Jim Moriarty

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Criminal mastermind Fictional character Literary character Supervillain

Jim Moriarty is the brilliant and ruthless criminal mastermind who serves as Sherlock Holmes’s primary nemesis in the Sherlock Holmes stories and their adaptations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Professor Moriarty	9
Professor James Moriarty	4
Moriarty	3
Jim Moriarty canonical	2
Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	1
Professor Moriarty (mentioned)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Criminal mastermind ⓘ Fictional character ⓘ Literary character ⓘ Supervillain ⓘ
antagonistIn	The Final Problem ⓘ The Valley of Fear ⓘ
appearsIn	Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ The Final Problem ⓘ The Valley of Fear ⓘ
archenemyOf	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
basedOnWork	Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes canon
characterTrait	Brilliant ⓘ Calculating ⓘ Manipulative ⓘ Ruthless ⓘ
commands	Extensive criminal organization ⓘ
controls	Web of criminal agents ⓘ
creator	Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ
deathScene	Reichenbach Falls ⓘ
describedBy	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes as the Napoleon of crime
diesWith	Sherlock Holmes at Reichenbach Falls (apparent death) ⓘ
education	Expert in mathematics ⓘ
enemyOf	Holmes ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes
firstAppearance	The Final Problem ⓘ
gender	Male ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Sherlock ⓘ surface form: Moriarty in BBC Sherlock Sherlock Holmes (Granada TV series) ⓘ surface form: Moriarty in Granada Television Sherlock Holmes Jim Moriarty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
influences	Criminal activities across London ⓘ
inspired	Later fictional criminal masterminds ⓘ
intelligenceLevel	Genius ⓘ
knownForQuote	I am the Moriarty of crime (paraphrased characterization) ⓘ
literaryGenre	Detective fiction ⓘ
literaryStatus	Iconic villain in detective fiction ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableAlias	Jim Moriarty ⓘ surface form: Professor Moriarty
notableFor	Being Sherlock Holmes’s primary nemesis ⓘ Organizing a vast criminal network ⓘ
occupation	Criminal mastermind ⓘ Mathematics professor ⓘ
portrayedBy	Andrew Scott ⓘ Eric Porter ⓘ Jared Harris ⓘ
relationshipToSherlockHolmes	Intellectual equal and moral opposite ⓘ
roleInWork	Primary antagonist ⓘ
setting	Victorian London ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sherlock → featuresCharacter → Jim Moriarty ⓘ

Andrew Scott → portrayed → Jim Moriarty ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows → antagonist → Jim Moriarty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Professor James Moriarty

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film) → featuresCharacter → Jim Moriarty ⓘ