Portrait of Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

Acting

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.

Born: May 10, 1957

Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Ballad of a Small Player

as Adrian Lippett

2025
2025
MobLand

as Archie Hammond

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

2022
The Forgiven

as Lord Swanthorne

2022
The Undeclared War

as David Neal

2022
Operation Mincemeat

as John Masterman

2022
2021
Munich – The Edge of War

as Sir Horace Wilson

2020
Small Axe

as Judge Clarke

2019
Gold Digger

as Ted Day

2019
2018
A Very English Scandal

as Peter Bessell

2016
The Crown

as David, Duke of Windsor

2016
Denial

as Sir Charles Gray

2016
Victoria

as King Leopold

2016
Churchill's Secret

as Anthony Eden

2015
The Lady in the Van

as Alan Bennett

2015
Unforgotten

as Dr Tim Finch

2015
Wolf Hall

as Stephen Gardiner

2014
Castles in the Sky

as Henry Tizard

2013
2013
Belle

as Lord Ashford

2013
The Lady Vanishes

as The Professor

2012
Dickens in London

as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)

2012
We'll Take Manhattan

as John Parsons

2011
Silk

as Alan Cowdrey

2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

as Henry / Benjamin Britten

2009
2009
Whitechapel

as Anderson

2009
Being Human

as Griffin

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
Fairy Tales

as Roger Bateman

2007
Cranford

as Reverend Hutton

2007
Lewis

as Rev. Conor Hawes

2006
The State Within

as James Sinclair

2006
Babel

as Ken Clifford

2006
The Queen

as Prince Charles

2005
Riot at the Rite

as Sergei Diaghilev

2005
A Very Social Secretary

as Alastair Campbell

2004
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

2001
Waking the Dead

as James Andrews

1999
The Hunley

as Lt. Alexander

1997
Liberty!

as King George III

1997
1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus / Oberon

1994
Hard Times

as Bitzer

1994
Hard Times

as Bitzer

1989
1989
War Requiem

as Blinded Soldier

1988
The Franchise Affair

as Nevil Bennet

1987
Inspector Morse

as Victor Preece