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