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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Ballad of a Small Player
Character:Adrian Lippett
Release Date:15/10/2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Character:Broadcloth
Release Date:23/05/2025
Blitz
Character:Victor Smythe
Release Date:01/11/2024
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Character:Humphrey
Release Date:07/12/2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Character:Humphrey
Release Date:02/12/2022
The Forgiven
Character:Lord Swanthorne
Release Date:01/07/2022
Operation Mincemeat
Character:John Masterman
Release Date:01/04/2022
Munich – The Edge of War
Character:Sir Horace Wilson
Release Date:31/12/2021
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Character:Robin Hesketh
Release Date:07/11/2019
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/2017
Denial
Character:Sir Charles Gray
Release Date:30/09/2016
Churchill's Secret
Character:Anthony Eden
Release Date:29/02/2016
The Lady in the Van
Character:Alan Bennett
Release Date:30/10/2015
Castles in the Sky
Character:Henry Tizard
Release Date:07/10/2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Character:Henry Higgins
Release Date:02/11/2013
Trap for Cinderella
Character:Chance
Release Date:12/07/2013
Belle
Character:Lord Ashford
Release Date:01/05/2013
The Lady Vanishes
Character:Professor Hastings
Release Date:17/03/2013
Dickens in London
Character:Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
Release Date:07/02/2012
We'll Take Manhattan
Character:John Parsons
Release Date:26/01/2012
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Character:Mikhail Bulgakov
Release Date:01/12/2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Character:Henry / Benjamin Britten
Release Date:22/04/2010
On Expenses
Character:
Release Date:23/02/2010
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Character:Timothy Geithner
Release Date:09/09/2009
The 39 Steps
Character:Captain Kell
Release Date:28/12/2008
The Disappeared
Character:Adrian Ballan
Release Date:25/08/2008
Hancock & Joan
Character:John Le Mesurier
Release Date:26/03/2008
The Making of 'The Queen'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2007
Babel
Character:Ken Clifford
Release Date:26/10/2006
The Queen
Character:Prince Charles
Release Date:15/09/2006
Riot at the Rite
Character:Sergei Diaghilev
Release Date:18/10/2005
A Very Social Secretary
Character:Alastair Campbell
Release Date:10/10/2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Character:Horatio
Release Date:10/11/2004
Five Children and It
Character:Father
Release Date:15/10/2004
The Four Feathers
Character:Colonel Hamilton
Release Date:08/09/2002
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Character:The Butler
Release Date:26/11/1999
The Hunley
Character:Lt. Alexander
Release Date:11/07/1999
The Wings of the Dove
Character:Lord Mark
Release Date:04/09/1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Theseus / Oberon
Release Date:29/11/1996
Hard Times
Character:Bitzer
Release Date:29/04/1994
Dread Poets' Society
Character:Byron
Release Date:23/09/1992
War Requiem
Character:Blinded Soldier
Release Date:06/01/1989
Television Appearances
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Character:Michael Mansfield KC
MobLand
Character:Archie Hammond
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Character:Frank
A Very Royal Scandal
Character:Sir Edward Young
The New Look
Character:Raymond Dior
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Character:James Arbuthnot
The Undeclared War
Character:David Neal
This Is Going to Hurt
Character:Lockhart
Small Axe
Character:Judge Clarke
Gold Digger
Character:Ted Day
A Very English Scandal
Character:Peter Bessell
The Crown
Character:David, Duke of Windsor
Victoria
Character:King Leopold
Unforgotten
Character:Dr Tim Finch
Wolf Hall
Character:Stephen Gardiner
Silk
Character:Alan Cowdrey
Whitechapel
Character:Anderson
Being Human
Character:Griffin
10 Days to War
Character:Vincent
Fairy Tales
Character:Roger Bateman
Cranford
Character:Reverend Hutton
The Restaurant
Character:
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
Lewis
Character:Rev. Conor Hawes
The State Within
Character:James Sinclair
London
Character:Stephen Spender
New Tricks
Character:Professor Blake
Foyle's War
Character:Clive Ord-Smith
Spooks
Character:James Allan
Waking the Dead
Character:James Andrews
Too Much Sun
Character:Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
Liberty!
Character:King George III
Hard Times
Character:Bitzer
Ashenden
Character:
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Dr. Roberts
The Franchise Affair
Character:Nevil Bennet
Inspector Morse
Character:Victor Preece
Smiley's People
Character:
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