Alex Jennings
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1957
- Birthplace
- Essex, England, UK
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
Ballad of a Small Player 2025
as Adrian Lippett
The Phoenician Scheme 2025
as Broadcloth
Blitz 2024
as Victor Smythe
Your Christmas or Mine 2 2023
as Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine? 2022
as Humphrey
The Forgiven 2022
as Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat 2022
as John Masterman
Munich - The Edge of War 2021
as Sir Horace Wilson
National Theatre Live: Hansard 2019
as Robin Hesketh
- Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Il était une fois... « The Queen » 2017
as Self
Denial 2016
as Sir Charles Gray
Churchill's Secret 2016
as Anthony Eden
The Lady in the Van 2015
as Alan Bennett
Castles in the Sky 2014
as Henry Tizard
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 2013
as Henry Higgins
Trap for Cinderella 2013
as Chance
Belle 2013
as Lord Ashford
The Lady Vanishes 2013
as Professor Hastings
Dickens in London 2012
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
We'll Take Manhattan 2012
as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: Collaborators 2011
as Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art 2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses 2010
as Andrew Walker
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers 2009
as Timothy Geithner
The 39 Steps 2008
as Captain Kell
The Disappeared 2008
as Adrian Ballan
Hancock & Joan 2008
as John Le Mesurier
- The Making of 'The Queen'
The Making of 'The Queen' 2007
as Self
Babel 2006
as Ken Clifford
The Queen 2006
as Prince Charles
Riot at the Rite 2005
as Sergei Diaghilev
A Very Social Secretary 2005
as Alastair Campbell
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004
as Horatio
Strings 2004
as Utay
Five Children and It 2004
as Father
The Four Feathers 2002
as Colonel Hamilton
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 1999
as The Butler
The Hunley 1999
as Lt. Alexander
The Wings of the Dove 1997
as Lord Mark
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1996
as Theseus / Oberon
Dread Poets' Society 1992
as Byron
War Requiem 1989
as Blinded Soldier
Credits from TMDB.