11 Actors Who Took on the Role of Watson, With or Without Sherlock Holmes
![Morris Chestnut, Jude Law, Lucy Liu](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.tvinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/morris-chestnut-jude-law-lucy-liu-1014x570.jpeg)
Chestnut: Diondre Jones, Law: Alex Bailey/Warner Bros./Courtesy: Everett Collection, Liu: CBS
Choosing a favorite Dr. Watson is anything but elementary, since many film and TV stars have played Sherlock Holmes’ companion and crime-solving colleague so memorably over the decades.
And now we have a new contender: Rosewood and The Resident alum Morris Chestnut will play the Arthur Conan Doyle character in a new CBS series, as you’ll read below.
Scroll down to see some of the actors who played Watson before him (and be sure to check out our gallery of Sherlock Holmes actors, too).