Age: 44
Character: Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes
Film: In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, Sherlock Holmes sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge.
Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.
The action-adventure mystery Sherlock Holmes is helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie, for Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Robert Downey Jr. Brings the legendary detective to life, and Jude Law stars as Holmes.
Rachel McAdams stars as Irene Adler, the only woman ever to have bested Holmes and who has maintained a tempestuous relationship with the detective.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Downey Jr has no Golden Globe wins.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: However he does have two other nominations: Best Actor for Chaplin and Best Supporting Actor for Tropic Thunder.
Critics: “Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is effective as a caricatured comedy adventure and shows some fidelity to Arthur Conan Doyle, especially in Downey Jr’s portrayal of the eccentric but cold-hearted Holmes.” - Time Out
“Downey and Law are terrific together. For me, watching them act is the movie’s principal pleasure.” - New Yorker
“Brisk and brainy reworking of the legendary detective’s mythos makes the delightful Robert Downey Jr. into a rumpled, complicated and alternately swashbuckling and pratfalling Holmes for our time.” - Boxoffice Magazine
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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