List of The Crown characters

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

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This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season of the series.

  •   A green cell indicates the actor is a main 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.
  •   A yellow cell indicates the actor is a featured cast member.

Main

The following characters have been credited as main cast in the opening credits.

Character Appearances / actors
Season 1
(2016)
Season 2
(2017)
Season 3
(2019)
Season 4
(2020)
Queen Elizabeth II
Young Princess Elizabeth
Claire FoyOlivia Colman
Verity RussellVerity RussellClaire Foy
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Young Prince Philip
Matt SmithTobias Menzies
Finn Elliot[lower-alpha 1]Finn Elliot
Princess Margaret
Young Princess Margaret
Vanessa KirbyHelena Bonham Carter
Beau GadsdonBeau Gadsdon
Queen MaryEileen Atkins
Anthony EdenJeremy Northam
Queen Elizabeth The Queen MotherVictoria HamiltonMarion Bailey
Peter TownsendBen MilesBen Miles
Louis MountbattenGreg WiseCharles DanceCharles Dance
King George VIJared HarrisJared Harris
Winston ChurchillJohn LithgowJohn Lithgow
Prince Edward, Duke of WindsorAlex JenningsDerek Jacobi
Wallis, Duchess of WindsorLia WilliamsGeraldine Chaplin
Harold MacmillanAnton Lesser
Antony Armstrong-JonesMatthew GoodeBen Daniels
Harold WilsonJason Watkins
Anne, Princess RoyalGrace and Amelia Gilmour (uncredited)[1]Erin Doherty
Lyla Barrett-Rye
Princess Alice of BattenbergRosalind KnightSophie Leigh StoneJane Lapotaire
Charles, Prince of WalesBilly JenkinsJosh O'Connor
Julian Baring[lower-alpha 2]
Edward Heath
Young Edward Heath
Michael Maloney[lower-alpha 3]
Louis Zegrean
Camilla ShandEmerald Fennell
Andrew Parker BowlesAndrew BuchanAndrew Buchan
Margaret Thatcher
Young Margaret Thatcher
Gillian Anderson
Eva Feiler
Diana, Princess of WalesEmma Corrin
Denis ThatcherStephen Boxer

The following cast members have been credited in the opening titles of single episodes in which they play a significant role.

Character Appearances / actors
Season 1
(2016)
Season 2
(2017)
Season 3
(2019)
Season 4
(2020)
Graham SutherlandStephen Dillane
Patricia CampbellGemma Whelan
Lord AltrinchamJohn Heffernan
Billy GrahamPaul Sparks
John F. KennedyMichael C. Hall
Jacqueline KennedyJodi Balfour
Kurt HahnBurghart Klaußner
Lyndon B. JohnsonClancy Brown
Edward MillwardMark Lewis Jones
Robin WoodsTim McMullan
Roddy LlewellynHarry TreadawayHarry Treadaway[lower-alpha 4]
Michael FaganTom Brooke
Bob HawkeRichard Roxburgh[lower-alpha 5]
Derek JohnsonTom Burke
Michael SheaNicholas Farrell

Recurring

The following characters have appeared in two or more episodes within a season.

Character Appearances / actors
Season 1
(2016)
Season 2
(2017)
Season 3
(2019)
Season 4
(2020)
Lord SalisburyClive Francis
Tommy LascellesPip TorrensPip Torrens
Martin CharterisHarry Hadden-PatonCharles Edwards
Mike ParkerDaniel Ings
Margaret "Bobo" MacDonaldLizzy McInnerny
Duke of NorfolkPatrick RyecartPatrick RyecartPatrick Ryecart
Michael AdeaneWill KeenDavid Rintoul
Doctor WeirJames Laurenson
Cecil BeatonMark Tandy
Clementine ChurchillHarriet Walter
Jock ColvilleNicholas Rowe
Clement AttleeSimon Chandler
Venetia ScottKate Phillips
Archbishop of CanterburyRonald Pickup
Harry CrookshankNigel Cooke
Lord ChamberlainPatrick Drury
Archbishop of YorkJohn Woodvine
Prince Henry, Duke of GloucesterAndy SandersonMichael Thomas
Rab ButlerMichael Culkin
Walter MoncktonGeorge Asprey
The Queen's EquerryJames Hillier
CollinsJo Stone-Fewings
Clarissa EdenAnna MadeleyAnna Madeley
Bishop of DurhamTony Guilfoyle
Billy WallaceNick HendrixTom Durant-Pritchard
Johnny DalkeithJosh TaylorJosh Taylor
Colin TennantDavid ShieldsPip CarterRichard Teverson
Bill MatthesonPaul Thornley
Eileen ParkerChloe Pirrie
Anthony NuttingNicholas Burns
Master of the HouseholdMichael BertenshawMichael Bertenshaw
Lady MountbattenLucy Russell
Conolly Abel SmithAdrian Lukis
Prince Andrew of Greece and DenmarkGuy Williams
Princess Cecilie of Greece and DenmarkLeonie BeneschLeonie Benesch
Meryn LewisSimon Paisley Day
Dorothy MacmillanSylvestra Le Touzel
Elizabeth CavendishCatherine Bailey
PorcheyJoseph KloskaJoseph KloskaJohn Hollingworth
Bob BoothbyPaul Clayton
Camilla FryYolanda Kettle
Jeremy FryEd Cooper Clarke
Dudley MooreRyan Sampson
John ProfumoTim Steed
Freddie BishopRobert Irons
Jim Orr
Young Jim Orr
Oliver Maltman
Kit Redding
Alec Douglas-HomeDavid Annen
Stephen WardRichard Lintern
EquerrySam Phillips
Princess Alice, Duchess of GloucesterPenny Downie
WinkieAlan Gill
BlinkiePippa Winslow
Tony BennMark Dexter
Barbara CastleLorraine Ashbourne
Richard CrossmanAden Gillett
Marcia WilliamsSinéad Matthews
George ThomasDavid Charles
George ThomsonStuart McQuarrie
Sydney JohnsonConnie M'Gadzah
Prince EdwardSidney JacksonAngus Imrie
Prince AndrewMarlo WoolleyTom Byrne
Mark ThatcherFreddie Fox
Carol ThatcherRebecca Humphries
Edward AdeaneRichard Goulding
Virginia PitmanLetty Thomas
Carolyn PrideAllegra Marland
Anne BoltonFlora Higgins
Mark PhillipsGeoffrey Breton
Bernard InghamKevin McNally
Sir Geoffrey HowePaul Jesson
Jim PriorNicholas Day
Lord HailshamRichard Syms
Lord SoamesPeter Pacey
John NottPaul Bigley
Willie WhitelawDon Gallagher
Francis PymGuy Siner
Ruth, Lady FermoyGeorgie Glen
John MooreDugald Bruce-Lockhart
Wendy MitchellJudith Paris
Charles PowellDominic Rowan
Sir Shridath RamphalTony Jayawardena
Sarah LindsayAlana Ramsey
Sarah, Duchess of YorkJessica Aquilina
Patrick JephsonTom Turner
Dickie ArbiterDavid Phelan
EquerryDaniel Fraser
Prince WilliamElliott Hughes
Jasper Hughes
Lucas Barber-Grant
Prince HarryArran Tinker

Notable guests

The following cast members have appeared in a single episode within a season.

Character Appearances / actors
Season 1
(2016)
Season 2
(2017)
Season 3
(2019)
Season 4
(2020)
Lord MoranNicholas Jones
Ernest Augustus von HanoverDaniel Betts
MarySamantha Baines
ThurmanAnthony Flanagan
Nancy LewisClare Foster
Tony LongdonEd Stoppard
Baron NahumJulius D'Silva
Mary CharterisJo Herbert
John F. DullesGarrick Hagon
Professor HoggAlan Williams
Henry MartenMichael Cochrane
Norman HartnellRichard Clifford
Commander VynerDavid Yelland
Lady DorisCaroline Goodall
Imbert-TerryJohn Standing
Kathleen SutherlandAmelia Bullmore
Jean WallopAndrea Deck
Gamal Abdel NasserAmir Boutrous
Judy MontaguAbigail Parmenter
Galina UlanovaAliya Tanikpaeva
Christian PineauSam Spiegel
David Ben-GurionHugh Futcher
Helen KingMirrah Foulkes
Doctor EvansTerrence Hardiman
Bishop of NorwichDavid Roper
Dwight D. EisenhowerMatthew Marsh
Robin DayBertie Carvel
HumphreyMiles Jupp
GloriaAnne Lambton
George AllenMiles Richardson
Fruity MetcalfeGareth Marks
Vita Sackville-WestJanet Henfrey
John Wheeler-BennettTristan Sturrock
Margaret LambertStella Gonet
Baba MetcalfeRebecca Saire
Adolf HitlerDaniel Philpott
Lady RosseAnna Chancellor
Kwame NkrumahDanny Sapani
Patrick PlunketSam Crane
Robert F. KennedyJulian Ovenden
Leonid BrezhnevJames Borthwick
Lee RadziwillSkye Hallam
Stanisław RadziwillJames Garnon
Charles de GaulleJacques Boudet
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of HesseAugust Wittgenstein
Princess Sophie of Greece and DenmarkEliza Sodró
Iain TennantLewis MacLeod
Peter BeckMichael Fenton Stevens
Stephen WardRichard Lintern
Jonathan MillerJosh Lacey
Alan BennettSeb Carrington
Princess Marina, Duchess of KentClare Holman
Christine KeelerGala Gordon
Anthony BluntSamuel West
Martin Furnival JonesAngus Wright
Michael StraightPaul Hilton
Mary WilsonTeresa Banham
James Jesus AngletonAnthony Brophy
Patrick DeanMichael Simkins
W. Marvin WatsonMartin McDougall
Lady Bird JohnsonSuzanne Kopser
Fred PhillipsRichard Harrington
Gwen EdwardsGwyneth Keyworth
John ArmstrongColin Morgan
ChronosMiltos Yerolemou
Marquis ChildsNigel Whitmey
Lawrence E. SpivakColin Stinton
Cecil Harmsworth KingRupert Vansittart
Cecil Boyd-RochfortJulian Glover
Alec HeadPhilippe Smolikowski
Arthur "Bull" HancockJohn Finn
Silvia MillwardNia Roberts
Thomas ParryDavid Summer
Richard DimblebyHenry Dimbleby
Ben Bowen ThomasAlan David
Neil ArmstrongHenry Pettigrew
Buzz AldrinFelix Scott
Michael CollinsAndrew-Lee Potts
Cliff MichelmoreFred Broom
Patrick MooreDaniel Beales
Priest MichaelKevin Eldon
Kenneth HarrisMatthew Baldwin
Emperor HirohitoTogo Igawa
Arthur ScargillDavid Wilmot
Derek Parker BowlesStephen Riddle
Ann Parker BowlesJudith Alexander
Major Bruce ShandRobert Benedetti-Hall
Rosalind ShandNesba Crenshaw
Joe GormleyRichard Walsh
Lucy Lindsay-HoggJessica De Gouw
Lady Anne TennantNancy Carroll
Bodley ScottMartin Wimbush
Alastair BurnetDan Skinner
John BetjemanTim Bentinck
Lady Sarah SpencerIsobel Eadie
Patricia KnatchbullHarriet Benson
Dowager Lady BrabourneValerie Sarruf
Timothy KnatchbullBrandon Whitt
Nicholas KnatchbullEvan Whitt
Lord BrabourneMark Carlisle
Francis McGirlPatrick McBrearty
Thomas McMahonMark Brennan
Laurens van der PostRoy Sampson
Anne-Charlotte VerneyKarina Orr
Jean GarnierPierre Philippe
Constantino DavidoffOscar Foronda
Admiral Henry LeachDouglas Reith
Christine FaganLeanne Everitt
Graham EvansAdam Fitzgerald
Hazel HawkeNaomi Allisstone
Penelope CarterGemma Jones
Katherine Bowes-LyonTrudie Emery
Nerissa Bowes-LyonPauline Hendrickson
Simon FreemanTom Espiner
Hardy AmiesPeter Symonds
Wayne SleepJay Webb
James HewittDaniel Donskoy
Elspeth HoweLin Sagovsky
Margaret HeagartyAnnette Badland
Veronica Middleton-JeterNadia Williams
Linda CorreaAilema Sousa
Kenneth ClarkeNick Wymer
Michael HowardAl Barclay
Norman LamontKeith Chopping
Peter LilleyMartin Fisher
John MajorMarc Ozall
Cecil ParkinsonDuncan Duff
Chris PattenOliver Milburn
Malcolm RifkindMichael Mears
Bernard WeatherillStephen Greif

Note

  1. Elliot is credited with the main cast in "Paterfamilias" and as a guest star in "A Company of Men".
  2. Baring is credited with the main cast in "Paterfamilias" and as a guest star in other season two episodes.
  3. Maloney is credited as a guest star in "Cri de Coeur".
  4. Treadaway is credited for archive footage in "The Hereditary Principle".
  5. Roxburgh is credited with the main cast in "Terra Nullius" and as a guest star in "48:1".

References

  1. Lacey, Robert (5 October 2017). The Crown: The Inside History. London: Blink Publishing. p. 354. ISBN 9781911274988.
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