Alex Jennings
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-05-10 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Essex, England, UK
Alex Jennings
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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
as Broadcloth
(2025)
Ballad of a Small Player
as Adrian Lippett
(2024)
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
(2023)
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
(2022)
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
(2022)
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
(2021)
Munich – The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
(2019)
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Robin Hesketh
(2017)
(2016)
Denial
as Sir Charles Gray
(2016)
Churchill's Secret
as Anthony Eden
(2015)
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett
(2014)
Castles in the Sky
as Henry Tizard
(2013)
The Lady Vanishes
as The Professor
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Henry Higgins
(2013)
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
(2013)
Belle
as Lord Ashford
(2012)
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
(2012)
We'll Take Manhattan
as John Parsons
(2011)
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Mikhail Bulgakov
(2010)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
(2010)
(2009)
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Timothy Geithner
(2008)
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
(2008)
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
(2008)
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
(2007)
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
(2006)
The Queen
as Prince Charles
(2006)
Babel
as Ken Clifford
(2005)
A Very Social Secretary
as Alastair Campbell
(2005)
Riot at the Rite
as Sergei Diaghilev
(2004)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Horatio
(2004)
Five Children and It
as Father
(2002)
The Four Feathers
as Colonel Hamilton
(1999)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Butler
(1999)
The Hunley
as Lt. Alexander
(1997)
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
(1996)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus / Oberon
(1994)
Hard Times
as Bitzer
(1992)
Dread Poets' Society
as Byron
(1989)
War Requiem
as Blinded Soldier