Who plays Prince Andrew in The Crown?

THE CROWN is heading back to our screens for another series.

Season five of the hit Netflix show brings with it a completely new cast, which sees one talented actor take on the role of Prince Andrew.

Who plays Prince Andrew in The Crown?

For The Crown season five, Prince Andrew is played by actor James Murray.

The TV star found initial fame in Coronation Street in 1998.

James is a familiar face on the box having starred in Cucumber, Suspects, and Age Before Beauty.

He married actress Sarah Parish in 2007 and they have two children.

Who has played Prince Andrew in The Crown before?

Before Murray took over the role, Andrew was played by two other actors in The Crown.

Marlo Woolley, in his only major role to date, played the controversial character as a child in the third season.

Andrew had more screen time in the fourth season, when he was played by Tom Byrne.

The actor portrayed an arrogant version of the Queen’s second-oldest son during his adolescent years.

Tom revealed what it was like to play the character amid the Prince’s controversy in a 2020 interview with .

He said: “People are going to bring their perceptions of Prince Andrew to watch [him in] The Crown anyway, I didn’t need to bring my own judgement to it.

“I thought the best thing I can do is to switch that part of my brain off. It just wasn’t useful to me to engage with that stuff – particularly as I was only playing [him as] a 20-year-old.”

What are the main storylines about Prince Andrew in The Crown?

There haven’t been many storylines about Andrew in The Crown.

One scene sees Andrew telling his mother about his relationship with  Koo Stark.

He’s also seen dating future wife Sarah Ferguson, played by Jessica Aquilina.

The fourth season primarily focused on Prince Charles’ marriage with Diana.

But we’re expecting to see a lot more of Andrew in the fifth season, which will include his doomed marriage to Sarah Ferguson.