Alex Jennings
Acting
1957-05-10 · 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
Dirty Business
2026 · Series
Ballad of a Small Player
2025 · Movie
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · Movie
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025 · Series
MobLand
2025 · Series
The Agency
2024 · Series
Blitz
2024 · Movie
A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · Series
The New Look
2024 · Series
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024 · Series
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023 · Movie
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022 · Movie
The Forgiven
2022 · Movie
The Undeclared War
2022 · Series
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · Movie
This Is Going to Hurt
2022 · Series
Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · Movie
Small Axe
2020 · Series
Gold Digger
2019 · Series
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019 · Movie
A Very English Scandal
2018 · Series
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017 · Movie
The Crown
2016 · Series
Denial
2016 · Movie
Victoria
2016 · Series
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Movie
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Movie
Unforgotten
2015 · Series
Wolf Hall
2015 · Series
Castles in the Sky
2014 · Movie
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Movie
Trap for Cinderella
2013 · Movie
Belle
2013 · Movie
The Lady Vanishes
2013 · Movie
Dickens in London
2012 · Movie
We'll Take Manhattan
2012 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011 · Movie
Silk
2011 · Series
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · Movie
On Expenses
2010 · Movie
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · Movie
Whitechapel
2009 · Series
Being Human
2009 · Series
The 39 Steps
2008 · Movie
The Disappeared
2008 · Movie
Hancock & Joan
2008 · Movie
10 Days to War
2008 · Series
Fairy Tales
2008 · Series
Cranford
2007 · Series
The Restaurant
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Lewis
2007 · Series
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · Movie
The State Within
2006 · Series
Babel
2006 · Movie
The Queen
2006 · Movie
Riot at the Rite
2005 · Movie
A Very Social Secretary
2005 · Movie
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · Movie
Strings
2004 · Movie
Five Children and It
2004 · Movie
London
2004 · Series
New Tricks
2004 · Series
Foyle's War
2002 · Series
The Four Feathers
2002 · Movie
Spooks
2002 · Series
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
Too Much Sun
2000 · Series
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999 · Movie
The Hunley
1999 · Movie
Liberty!
1997 · Series
The Wings of the Dove
1997 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · Movie
Hard Times
1994 · Series
Hard Times
1994 · Movie
Dread Poets' Society
1992 · Movie
Ashenden
1991 · Series
Alfonso Bonzo
1990 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
War Requiem
1989 · Movie
The Franchise Affair
1988 · Series
Inspector Morse
1987 · Series
ScreenPlay
1986 · Series
Smiley's People
1982 · Series
The Siege
Series