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.
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in at least one season of the series.
The following characters have been credited as main cast in the opening credits.
The following cast members have been credited in the opening titles of up to two episodes in a season.
Character | Appearances / actors | |||||
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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 [lower-alpha 5] | |||||
Louis Zegrean | ||||||
Andrew Parker Bowles | Andrew Buchan | Andrew Buchan | Daniel Flynn | |||
Roddy Llewellyn | Harry Treadaway | Harry Treadaway [lower-alpha 6] | ||||
Michael Fagan | Tom Brooke | |||||
Bob Hawke | Richard Roxburgh [lower-alpha 7] | |||||
Derek Johnson | Tom Burke | |||||
Michael Shea | Nicholas Farrell | |||||
Martin Bashir | Prasanna Puwanarajah | |||||
Carole Middleton | Eve Best |
The following characters have appeared in two or more episodes within a season.
The following cast members have appeared in a single episode within a season.
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Season Status:
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