Sherlock Holmes (film)/Characters/Film

Sherlock Holmes
"Played By: Robert Downey, Jr."


 * Ambiguous Disorder
 * Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
 * Awesome By Analysis
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bash Brothers: with Watson.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Crazy Jealous Guy
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Cursed with Awesome
 * Dating Catwoman
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Gentlemen Adventurer
 * Guile Hero
 * Hyper Awareness
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Private Detective
 * Sherlock Scan
 * Spirited Competitor

Dr John Watson
"Played By: Jude Law"


 * Badass Longcoat
 * Bash Brothers: with Holmes.
 * Combat Medic
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Genre Savvy
 * Gentlemen Adventurer
 * Living Emotional Crutch
 * The Watson

Irene Adler
"Played By: Rachel Mc Adams"


 * Action Girl
 * Bifauxen
 * Classy Cat Burgler
 * Dark Chick
 * Femme Fatale
 * Hot Chick in a Badass Suit
 * The Muse
 * Promoted to Love Interest
 * Trigger Happy
 * Promoted to Love Interest
 * Trigger Happy
 * Trigger Happy

Inspector Lestrade
"Played By: Eddie Marsan"


 * Captain Obvious
 * Inspector Lestrade
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right

Mary Morstan
"Played By: Kelly Reilly"


 * Action Girl
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Took a Level In Badass

Mrs Hudson
"Played By: Geraldine James"


 * Servile Snarker

Lord Henry Blackwood
"Played By: Mark Strong"


 * The Antichrist
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Big Bad: of the first film.
 * Cane Fu
 * Dark Messiah
 * Diabolical Mastermind
 * Evil Sorceror
 * Hannibal Lecture
 * Jack the Ripper
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Serial Killer
 * Soft Spoken Sadist
 * Soft Spoken Sadist

Lord Coward
"Played By: Hans Matheson"


 * The Dragon
 * Smug Snake
 * Utopia Justifies the Means

Sir Thomas Rotheram
"Played By: James Fox"



Dredger
"Played By: Robert Maillet"


 * Affably Evil
 * The Brute
 * Evil Sounds Deep
 * Giant Mook

Ambassador John Standish
"Played By: William Hope"



Professor James Moriarty
"Played By: Jared Harris"


 * Affably Evil
 * Awesomeness By Analysis
 * The Chessmaster
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Complexity Addiction
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy
 * Diabolical Mastermind
 * Evil Counterpart
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * The Man Behind the Man
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Villainous Breakdown: An extremely subtle one, more to do with his actions than any expression or anger. His rage is restrained, but he makes the decision to go all-out on Holmes.
 * Villains Out Shopping
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Worthy Opponent
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: To the point where it's odd that anyone agrees to work with him. You have to wonder what Moran's pension plan is.

Madame Simza Heron
"Played By: Noomi Rapace"


 * Action Girl
 * Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
 * Skyward Scream

Mycroft Holmes
"Played By: Stephen Fry"


 * Ambiguously Gay: Mostly due to being played by Stephen Fry, in addition to his faithful...erm, 'manservant' Carruthers who doesn't bat an eye at his casual nudity.
 * Naked People Are Funny

Colonel Sebastian Moran
"Played By: Paul Anderson"


 * The Dragon
 * Cold Sniper
 * My Master, Right or Wrong