Alex Jennings
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1957-05-10 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Essex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Alexander Jennings
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
TV Shows (42)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Roberts
The Crown
2016
as David, Duke of Windsor
Spooks
2002
as James Allan
MobLand
2025
as Archie Hammond
Waking the Dead
2001
as James Andrews
Foyle's War
2002
as Clive Ord-Smith
New Tricks
2004
as Professor Blake
Lewis
2007
as Rev. Conor Hawes
Inspector Morse
1987
as Victor Preece
The Agency
2024
as Frank
Victoria
2016
as King Leopold
Unforgotten
2015
as Dr Tim Finch
Silk
2011
as Alan Cowdrey QC
Being Human
2009
as Griffin
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
ScreenPlay
1986
as Lord Byron
The New Look
2024
as Raymond Dior
Small Axe
2020
as Judge Clarke
Cranford
2007
as Reverend Hutton
Smiley's People
1982
as PC Hall
Whitechapel
2009
as Anderson
The Undeclared War
2022
as David Neal
A Very English Scandal
2018
as Peter Bessell
This Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Lockhart
Liberty!
1997
as King George III
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
as Sir Edward Young
The State Within
2006
as James Sinclair
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as James Arbuthnot
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
as Michael Mansfield KC
10 Days to War
2008
as Vincent
Gold Digger
2019
as Ted Day
Too Much Sun
2000
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
Fairy Tales
2008
as Roger Bateman
London
2004
as Stephen Spender
Ashenden
1991
Dirty Business
2026
as Sir James Bevsn
Hard Times
1994
as Bitzer
The Restaurant
2007
The Franchise Affair
1988
as Nevil Bennet
The Siege
2026
Alfonso Bonzo
1990
as Alfonso Bonzo
Movies (43)
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Broadcloth
Babel
2006
as Ken Clifford
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as John Masterman
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Horatio
The Queen
2006
as Prince Charles
Blitz
2024
as Victor Smythe
The Four Feathers
2002
as Colonel Hamilton
The Forgiven
2022
as Lord Swanthorne
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Adrian Lippett
Belle
2013
as Lord Ashford
Denial
2016
as Sir Charles Gray
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Horace Wilson
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Lord Mark
Five Children and It
2004
as Father
Hard Times
1994
as Bitzer
On Expenses
2010
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Henry Higgins
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
as The Butler
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Timothy Geithner
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Anthony Eden
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Professor Hastings
Strings
2004
as Utay
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Humphrey
The 39 Steps
2008
as Captain Kell
Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Chance
War Requiem
1989
as Blinded Soldier
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
Castles in the Sky
2014
as Henry Tizard
The Hunley
1999
as Lt. Alexander
The Disappeared
2008
as Adrian Ballan
Dread Poets' Society
1992
as Byron
Riot at the Rite
2005
as Sergei Diaghilev
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Theseus / Oberon
Hancock & Joan
2008
as John Le Mesurier
A Very Social Secretary
2005
as Alastair Campbell
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Robin Hesketh
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Mikhail Bulgakov
Dickens in London
2012
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
About Alex Jennings
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… With 85 credits spanning from 1982 to 2026, Alex Jennings has appeared in 43 films and 42 TV shows.
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Most Popular Alex Jennings Movies
- The Phoenician Scheme (2025) — as Broadcloth
- Babel (2006) — as Ken Clifford
- Operation Mincemeat (2022) — as John Masterman
- Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) — as Horatio
- The Queen (2006) — as Prince Charles
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