Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

🎂 10th May 1957 (68 yrs) 📍 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.

Alex Jennings

🎬 Movies Featuring Alex Jennings

Ballad of a Small Player

Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

as Adrian Lippett
The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

as Broadcloth
Blitz

Blitz (2024)

as Victor Smythe
Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)

as Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)

as Humphrey
The Forgiven

The Forgiven (2022)

as Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat

Operation Mincemeat (2022)

as John Masterman
Munich – The Edge of War

Munich – The Edge of War (2021)

as Sir Horace Wilson
National Theatre Live: Hansard

National Theatre Live: Hansard (2019)

as Robin Hesketh
No Image

Il était une fois... « The Queen » (2017)

as Self
Denial

Denial (2016)

as Sir Charles Gray
Churchill's Secret

Churchill's Secret (2016)

as Anthony Eden
The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van (2015)

as Alan Bennett
Castles in the Sky

Castles in the Sky (2014)

as Henry Tizard
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)

as Henry Higgins
Trap for Cinderella

Trap for Cinderella (2013)

as Chance
Belle

Belle (2013)

as Lord Ashford
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes (2013)

as Professor Hastings
Dickens in London

Dickens in London (2012)

as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
We'll Take Manhattan

We'll Take Manhattan (2012)

as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: Collaborators

National Theatre Live: Collaborators (2011)

as Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)

as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses

On Expenses (2010)

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

as Timothy Geithner
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps (2008)

as Captain Kell
The Disappeared

The Disappeared (2008)

as Adrian Ballan
Hancock & Joan

Hancock & Joan (2008)

as John Le Mesurier
No Image

The Making of 'The Queen' (2007)

as Self
Babel

Babel (2006)

as Ken Clifford
The Queen

The Queen (2006)

as Prince Charles
Riot at the Rite

Riot at the Rite (2005)

as Sergei Diaghilev
A Very Social Secretary

A Very Social Secretary (2005)

as Alastair Campbell
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

as Horatio
Five Children and It

Five Children and It (2004)

as Father
The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers (2002)

as Colonel Hamilton
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)

as The Butler
The Hunley

The Hunley (1999)

as Lt. Alexander
The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

as Lord Mark
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)

as Theseus / Oberon
Hard Times

Hard Times (1994)

as Bitzer
Dread Poets' Society

Dread Poets' Society (1992)

as Byron
War Requiem

War Requiem (1989)

as Blinded Soldier