Alex Jennings
Born
May 10, 1957 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Essex, England, UK
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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.
The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Michael Mansfield KC · (4 episodes)
2025
MobLand
Archie Hammond · (3 episodes)
2025
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Frank · (1 episode)
2024
Blitz
Victor Smythe
2024
A Very Royal Scandal
Sir Edward Young · (3 episodes)
2024
The New Look
Raymond Dior · (2 episodes)
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
James Arbuthnot · (4 episodes)
2024
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
2022
The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
2022
The Undeclared War
David Neal · (6 episodes)
2022
Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
2022
This Is Going to Hurt
Lockhart · (7 episodes)
2022
Munich – The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
2021
Small Axe
Judge Clarke · (1 episode)
2020
Gold Digger
Ted Day · (6 episodes)
2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
2019
A Very English Scandal
Peter Bessell · (3 episodes)
2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017
The Crown
David, Duke of Windsor · (7 episodes)
2016
Denial
Sir Charles Gray
2016
Victoria
King Leopold · (9 episodes)
2016
Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
2016
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
2015
Unforgotten
Dr Tim Finch · (1 episode)
2015
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner · (3 episodes)
2015
Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
2013
Trap for Cinderella
Chance
2013
Belle
Lord Ashford
2013
The Lady Vanishes
The Professor
2013
Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
2012
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
2011
Silk
Alan Cowdrey · (13 episodes)
2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
On Expenses
2010
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
2009
Whitechapel
Anderson · (18 episodes)
2009
Being Human
Griffin · (1 episode)
2009
The 39 Steps
Captain Kell
2008
The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan
2008
Hancock & Joan
John Le Mesurier
2008
10 Days to War
Vincent · (1 episode)
2008
Fairy Tales
(1 episode)
2008
Cranford
Reverend Hutton · (7 episodes)
2007
The Restaurant
(38 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Lewis
Rev. Conor Hawes · (1 episode)
2007
The State Within
(1 episode)
2006
Babel
Ken Clifford
2006
The Queen
Charles III of the United Kingdom
2006
Riot at the Rite
Sergei Diaghilev
2005
A Very Social Secretary
Alastair Campbell
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Horatio
2004
Five Children and It
Father
2004
London
Stephen Spender · (3 episodes)
2004
New Tricks
Professor Blake · (1 episode)
2004
Foyle's War
Clive Ord-Smith · (1 episode)
2002
The Four Feathers
Colonel Hamilton
2002
Spooks
James Allan · (1 episode)
2002
Waking the Dead
James Andrews · (2 episodes)
2001
Too Much Sun
Julian Edgbaston-Bowles · (6 episodes)
2000
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Butler
1999
The Hunley
Lt. Alexander
1999
Liberty!
King George III · (6 episodes)
1997
The Wings of the Dove
Lord Mark
1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus / Oberon
1996
Hard Times
Bitzer
1994
Hard Times
Bitzer · (4 episodes)
1994
Dread Poets' Society
Byron
1992
Ashenden
(4 episodes)
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Roberts · (1 episode)
1989
War Requiem
Blinded Soldier
1989
The Franchise Affair
Nevil Bennet · (6 episodes)
1988
Inspector Morse
Victor Preece · (1 episode)
1987
Smiley's People
(1 episode)
1982