Mycroft Holmes
Vital statistics
Sex	Male
Nationality	British
Occupation	Government Worker
Family	Sherlock Holmes, younger brother
Appearances	The Greek Interpreter The Final Problem The Bruce-Partington Plans

Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes. He possesses the same powers of observation as his younger brother; however, he lacks the energy to put them to the same task as his brother.

"...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again I have taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one. And yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points..."

―Sherlock Holmes, speaking to Watson of his brother in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"

AdaptationsEdit

Mycroft Holmes was portrayed by various actors:

• Charles Gray in a 1985 TV series.
• Boris Kluyev in Russian TV series by Igor Maslennikov.
• Stephen Fry in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows by Guy Ritchie.
• Mark Gatiss in the BBC Sherlock series