Alex Jennings
Actor
May 10, 1957 (68 years)
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
Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | Dirty Business (2026) · as Sir James Bevsn |
| 2025 | Ballad of a Small Player · as Adrian Lippett |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme · as Broadcloth |
| 2025 | Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes · as Michael Mansfield Kc |
| 2025 | MobLand · as Archie Hammond |
| 2025 | Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence · as Cast |
| 2024 | The Agency (2024) · as Frank |
| 2024 | Blitz · as Victor Smythe |
| 2024 | A Very Royal Scandal · as Sir Edward Young |
| 2024 | The New Look · as Raymond Dior |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office · as James Arbuthnot |
| 2023 | Your Christmas or Mine 2 · as Humphrey |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? · as Humphrey |
| 2022 | The Undeclared War · as David Neal |
| 2022 | This Is Going To Hurt · as Lockhart |
| 2021 | The Forgiven · as Lord Swanthorne |
| 2021 | Operation Mincemeat · as John Masterman |
| 2021 | Munich: The Edge of War · as Sir Horace Wilson |
| 2020 | Small Axe · as Judge Clarke |
| 2019 | Gold Digger · as Ted Day |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Hansard · as Robin Hesketh |
| 2019 | Four Weddings and a Funeral · as Andrew Aldridge |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal · as Peter Bessell |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal: Scandalous Times · as Peter Bessell |
| 2017 | The Halcyon · as Lord Lawrence Hamilton |
| 2016 | Alan Bennett's Diaries · as Alan Bennett |
| 2016 | The Crown · as David, Duke Of Windsor |
| 2016 | Denial · as Sir Charles GrayOn Plex |
| 2016 | Victoria · as King Leopold |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret · as Anthony Eden |
| 2016 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man · as Karl Frierson |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van · as Alan Bennett |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall · as Stephen Gardiner |
| 2015 | Unforgotten · as Dr Tim Finch |
| 2014 | Belle: The History Behind the Painting · as Lord Ashford |
| 2014 | Castles in the Sky · as Henry Tizard |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Henry Higgins |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella · as Chance |
| 2013 | The Iraq War · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Belle · as Lord Ashford |
| 2013 | The Lady Vanishes · as Professor Hastings |
| 2012 | We'll Take Manhattan · as John Parsons |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators · as Mikhail Bulgakov |
| 2011 | Silk · as Alan Cowdrey Qc |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art · as Henry / Benjamin Britten |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers · as Timothy Geithner |
| 2009 | Grandpa In My Pocket · as Captain Shipshape |
| 2009 | Whitechapel · as Anderson |
| 2008 | The 39 Steps · as Captain Kell |
| 2008 | The Disappeared · as Adrian Ballan |
| 2008 | Hancock & Joan · as John Le Mesurier |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War · as Vincent |
| 2008 | Being Human · as Griffin |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales · as Roger Bateman |
| 2007 | Cranford · as Reverend Hutton |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | The State Within · as James Sinclair |
| 2006 | Babel · as Ken Clifford |
| 2006 | The Queen · as Prince Charles |
| 2006 | Lewis · as Rev. Conor Hawes |
| 2005 | Riot at the Rite · as Sergei Diaghilev |
| 2005 | A Very Social Secretary · as Alastair Campbell |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple · as Inspector Curry |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason · as Horatio |
| 2004 | Five Children and It · as Father |
| 2004 | Peter Ackroyd's London · as Stephen Spender |
| 2003 | New Tricks · as Professor Blake |
| 2002 | Foyle's War · as Clive Ord-Smith |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers · as Colonel Hamilton |
| 2002 | Spooks · as James Allan |
| 2002 | |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead · as James Andrews |
| 1999 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat · as The Butler |
| 1999 | The Hunley · as Lt. Alexander |
| 1997 | Liberty! The American Revolution · as King George Iii |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove · as Lord Mark |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Theseus / OberonOn Plex |
| 1994 | Hard Times · as Bitzer |
| 1994 | Hard Times (1994) · as Bitzer |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries · as Sebastian Parish |
| 1990 | Alfonso Bonzo · as Alfonso Bonzo |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot · as Dr. Roberts |
| 1989 | War Requiem · as Blinded Soldier |
| 1988 | The Franchise Affair · as Nevil Bennet |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse · as Victor Preece |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) · as Lord Byron |
| 1982 | Smiley's People · as Pc Hall |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Nicky |
| 2018 | |
| 2012 | Sunday Brunch · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show · as Self |
| 2003 | A Film & Its Era · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) · as Self - Readings |
| 1971 | Film · as Self - Interviewee |