List of fictional police detectives

Below is an alphabetical list of fictional police detectives and their creators (with, in many cases, the actor/actress most known for playing the character in a dramatisation). Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Detective Butch Ada – Saving Grace (played by Bailey Chase) Detective Tohru Adachi – Persona 4 (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch) Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg – Fred Vargas Detective Goro Akechi – Persona 5 (voiced by Robbie Daymond) DCI Roderick Alleyn (later DCS) – Ngaio Marsh (played by Simon Williams and Patrick Malahide in The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries) Chief Inspector W. R. Allison – The Brighton Strangler (played by Miles Mander) Detective John Anthony – Kingston's Finest (played by himself) Inspector Arnz – House of Frankenstein (played by Lionel Atwill) Detective Nick Armstrong— The Rookie (played by Harold Perrineau) B Detective Sergeant (later Detective Inspector) John Bacchus – Alan Hunter (played by Lee Ingleby in Inspector George Gently ) Detective (later Detective Sergeant, then Lieutenant, then Captain, then retired) Angel Batista — Dexter (played by David Zayas in the tv show and James Martine