Alex Jennings
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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.
Acted in
The Agency
2024
as Frank
Blitz
2024
as Victor Smythe
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
as Sir Edward Young
The New Look
2024
as Raymond Dior
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as James Arbuthnot
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Humphrey
The Forgiven
2022
as Lord Swanthorne
The Undeclared War
2022
as David Neal
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as John Masterman
This Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Lockhart
Munich: The Edge of War
2022
as Sir Horace Wilson
Small Axe
2020
as Judge Clarke
Gold Digger
2019
as Ted Day
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Robin Hesketh
A Very English Scandal
2018
as Peter Bessell
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
The Crown
2016
as David, Duke of Windsor
Denial
2016
as Sir Charles Gray
Victoria
2016
as King Leopold
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Anthony Eden
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett
Unforgotten
2015
as Dr Tim Finch
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
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 The Professor
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
Silk
2011
as Alan Cowdrey
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses
2010
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Timothy Geithner
Whitechapel
2009
as Anderson
Being Human
2009
as Griffin
The 39 Steps
2008
as Captain Kell
The Disappeared
2008
as Adrian Ballan
Hancock & Joan
2008
as John Le Mesurier
10 Days to War
2008
as Vincent
Fairy Tales
2008
Cranford
2007
as Reverend Hutton
The Restaurant
2007
Lewis
2007
as Rev. Conor Hawes
The State Within
2006
Babel
2006
as Ken Clifford
The Queen
2006
as Charles III of the United Kingdom
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
Five Children and It
2004
as Father
London
2004
as Stephen Spender
New Tricks
2004
as Professor Blake
The Four Feathers
2002
as Colonel Hamilton
Spooks
2002
as James Allan
Waking the Dead
2001
as James Andrews
Too Much Sun
2000
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
as The Butler
The Hunley
1999
as Lt. Alexander
Liberty!
1997
as King George III
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Lord Mark
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Theseus / Oberon
Hard Times
1994
as Bitzer
Hard Times
1994
as Bitzer
Dread Poets' Society
1992
as Byron
Ashenden
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Roberts
War Requiem
1989
as Blinded Soldier
The Franchise Affair
1988
as Nevil Bennet
Inspector Morse
1987
as Victor Preece
Smiley's People
1982