Alex Jennings
Born: 1957-05-10 in Essex, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Dirty Business as Sir James Bevsn
- The Siege
2025
- MobLand as Archie Hammond
- The Phoenician Scheme as Broadcloth
- Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes as Michael Mansfield KC
- Ballad of a Small Player as Adrian Lippett
2024
- The Agency as Frank
- The New Look as Raymond Dior
- A Very Royal Scandal as Sir Edward Young
- Blitz as Victor Smythe
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office as James Arbuthnot
2023
- Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Humphrey
2022
- This Is Going to Hurt as Lockhart
- The Undeclared War as David Neal
- Operation Mincemeat as John Masterman
- The Forgiven as Lord Swanthorne
- Your Christmas or Mine? as Humphrey
2021
- Munich - The Edge of War as Sir Horace Wilson
2020
- Small Axe as Judge Clarke
2019
- Gold Digger as Ted Day
- National Theatre Live: Hansard as Robin Hesketh
2018
- A Very English Scandal as Peter Bessell
2017
2016
- The Crown as David, Duke of Windsor
- Victoria as King Leopold
- Denial as Sir Charles Gray
- Churchill's Secret as Anthony Eden
2015
- Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner
- Unforgotten as Dr Tim Finch
- The Lady in the Van as Alan Bennett
2014
- Castles in the Sky as Henry Tizard
2013
- Belle as Lord Ashford
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Henry Higgins
- The Lady Vanishes as Professor Hastings
- Trap for Cinderella as Chance
2012
- We'll Take Manhattan as John Parsons
- Dickens in London as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2011
- Silk as Alan Cowdrey QC
- National Theatre Live: Collaborators as Mikhail Bulgakov
2010
- National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Henry / Benjamin Britten
- On Expenses
2009
- Being Human as Griffin
- Whitechapel as Anderson
- The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Timothy Geithner
2008
- Fairy Tales as Roger Bateman
- 10 Days to War as Vincent
- The 39 Steps as Captain Kell
- The Disappeared as Adrian Ballan
- Hancock & Joan as John Le Mesurier
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Lewis as Rev. Conor Hawes
- Cranford as Reverend Hutton
- The Restaurant
- The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
2006
- Babel as Ken Clifford
- The Queen as Prince Charles
- The State Within as James Sinclair
2005
- Riot at the Rite as Sergei Diaghilev
- A Very Social Secretary as Alastair Campbell
2004
- New Tricks as Professor Blake
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Horatio
- London as Stephen Spender
- Five Children and It as Father
- Strings as Utay
2002
- Spooks as James Allan
- Foyle's War as Clive Ord-Smith
- The Four Feathers as Colonel Hamilton
2001
- Waking the Dead as James Andrews
2000
- Too Much Sun as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
1999
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Butler
- The Hunley as Lt. Alexander
1997
- Liberty! as King George III
- The Wings of the Dove as Lord Mark
1996
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus / Oberon
1994
- Hard Times as Bitzer
- Hard Times as Bitzer
1992
- Dread Poets' Society as Byron
1991
1990
- Alfonso Bonzo as Alfonso Bonzo
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Roberts
- War Requiem as Blinded Soldier
1988
- The Franchise Affair as Nevil Bennet
1987
- Inspector Morse as Victor Preece
1982
- Smiley's People as PC Hall