The Crown is a historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix. It grew out of Morgan's film The Queen (2006) and his stage play The Audience (2013).
The following is a list of characters and respective cast members who appeared on the television series. The majority of the cast has changed every two seasons to better portray the characters as they age.
Characters and cast
editThis section includes main cast members, recurring characters, and notable guest stars.
- A green cell indicates the actor is a main cast member.
- A yellow cell indicates the actor is a featured cast member.
- A red cell indicates the actor is a recurring cast member.
- A light blue cell indicates the actor is a guest or special guest cast member.
Main
editThe following characters have been credited as main cast in the opening credits.
Featured
editThe following cast members have been credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes in a season.
| Character | Appearances / actors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 (2016) |
Season 2 (2017) |
Season 3 (2019) |
Season 4 (2020) |
Season 5 (2022) |
Season 6 (2023) | |
| Graham Sutherland | Stephen Dillane | |||||
| Patricia Campbell | Gemma Whelan | |||||
| Lord Altrincham | John Heffernan | |||||
| Billy Graham | Paul Sparks | |||||
| John F. Kennedy | Michael C. Hall | |||||
| Jacqueline Kennedy | Jodi Balfour | |||||
| Kurt Hahn | Burghart Klaußner | |||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Clancy Brown | |||||
| Princess Alice of Battenberg | Rosalind Knight | Sophie Leigh Stone | Jane Lapotaire | |||
| Edward Millward | Mark Lewis Jones | |||||
| Robin Woods | Tim McMullan | |||||
| Edward Heath | Michael Maloney[e] | |||||
| Louis Zegrean | ||||||
| Andrew Parker Bowles | Andrew Buchan | Andrew Buchan | Daniel Flynn | |||
| Roddy Llewellyn | Harry Treadaway | Harry Treadaway[f] | ||||
| Michael Fagan | Tom Brooke | |||||
| Bob Hawke | Richard Roxburgh[g] | |||||
| Derek Johnson | Tom Burke | |||||
| Michael Shea | Nicholas Farrell | |||||
| Martin Bashir | Prasanna Puwanarajah | |||||
| Carole Middleton | Eve Best | |||||
Recurring
editThe following characters have appeared in two or more episodes within a season.
Notable guests
editThe following cast members have appeared in a single episode within a season.
Notes
edit- ^ Prettejohn is credited with the main cast in "Ritz" and as a guest star in "Sleep, Dearie Sleep".
- ^ Elliot is credited with the main cast in "Paterfamilias" and as a guest star in "A Company of Men".
- ^ a b Kirby and Miles are credited for flashback scenes in "Annus Horribilis" that used archival footage from the first two seasons.[1]
- ^ Baring is credited with the main cast in "Paterfamilias" and as a guest star in other season two episodes.
- ^ Maloney is credited as a guest star in "Cri de Coeur".
- ^ Treadaway is credited for archive footage in "The Hereditary Principle".
- ^ Roxburgh is credited with the main cast in "Terra Nullius" and as a guest star in "48:1".
References
edit- ^ Orquiola, John (11 November 2022). "Full List Of The Crown Season 5 Cameos (& When They Happen)". ScreenRant. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Lacey, Robert (5 October 2017). The Crown: The Inside History. London: Blink Publishing. p. 354. ISBN 9781911274988. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2019.