Alex Jennings

Acting

Alex Jennings

Born
(age 69)
Birthplace
Essex, England, UK
Credits
84 titles

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 84

YearTitleRole
TBA The Siege TV (1 ep)
2026 Dirty Business TV Sir James Bevsn (3 ep)
2025 Ballad of a Small Player Film Adrian Lippett
2025 The Phoenician Scheme Film Broadcloth
2025 Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes TV Michael Mansfield QC (1 ep)
2025 MobLand TV Archie Hammond (3 ep)
2024 The Agency TV Frank (1 ep)
2024 Blitz Film Victor Smythe
2024 A Very Royal Scandal TV Sir Edward Young (3 ep)
2024 The New Look TV Raymond Dior (2 ep)
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office TV James Arbuthnot (4 ep)
2023 Your Christmas or Mine 2 Film Humphrey
2022 Your Christmas or Mine? Film Humphrey
2022 The Forgiven Film Lord Swanthorne
2022 The Undeclared War TV David Neal (6 ep)
2022 Operation Mincemeat Film John Masterman
2022 This Is Going to Hurt TV Lockhart (7 ep)
2021 Munich - The Edge of War Film Sir Horace Wilson
2020 Small Axe TV Judge Clarke (1 ep)
2019 Gold Digger TV Ted Day (6 ep)
2019 National Theatre Live: Hansard Film Robin Hesketh
2018 A Very English Scandal TV Peter Bessell (3 ep)
2017 Il était une fois... « The Queen » Film Self
2016 The Crown TV David, Duke of Windsor (7 ep)
2016 Denial Film Sir Charles Gray
2016 Victoria TV King Leopold (9 ep)
2016 Churchill's Secret Film Anthony Eden
2015 The Lady in the Van Film Alan Bennett
2015 Unforgotten TV Dr Tim Finch (1 ep)
2015 Wolf Hall TV Stephen Gardiner (3 ep)
2014 Castles in the Sky Film Henry Tizard
2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage Film Henry Higgins
2013 Trap for Cinderella Film Chance
2013 Belle Film Lord Ashford
2013 The Lady Vanishes Film Professor Hastings
2012 Dickens in London Film Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012 We'll Take Manhattan Film John Parsons
2011 National Theatre Live: Collaborators Film Mikhail Bulgakov
2011 Silk TV Alan Cowdrey QC (13 ep)
2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art Film Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010 On Expenses Film Andrew Walker
2009 The Last Days of Lehman Brothers Film Timothy Geithner
2009 Whitechapel TV Anderson (18 ep)
2009 Being Human TV Griffin (1 ep)
2008 The 39 Steps Film Captain Kell
2008 The Disappeared Film Adrian Ballan
2008 Hancock & Joan Film John Le Mesurier
2008 10 Days to War TV Vincent (1 ep)
2008 Fairy Tales TV Roger Bateman (1 ep)
2007 Cranford TV Reverend Hutton (7 ep)
2007 The Restaurant TV (38 ep)
2007 The Graham Norton Show TV Self (1 ep)
2007 Lewis TV Rev. Conor Hawes (1 ep)
2007 The Making of 'The Queen' Film Self
2006 The State Within TV James Sinclair (6 ep)
2006 Babel Film Ken Clifford
2006 The Queen Film Prince Charles
2005 Riot at the Rite Film Sergei Diaghilev
2005 A Very Social Secretary Film Alastair Campbell
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Film Horatio
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