Ed McVey (born 14 July 1999) is a British actor best known for playing Prince William on the sixth season of the Netflix series The Crown (2023).
McVey is from Devon where his parents run a pharmaceuticals company. His older brother Tom works for their parents’ business. McVey decided he wanted to be an actor at 12 years-of-age and appeared in school productions at Blundell's School in Tiverton, including in a production of the Noël Coward play Cavalcade . He went on to attend ArtsEd performing arts school in Chiswick. [1] He graduated in 2021 from the Drama Centre London. [2]
After graduation, he landed an agent. Shortly after, he worked as an usher at London’s Playhouse Theatre during a production of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley. [3]
In May 2022, McVey played the character B in the two-hander play An Intervention by Mike Bartlett alongside Rachel De Fontes at the Riverside Studios. [4] On stage, he also appeared in Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic Theatre. [5]
In September 2022, it was announced that McVey would be playing a young Prince William opposite Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton in the sixth and final season of the Netflix series The Crown . First look images of Bellamy and McVey in costume were revealed in March 2023, [6] and the season was released later that year in November. [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Crown | Prince William | 6 episodes (season 6) |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Playwright | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | An Intervention | B | Alice Wordsworth | Mike Bartlett | Riverside Studios |
| Award | Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2024 | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series | The Crown | Nominated | [8] |