robert downey jr was in the film sherlock holmes a game of shadows
in 1992 downey portrayed the title character in the biopic chaplin for which he was nominated for the academy award for best actor and won a bafta award
 conan doyle killed off holmes in a final battle with the criminal mastermind professor james moriarty in the final problem published 1893 but set in 1891 as conan doyle felt that my literary energies should not be directed too much into one channel