
Alex Jennings
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1957 (age 69)
- Birthplace
- Essex, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
The Siege
TV · 1 ep

Dirty Business
TV · as Sir James Bevsn · 3 eps

The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as Broadcloth

Ballad of a Small Player
Movie · as Adrian Lippett

MobLand
TV · as Archie Hammond · 3 eps

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
TV · as Michael Mansfield QC · 1 ep

Blitz
Movie · as Victor Smythe

Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV · as James Arbuthnot · 4 eps

A Very Royal Scandal
TV · as Sir Edward Young · 3 eps

The New Look
TV · as Raymond Dior · 2 eps

The Agency
TV · as Frank · 1 ep

Your Christmas or Mine 2
Movie · as Humphrey

The Forgiven
Movie · as Lord Swanthorne

Operation Mincemeat
Movie · as John Masterman

Your Christmas or Mine?
Movie · as Humphrey

The Undeclared War
TV · as David Neal · 6 eps

This Is Going to Hurt
TV · as Lockhart · 7 eps

Munich - The Edge of War
Movie · as Sir Horace Wilson

Small Axe
TV · as Judge Clarke · 1 ep

National Theatre Live: Hansard
Movie · as Robin Hesketh

Gold Digger
TV · as Ted Day · 6 eps

A Very English Scandal
TV · as Peter Bessell · 3 eps
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Movie · as Self

Churchill's Secret
Movie · as Anthony Eden

Denial
Movie · as Sir Charles Gray

Victoria
TV · as King Leopold · 9 eps

The Crown
TV · as David, Duke of Windsor · 7 eps

The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Alan Bennett

Unforgotten
TV · as Dr Tim Finch · 1 ep

Wolf Hall
TV · as Stephen Gardiner · 3 eps

Castles in the Sky
Movie · as Henry Tizard

The Lady Vanishes
Movie · as Professor Hastings

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie · as Henry Higgins

Belle
Movie · as Lord Ashford

Trap for Cinderella
Movie · as Chance

Dickens in London
Movie · as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)

We'll Take Manhattan
Movie · as John Parsons

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Movie · as Mikhail Bulgakov

Silk
TV · as Alan Cowdrey QC · 13 eps

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie · as Henry / Benjamin Britten

On Expenses
Movie · as Andrew Walker

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Movie · as Timothy Geithner

Whitechapel
TV · as Anderson · 18 eps

Being Human
TV · as Griffin · 1 ep
Return to Cranford
TV · as Reverend Hutton · 2 eps

The Disappeared
Movie · as Adrian Ballan

The 39 Steps
Movie · as Captain Kell

Hancock & Joan
Movie · as John Le Mesurier

10 Days to War
TV · as Vincent · 1 ep

Fairy Tales
TV · as Roger Bateman · 1 ep
The Making of 'The Queen'
Movie · as Self

Cranford
TV · as Reverend Hutton · 7 eps

The Restaurant
TV · 38 eps

Lewis
TV · as Rev. Conor Hawes · 1 ep

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Queen
Movie · as Prince Charles

Babel
Movie · as Ken Clifford

The State Within
TV · as James Sinclair · 6 eps

Riot at the Rite
Movie · as Sergei Diaghilev

A Very Social Secretary
Movie · as Alastair Campbell

Five Children and It
Movie · as Father

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie · as Horatio

Strings
Movie · as Utay
London
TV · as Stephen Spender · 3 eps

New Tricks
TV · as Professor Blake · 1 ep

The Four Feathers
Movie · as Colonel Hamilton

Spooks
TV · as James Allan · 1 ep

Foyle's War
TV · as Clive Ord-Smith · 1 ep

Waking the Dead
TV · as James Andrews · 2 eps
Too Much Sun
TV · as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles · 6 eps

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Movie · as The Butler

The Hunley
Movie · as Lt. Alexander

The Wings of the Dove
Movie · as Lord Mark

Liberty!
TV · as King George III · 6 eps

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Theseus / Oberon

Hard Times
TV · as Bitzer · 4 eps

Dread Poets' Society
Movie · as Byron
Ashenden
TV · 4 eps

Alfonso Bonzo
TV · as Alfonso Bonzo · 6 eps

War Requiem
Movie · as Blinded Soldier

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Dr. Roberts · 1 ep

The Franchise Affair
TV · as Nevil Bennet · 6 eps

Inspector Morse
TV · as Victor Preece · 1 ep

ScreenPlay
TV · as Lord Byron · 1 ep

Smiley's People
TV · as PC Hall · 1 ep

