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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Acting
(2024)
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
(2023)
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
(2022)
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
(2022)
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
(2022)
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
(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)
Belle
as Lord Ashford
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Henry Higgins
(2013)
The Lady Vanishes
as The Professor
(2013)
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
(2012)
We'll Take Manhattan
as John Parsons
(2012)
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
(2011)
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Mikhail Bulgakov
(2010)
(2010)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
(2009)
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Timothy Geithner
(2008)
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
(2008)
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
(2008)
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
(2006)
Babel
as Ken Clifford
(2006)
The Queen
as Charles III of the United Kingdom
(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