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 (41)
The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
Babel
Ken Clifford
Ballad of a Small Player
Adrian Lippett
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Horatio
Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
Munich - The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
The Queen
Prince Charles
The Four Feathers
Colonel Hamilton
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
Blitz
Victor Smythe
The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
Belle
Lord Ashford
Denial
Sir Charles Gray
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
Five Children and It
Father
The Wings of the Dove
Lord Mark
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
The Hunley
Lt. Alexander
Strings
Utay
Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Butler
The 39 Steps
Captain Kell
The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan
We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
Dread Poets' Society
Byron
Trap for Cinderella
Chance
Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
The Lady Vanishes
Professor Hastings
Hard Times
Bitzer
A Very Social Secretary
Alastair Campbell
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus / Oberon
War Requiem
Blinded Soldier
On Expenses
Andrew Walker
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
Hancock & Joan
John Le Mesurier
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
Riot at the Rite
Sergei Diaghilev
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
TV Shows (37)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Roberts · 1 eps
The Crown
David, Duke of Windsor · 7 eps
MobLand
Archie Hammond · 3 eps
The Agency
Frank · 1 eps
New Tricks
Professor Blake · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Clive Ord-Smith · 1 eps
Spooks
James Allan · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
James Andrews · 2 eps
Lewis
Rev. Conor Hawes · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Victor Preece · 1 eps
Silk
Alan Cowdrey QC · 13 eps
Unforgotten
Dr Tim Finch · 1 eps
Victoria
King Leopold · 9 eps
Being Human
Griffin · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Lord Byron · 1 eps
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner · 3 eps
The Undeclared War
David Neal · 6 eps
The New Look
Raymond Dior · 2 eps
Cranford
Reverend Hutton · 7 eps
Whitechapel
Anderson · 18 eps
This Is Going to Hurt
Lockhart · 7 eps
A Very English Scandal
Peter Bessell · 3 eps
Small Axe
Judge Clarke · 1 eps
Alfonso Bonzo
Alfonso Bonzo · 6 eps
The Restaurant
38 eps
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Michael Mansfield KC · 4 eps
A Very Royal Scandal
Sir Edward Young · 3 eps
Smiley's People
PC Hall · 1 eps
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
James Arbuthnot · 4 eps
Gold Digger
Ted Day · 6 eps
10 Days to War
Vincent · 1 eps
Liberty!
King George III · 6 eps
Dirty Business
Sir James Bevsn · 3 eps
The State Within
James Sinclair · 6 eps
Fairy Tales
Roger Bateman · 1 eps
Hard Times
Bitzer · 4 eps
The Franchise Affair
Nevil Bennet · 6 eps
