Alex Jennings
May 10, 1957 (67 years old) in Essex, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Credits
- 2024 · The Agency 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
- 2022 · The Undeclared War as David Neal
- 2022 · Operation Mincemeat as John Masterman
- 2022 · This Is Going to Hurt as Lockhart
- 2021 · Munich – The Edge of War as Sir Horace Wilson
- 2020 · Small Axe as Judge Clarke
- 2019 · Gold Digger as Ted Day
- 2018 · A Very English Scandal as Peter Bessell
- 2016 · The Crown as David, Duke of Windsor
- 2016 · Victoria as King Leopold
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Dr Tim Finch
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner
- 2011 · Silk as Alan Cowdrey
- 2009 · Whitechapel as Anderson
- 2009 · Being Human as Griffin
- 2008 · 10 Days to War as Vincent
- 2008 · Fairy Tales as
- 2007 · Cranford as Reverend Hutton
- 2007 · The Restaurant as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Lewis as Rev. Conor Hawes
- 2006 · The State Within as
- 2006 · Babel as Ken Clifford
- 2006 · The Queen as Charles III of the United Kingdom
- 2004 · Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Horatio
- 2004 · New Tricks as Professor Blake
- 2002 · Spooks as James Allan
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as James Andrews
- 2000 · Too Much Sun as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
- 1997 · Liberty! as King George III
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Roberts
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Victor Preece
- 1982 · Smiley's People as
- Future · Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes as Michael Mansfield KC
- 2023 · Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Humphrey
- 2022 · Your Christmas or Mine? as Humphrey
- 2022 · The Forgiven as Lord Swanthorne
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: Hansard as Robin Hesketh
- 2017 · Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- 2016 · Denial as Sir Charles Gray
- 2016 · Churchill's Secret as Anthony Eden
- 2015 · The Lady in the Van as Alan Bennett
- 2014 · Castles in the Sky as Henry Tizard
- 2013 · National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Henry Higgins
- 2013 · Trap for Cinderella as Chance
- 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 · National Theatre Live: Collaborators as Mikhail Bulgakov
- 2010 · National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Henry / Benjamin Britten
- 2010 · On Expenses as
- 2009 · The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Timothy Geithner
- 2008 · The 39 Steps as Captain Kell
- 2008 · The Disappeared as Adrian Ballan
- 2008 · Hancock & Joan as John Le Mesurier
- 2005 · Riot at the Rite as Sergei Diaghilev
- 2005 · A Very Social Secretary as Alastair Campbell
- 2004 · Five Children and It as Father
- 2004 · London as Stephen Spender
- 2002 · The Four Feathers as Colonel Hamilton
- 1999 · Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Butler
- 1999 · The Hunley as Lt. Alexander
- 1997 · The Wings of the Dove as Lord Mark
- 1996 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus / Oberon
- 1994 · Hard Times as Bitzer
- 1994 · Hard Times as Bitzer
- 1992 · Dread Poets' Society as Byron
- 1991 · Ashenden as
- 1989 · War Requiem as Blinded Soldier
- 1988 · The Franchise Affair as Nevil Bennet