Jonny Lee Miller, who played the eccentric detective at the center of CBS’ long-running procedural Elementary, has been cast as Prime Minister John Major in Season 5 of The Crown, Netflix announced Friday.
In addition to the aforementioned Elementary, Miller starred as the title character in ABC’s Eli Stone, and as Jordan Chase in Season 5 of Showtime’s Dexter.
Major served as prime minister and leader of the UK’s Conservative party from 1990 to 1997.