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Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

ActingBorn May 10, 1957 (age 69)Essex, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2026TV
2026
Dirty Business

as Sir James Bevsn

TV
2025
Ballad of a Small Player

as Adrian Lippett

Movie
2025Movie
2025
MobLand

as Archie Hammond

TV
2024
The Agency

as Frank

TV
2024
Blitz

as Victor Smythe

Movie
2024
A Very Royal Scandal

as Sir Edward Young

TV
2024
The New Look

as Raymond Dior

TV
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office

as James Arbuthnot

TV
2023Movie
2022Movie
2022
The Forgiven

as Lord Swanthorne

Movie
2022
The Undeclared War

as David Neal

TV
2022
Operation Mincemeat

as John Masterman

Movie
2022TV
2021
Munich - The Edge of War

as Sir Horace Wilson

Movie
2020
Small Axe

as Judge Clarke

TV
2019
Gold Digger

as Ted Day

TV
2019Movie
2018
A Very English Scandal

as Peter Bessell

TV
2016
The Crown

as David, Duke of Windsor

TV
2016
Denial

as Sir Charles Gray

Movie
2016
Victoria

as King Leopold

TV
2016
Churchill's Secret

as Anthony Eden

Movie
2015
The Lady in the Van

as Alan Bennett

Movie
2015
Unforgotten

as Dr Tim Finch

TV
2015
Wolf Hall

as Stephen Gardiner

TV
2014
Castles in the Sky

as Henry Tizard

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Belle

as Lord Ashford

Movie
2013
The Lady Vanishes

as Professor Hastings

Movie
2012
Dickens in London

as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)

Movie
2012
We'll Take Manhattan

as John Parsons

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Silk

as Alan Cowdrey QC

TV
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

as Henry / Benjamin Britten

Movie
2010
On Expenses

as Andrew Walker

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Whitechapel

as Anderson

TV
2009
Being Human

as Griffin

TV
2008
The 39 Steps

as Captain Kell

Movie
2008
The Disappeared

as Adrian Ballan

Movie
2008
Hancock & Joan

as John Le Mesurier

Movie
2008
10 Days to War

as Vincent

TV
2008
Fairy Tales

as Roger Bateman

TV
2007
Cranford

as Reverend Hutton

TV
2007
Lewis

as Rev. Conor Hawes

TV
2006
The State Within

as James Sinclair

TV
2006
Babel

as Ken Clifford

Movie
2006
The Queen

as Prince Charles

Movie
2005
Riot at the Rite

as Sergei Diaghilev

Movie
2005
A Very Social Secretary

as Alastair Campbell

Movie
2004
Strings

as Utay

Movie
2004Movie
2004
London

as Stephen Spender

TV
2004
New Tricks

as Professor Blake

TV
2002
Foyle's War

as Clive Ord-Smith

TV
2002
The Four Feathers

as Colonel Hamilton

Movie
2002
Spooks

as James Allan

TV
2001
Waking the Dead

as James Andrews

TV
2000
Too Much Sun

as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles

TV
1999
The Hunley

as Lt. Alexander

Movie
1997
Liberty!

as King George III

TV
1997Movie
1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus / Oberon

Movie
1994
Hard Times

as Bitzer

Movie
1994
Hard Times

as Bitzer

TV
1992Movie
1991TV
1990
Alfonso Bonzo

as Alfonso Bonzo

TV
1989TV
1989
War Requiem

as Blinded Soldier

Movie
1988
The Franchise Affair

as Nevil Bennet

TV
1987
Inspector Morse

as Victor Preece

TV
1986
ScreenPlay

as Lord Byron

TV
1982
Smiley's People

as PC Hall

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMay 10, 1957
Place of BirthEssex, England, UK
Popularity1.4