Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 10, 1957
Place of Birth:
Essex, England, UK
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Alex Jennings
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Broadcloth |
| 2024 | Blitz | Victor Smythe |
| 2023 | Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Humphrey |
| 2022 | The Forgiven | Lord Swanthorne |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | John Masterman |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? | Humphrey |
| 2021 | Munich – The Edge of War | Sir Horace Wilson |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Hansard | Robin Hesketh |
| 2017 | Il était une fois... « The Queen » | Self |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Anthony Eden |
| 2016 | Denial | Sir Charles Gray |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett |
| 2014 | Castles in the Sky | Henry Tizard |
| 2013 | The Lady Vanishes | The Professor |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Henry Higgins |
| 2013 | Belle | Lord Ashford |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Chance |
| 2012 | Dickens in London | Middle-aged Dickens(Voice) |
| 2012 | We'll Take Manhattan | John Parsons |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators | Mikhail Bulgakov |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Henry / Benjamin Britten |
| 2010 | On Expenses | |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Timothy Geithner |
| 2008 | The Disappeared | Adrian Ballan |
| 2008 | The 39 Steps | Captain Kell |
| 2008 | Hancock & Joan | John Le Mesurier |
| 2006 | The Queen | Charles III of the United Kingdom |
| 2006 | Babel | Ken Clifford |
| 2005 | Riot at the Rite | Sergei Diaghilev |
| 2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Alastair Campbell |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Father |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Horatio |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Colonel Hamilton |
| 1999 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Butler |
| 1999 | The Hunley | Lt. Alexander |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Lord Mark |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus / Oberon |
| 1994 | Hard Times | Bitzer |
| 1992 | Dread Poets' Society | Byron |
| 1989 | War Requiem | Blinded Soldier |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes | Michael Mansfield KC |
| 2025 | MobLand | Archie Hammond |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | James Arbuthnot |
| 2024 | A Very Royal Scandal | Sir Edward Young |
| 2024 | The New Look | Raymond Dior |
| 2024 | The Agency: Central Intelligence | Frank |
| 2022 | The Undeclared War | David Neal |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Lockhart |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Judge Clarke |
| 2019 | Gold Digger | Ted Day |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Peter Bessell |
| 2016 | Victoria | King Leopold |
| 2016 | The Crown | David, Duke of Windsor |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Dr Tim Finch |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Stephen Gardiner |
| 2011 | Silk | Alan Cowdrey |
| 2009 | Whitechapel | Anderson |
| 2009 | Being Human | Griffin |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales | |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Vincent |
| 2007 | Cranford | Reverend Hutton |
| 2007 | The Restaurant | |
| 2007 | Lewis | Rev. Conor Hawes |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | The State Within | |
| 2004 | London | Stephen Spender |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Professor Blake |
| 2002 | Spooks | James Allan |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Clive Ord-Smith |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | James Andrews |
| 2000 | Too Much Sun | Julian Edgbaston-Bowles |
| 1997 | Liberty! | King George III |
| 1994 | Hard Times | Bitzer |
| 1991 | Ashenden | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr. Roberts |
| 1988 | The Franchise Affair | Nevil Bennet |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Victor Preece |
| 1982 | Smiley's People |