The Crown guest stars
863 actors have guest-starred in The Crown across 60 episodes and 6 seasons. The most-credited is Charles Edwards, Martin Charteris in 19 episodes. 52 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Edwards | Martin Charteris | 19 |
| Pip Torrens | Tommy Lascelles | 17 |
| Sam Phillips | Equerry | 17 |
| Will Keen | Michael Adeane | 15 |
| Chris Gordon | Duke of Edinburgh's Valet | 13 |
| James Murray | Prince Andrew | 13 |
| Lizzy McInnerny | Bobo Macdonald | 13 |
| Andrew Havill | Robert Fellowes | 12 |
| Harry Hadden-Paton | Martin Charteris | 12 |
| James Hillier | Equerry (Buckingham Palace) | 12 |
| Michael Buerk | Newsreader | 12 |
| Clive Francis | Lord Salisbury | 10 |
| John Humphrys | Newsreader | 10 |
| Billy Jenkins | Prince Charles | 9 |
| Daniel Ings | Mike Parker | 9 |
| Nicholas Rowe | Jock Colville | 9 |
| Penny Downie | Duchess of Glouchester | 9 |
| Theo Fraser Steele | Timothy Laurence | 9 |
| David Rintoul | Michael Adeane | 8 |
| Ben Lloyd-Hughes | Mark Bolland | 7 |
| Ed Sayer | Equerry | 7 |
| Harriet Walter | Clemmie Churchill | 7 |
| Jonathan Newth | Page (Buckingham Palace) | 7 |
| Sebastian Blunt | Prince Edward | 7 |
| Flora Montgomery | Norma Major | 6 |
The Crown guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 113 | Nicholas Rowe, Pip Torrens, Lizzy McInnerny, Clive Francis, Harriet Walter, Harry Hadden-Paton, Billy Jenkins, Daniel Ings, James Hillier, Will Keen, Chris Gordon, Patrick Drury and 101 more |
| Season 2 | 152 | Will Keen, Chris Gordon, Pip Torrens, James Hillier, Harry Hadden-Paton, Lizzy McInnerny, Lyla Barrett-Rye, Mark Tandy, Richard Elfyn, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Billy Jenkins, Chloe Pirrie and 140 more |
| Season 3 | 147 | Charles Edwards, David Rintoul, Sam Phillips, Lorraine Ashbourne, Mark Dexter, Michael Thomas, Penny Downie, Aden Gillett, Sinéad Matthews, Alan Gill, Connie M'Gadzah, David Charles and 135 more |
| Season 4 | 184 | Charles Edwards, Sam Phillips, Michael Buerk, John Humphrys, Angus Imrie, Don Gallagher, Kevin McNally, Paul Jesson, Richard Goulding, Tom Byrne, Dominic Rowan, Geoff Breton and 172 more |
| Season 5 | 149 | Andrew Havill, James Murray, Ed Sayer, Flora Montgomery, Sam Woolf, Helen Ryan, Jamie Glover, John Humphrys, Michael Buerk, Theo Fraser Steele, Alastair Mackenzie, Emma Laird Craig and 137 more |
| Season 6 | 181 | Sebastian Blunt, James Murray, Ben Lloyd-Hughes, Jamie Parker, Lee Otway, Rufus Kampa, Theo Fraser Steele, Fflyn Edwards, Harry Anton, Lydia Leonard, Amira Ghazalla, Andrew Havill and 169 more |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In The Crown | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| John Finn | Arthur 'Bull' Hancock | 24 |
| Pip Torrens | Tommy Lascelles | 11 |
| Kevin McNally | Bernard Ingham | 11 |
| Richard Dillane | King George V | 10 |
| Christina Cole | Interviewer | 9 |
| Harriet Walter | Clemmie Churchill | 8 |
| Adrian Lukis | Vice-Admiral Conolly Abel Smith | 8 |
| Matthew Marsh | President Eisenhower | 8 |
| Andrew Havill | Robert Fellowes | 7 |
| Ronald Pickup | Archbishop of Canterbury | 7 |
| Nicholas Burns | Anthony Nutting | 7 |
| Alan Williams | Professor Hogg | 7 |
| Annette Badland | Doctor Margaret Heagarty | 7 |
| Caroline Goodall | Lady Doris | 7 |
| Haydn Gwynne | Lady Susan Hussey | 7 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Bentinck | John Betjeman, Porchey | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The Crown and Midsomer Murders — 134 shared actors
- The Crown and Father Brown — 74 shared actors
- The Crown and Call the Midwife — 60 shared actors
- The Crown and Agatha Christie Poirot — 53 shared actors
- Doctor Who — 48 shared actors
- Silent Witness — 48 shared actors
- Endeavour — 47 shared actors
- Lewis — 46 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.