Alex Jennings
Acting
Born: May 10, 1957 (age 69) · Essex, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
Alexander "Alex" Jennings (born 10 May 1957) is an English actor, who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. A three-time Olivier Award winner, he won for Too Clever by Half (1988), Peer Gynt (1996), and My Fair Lady (2003). He is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical and comedy categories. He played Prince Charles in the 2006 film The Queen. His other film appearances include The Wings of the Dove (1997), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Babel (2006) and The Lady in the Van (2015). He also played Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, in the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Crown.
Known for
Babel
2006
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
The Crown
2016
The Queen
2006
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Operation Mincemeat
2022
The Lady in the Van
2015
MobLand
2025
Belle
2013
Denial
2016
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
The Four Feathers
2002
Photos (2)
Movies (40)
The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
Blitz
Victor Smythe
Babel
Ken Clifford
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
Ballad of a Small Player
Adrian Lippett
The Queen
Prince Charles
Denial
Sir Charles Gray
Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Horatio
Munich - The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
The Four Feathers
Colonel Hamilton
Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus / Oberon
Five Children and It
Father
Strings
Utay
Belle
Lord Ashford
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
War Requiem
Blinded Soldier
The 39 Steps
Captain Kell
The Wings of the Dove
Lord Mark
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Butler
A Very Social Secretary
Alastair Campbell
The Hunley
Lt. Alexander
The Lady Vanishes
Professor Hastings
We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
Trap for Cinderella
Chance
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan
Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
Riot at the Rite
Sergei Diaghilev
Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
Hancock & Joan
John Le Mesurier
On Expenses
Andrew Walker
Dread Poets' Society
Byron
TV Shows (37)
MobLand
Archie Hammond · 3 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Roberts · 1 eps
The Crown
David, Duke of Windsor · 7 eps
Spooks
James Allan · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
James Andrews · 2 eps
New Tricks
Professor Blake · 1 eps
The Agency
Frank · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Clive Ord-Smith · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Victor Preece · 1 eps
Victoria
King Leopold · 9 eps
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Michael Mansfield QC · 1 eps
Lewis
Rev. Conor Hawes · 1 eps
Unforgotten
Dr Tim Finch · 1 eps
This Is Going to Hurt
Lockhart · 7 eps
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner · 3 eps
The Undeclared War
David Neal · 6 eps
Being Human
Griffin · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Lord Byron · 1 eps
Silk
Alan Cowdrey QC · 13 eps
Whitechapel
Anderson · 18 eps
Cranford
Reverend Hutton · 7 eps
A Very English Scandal
Peter Bessell · 3 eps
Small Axe
Judge Clarke · 1 eps
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
James Arbuthnot · 4 eps
A Very Royal Scandal
Sir Edward Young · 3 eps
The New Look
Raymond Dior · 2 eps
Smiley's People
PC Hall · 1 eps
Gold Digger
Ted Day · 6 eps
The State Within
James Sinclair · 6 eps
Liberty!
King George III · 6 eps
Fairy Tales
Roger Bateman · 1 eps
10 Days to War
Vincent · 1 eps
Alfonso Bonzo
Alfonso Bonzo · 6 eps
Dirty Business
Sir James Bevsn · 3 eps
Hard Times
Bitzer · 4 eps
The Franchise Affair
Nevil Bennet · 6 eps
The Restaurant
38 eps
