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Alex Jennings

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 10, 1957 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Essex, England, UK

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

Acting
2026Dirty BusinessSir James Bevsn
2026The Siege
2026Legends
2025The Phoenician SchemeBroadcloth
2025Ballad of a Small PlayerAdrian Lippett
2025Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De MenezesMichael Mansfield KC
2025MobLandArchie Hammond
2024BlitzVictor Smythe
2024Mr Bates vs The Post OfficeJames Arbuthnot
2024A Very Royal ScandalSir Edward Young
2024The New LookRaymond Dior
2024The Agency: Central IntelligenceFrank
2023Your Christmas or Mine 2Humphrey
2022The ForgivenLord Swanthorne
2022Operation MincemeatJohn Masterman
2022Your Christmas or Mine?Humphrey
2022The Undeclared WarDavid Neal
2022This Is Going to HurtLockhart
2021Munich – The Edge of WarSir Horace Wilson
2020Small AxeJudge Clarke
2019National Theatre Live: HansardRobin Hesketh
2019Gold DiggerTed Day
2018A Very English ScandalPeter Bessell
2017Il était une fois... « The Queen »Self
2016Churchill's SecretAnthony Eden
2016DenialSir Charles Gray
2016VictoriaKing Leopold
2016The CrownDavid, Duke of Windsor
2015The Lady in the VanAlan Bennett
2015UnforgottenDr Tim Finch
2015Wolf HallStephen Gardiner
2014Castles in the SkyHenry Tizard
2013The Lady VanishesProfessor Hastings
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageHenry Higgins
2013BelleLord Ashford
2013Trap for CinderellaChance
2012Dickens in LondonMiddle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012We'll Take ManhattanJohn Parsons
2011National Theatre Live: CollaboratorsMikhail Bulgakov
2011SilkAlan Cowdrey QC
2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of ArtHenry / Benjamin Britten
2010On Expenses
2009The Last Days of Lehman BrothersTimothy Geithner
2009WhitechapelAnderson
2009Being HumanGriffin
2008The DisappearedAdrian Ballan
2008The 39 StepsCaptain Kell
2008Hancock & JoanJohn Le Mesurier
200810 Days to WarVincent
2008Fairy TalesRoger Bateman
2007The Making of 'The Queen'Self
2007CranfordReverend Hutton
2007The Restaurant
2007LewisRev. Conor Hawes
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006The QueenPrince Charles
2006BabelKen Clifford
2006Cards on the TableDr. Roberts
2006The State WithinJames Sinclair
2005Riot at the RiteSergei Diaghilev
2005A Very Social SecretaryAlastair Campbell
2004Five Children and ItFather
2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonHoratio
2004LondonStephen Spender
2004New TricksProfessor Blake
2002The Four FeathersColonel Hamilton
2002SpooksJames Allan
2002Foyle's WarClive Ord-Smith
2001Waking the DeadJames Andrews
2000Too Much SunJulian Edgbaston-Bowles
1999Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatThe Butler
1999The HunleyLt. Alexander
1997The Wings of the DoveLord Mark
1997Liberty!King George III
1996A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus / Oberon
1994Hard TimesBitzer
1994Hard TimesBitzer
1992Dread Poets' SocietyByron
1991Ashenden
1990Alfonso BonzoAlfonso Bonzo
1989War RequiemBlinded Soldier
1989Agatha Christie's PoirotDr. Roberts
1988The Franchise AffairNevil Bennet
1987Inspector MorseVictor Preece
1982Smiley's PeoplePC Hall