--- title: The Crown Casts a Game of Thrones Actor to Play Prince Philip description: The third season of The Crown embarks on new territory as the timeline moves between the 1960s and ‘80s and the cast does a complete swap canonical: https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-29T14:19:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:42.783Z og:title: Game of Thrones Actor Will Play Prince Philip on The Crown og:description: You've seen him before og:url: https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26a26b6b2b89e31e/69889584e20a87c50ba910a2/tobias-menzies-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Apple Store Soho Presents Meet the Cast: "Outlander" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Actor Will Play Prince Philip on The Crown twitter:description: You've seen him before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26a26b6b2b89e31e/69889584e20a87c50ba910a2/tobias-menzies-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Fans Will Recognize _The Crown's_ New Prince Phillip by [Isabel Jones / InStyle](https://time.com/author/instyle/) ## Isabel Jones / InStyle Mar 29, 2018 2:19 PM UTC  Tobias Menzies attends Apple Store Soho Presents Meet the Cast: "Outlander" at Apple Store Soho in New York City on April 6, 2016. Tobias Menzies attends Apple Store Soho Presents Meet the Cast: "Outlander" at Apple Store Soho in New York City on April 6, 2016.Mike Pont—WireImage/Getty Images by [Isabel Jones / InStyle](https://time.com/author/instyle/) ## Isabel Jones / InStyle Mar 29, 2018 2:19 PM UTC The third season of Netflix’s _The Crown_ embarks on new territory as the timeline moves between the 1960s and ‘80s and the cast does a complete swap. That’s right, no more Queen Claire Foy and Prince Matt Smith—the series is trading in its mainstays for older actors. While it’s been announced that [Olivia Colman will play Queen Elizabeth in season 3](http://www.instyle.com/syndication/the-crown-claire-foy-olivia-colman), we’ve been waiting for news of Prince Philip’s replacement for some time. On Wednesday, Netflix broke the casting announcement, letting us know that _Outlander_ and _Game of Thrones_ alum Tobias Menzies will be stepping into Smith’s shoes for the upcoming season. Social media users are thrilled by the news, as is Menzies’ _Outlander_ co-star Caitriona Balfe. > [](https://twitter.com/caitrionambalfe/status/979112037300277253) > [](https://twitter.com/TaraDBennett/status/979201853450723328) > [](https://twitter.com/amymwilk/status/979188628692848640) [Helena Bonham Carter](http://www.instyle.com/news/helena-bonham-carter-princess-margaret-the-crown) is also reportedly in talks to play the role of the Queen’s rebellious younger sister Princess Margaret, though no official announcement has been made. While it [recently](http://www.instyle.com/news/claire-foy-paid-less-matt-smith-the-crown) came to light that Foy was paid less for her work on _The Crown_ than Smith, executive producer Suzanne Mackie assured has assured fans that the inequality will end with season two. “Going forward, no one gets paid more than the Queen,” she said. Long live Netflix! _This_ [_article_](http://www.instyle.com/news/the-crown-matt-smith-replacement-prince-philip-tobias-menzies) _originally appeared on_ [_InStyle.com_](http://www.instyle.com) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Fans Will Recognize The Crown's New Prince Phillip","datePublished":"2018-03-29T14:19:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:42.783Z","description":"The third season of The Crown embarks on new territory as the timeline moves between the 1960s and ‘80s and the cast does a complete swap","url":"https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26a26b6b2b89e31e/69889584e20a87c50ba910a2/tobias-menzies-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Isabel Jones / InStyle"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26a26b6b2b89e31e/69889584e20a87c50ba910a2/tobias-menzies-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Store Soho Presents Meet the Cast: \"Outlander\"","caption":"Tobias Menzies attends Apple Store Soho Presents Meet the Cast: \"Outlander\" at Apple Store Soho in New York City on April 6, 2016.","creditText":"Mike Pont—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5220314/the-crown-prince-philip-tobias-menzies/","name":"Game of Thrones Fans Will Recognize The Crown's New Prince Phillip"}}]}] ```