016, it was reported that Ferrell and John C. Reilly would star in the film ""Holmes and Watson"" written and directed by Etan Cohen, with Ferrell playing Holmes and Reilly playing Watson. On"
"Jason Watkins (actor) Jason Watkins (born 28 October 1966 in Albrighton, Shropshire) is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama ""The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies"", for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in ""Being Human"", Gavin Strong in ""Trollied"", Simon Harwood in ""W1A"" and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series ""Nativity"". Following his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Watkins established himself as a stage actor. He is a member of the National Theatre company. He was nominated"
"with Moffat, Gatiss, Sue Vertue and Rebecca Eaton serving as executive producers. The series is supported by the American station WGBH Boston for its ""Masterpiece"" anthology series on PBS, where it also airs in the United States. The series is primarily filmed in Cardiff, Wales, with North Gower Street in London used for exterior shots of Holmes and Watson's 221B Baker Street residence. ""Sherlock"" has been praised for the quality of its writing, acting, and direction. ""Sherlock"" has been nominated for numerous awards including Emmys, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe, winning several awards across a variety of categories. The show"
"the latter of which was used in-universe in ""The Empty Hearse"". There was some speculation that the ""#BelieveInSherlock"" movement was orchestrated by the BBC as a publicity stunt. Part of the resolution was filmed with the rest of the episode, although some, including hypothetical sequences involving Derren Brown and airbags, was filmed with ""The Empty Hearse"". The Reichenbach Fall ""The Reichenbach Fall"" is the third and final episode of the second series of the BBC television series ""Sherlock"". It was written by Stephen Thompson and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr John Watson, and Andrew Scott"
"1954-55 television series. Owen first played Watson in the film ""Sherlock Holmes"" (1932), and then Holmes himself in ""A Study in Scarlet"" (1933). Having played Ebenezer Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Owen has the odd distinction of playing three classic characters of Victorian fiction only to live to see those characters be taken over and personified by other actors, namely Alastair Sim as Scrooge, Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson. Later in his career, Owen appeared with James Garner in the television series ""Maverick"" in the episodes ""The Belcastle Brand"" (1957) and ""Gun-Shy"" (1958) and guest"
"James Warwick (actor) James Warwick (born 17 November 1947) is an English actor and director, best known for his roles on television and London's West End and New York's Broadway theatre. Warwick was born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire UK. James Warwick has had leading roles in UK TV including ""Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime"" (alongside Francesca Annis as the sleuthing couple Tommy and Tuppence), the detective series 'The Terracotta Horse' and the BBC serial ""The Nightmare Man"". He also appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""Earthshock"" as Lieutenant Scott. Other Agatha Christie works he acted in were ""Why Didn't They Ask"
"story was adapted for the 1968 BBC series with Peter Cushing. The episode is now lost. The story was also dramatised in 1990 in Granada TV's ""Sherlock Holmes"", starring Jeremy Brett. Jude Law, who later played Dr. Watson in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes has a small but very important role in the episode. ""Shoscombe Old Place"" was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in 1994 by as part of Bert Coules’ complete radio adaptation of the canon, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson, and featuring Nicholas Le Prevost as John Mason, Donald Pickering as Sir Robert,"
"Ian Fleming (actor) Ian Fleming (born Ian Macfarlane; 10 September 1888 – 1 January 1969) was an Australian character actor with credits in over 100 British films. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also essayed a number of supporting roles in many classic British films of the era including ""Q Planes"" (1939), ""Night Train to Munich"" (1940), ""We Dive at Dawn"", ""The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"" (both 1943) and ""Waterloo Road"" (1945). He also appeared regularly in the films of"
"Bullock), Ian McShane (Al Swearengen), Molly Parker (Alma Garret), Jim Beaver (Whitney Ellsworth), Brad Dourif (Doc Cochran), John Hawkes (Sol Star), Paula Malcomson (Trixie), Leon Rippy (Tom Nuttall), William Sanderson (E. B. Farnum), Robin Weigert (Calamity Jane), W. Earl Brown (Dan Dority), Dayton Callie (Charlie Utter), and Keith Carradine (Wild Bill Hickok). Director Walter Hill won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for ""Deadwood"", while writer David Milch received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series nomination. Hill also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama"
"Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars is a 2007 BBC television drama about Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, a gang of children who would occasionally help him. It stars Jonathan Pryce as Sherlock Holmes and Bill Paterson as Dr Watson with Anna Chancellor and Aaron Johnson. The Baker Street Irregulars investigate as several of their members go missing, while also trying to prevent Sherlock Holmes — who is undergoing a personal crisis — being convicted of murder. It is an original story by Kurti & Doyle, Produced by Andy Rowley"