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.
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The Phoenician Scheme | Broadcloth | 2025-05-23 |
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Blitz | Victor Smythe | 2024-11-01 |
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Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Humphrey | 2023-12-07 |
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The Forgiven | Lord Swanthorne | 2022-07-01 |
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Your Christmas or Mine? | Humphrey | 2022-12-02 |
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Operation Mincemeat | John Masterman | 2022-04-01 |
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Munich – The Edge of War | Sir Horace Wilson | 2021-12-31 |
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National Theatre Live: Hansard | Robin Hesketh | 2019-11-07 |
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Il était une fois... « The Queen » | Self | 2017-07-23 |
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Denial | Sir Charles Gray | 2016-09-30 |
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Churchill's Secret | Anthony Eden | 2016-02-29 |
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The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett | 2015-10-30 |
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Castles in the Sky | Henry Tizard | 2014-10-07 |
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Belle | Lord Ashford | 2013-05-01 |
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Trap for Cinderella | Chance | 2013-07-12 |
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The Lady Vanishes | The Professor | 2013-03-17 |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Henry Higgins | 2013-11-02 |
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We'll Take Manhattan | John Parsons | 2012-01-26 |
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Dickens in London | Middle-aged Dickens(Voice) | 2012-02-07 |
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National Theatre Live: Collaborators | Mikhail Bulgakov | 2011-12-01 |
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On Expenses | 2010-02-23 | |
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National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Henry / Benjamin Britten | 2010-04-22 |
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The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Timothy Geithner | 2009-09-09 |
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The Disappeared | Adrian Ballan | 2008-08-25 |
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Hancock & Joan | John Le Mesurier | 2008-03-26 |
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The 39 Steps | Captain Kell | 2008-12-28 |
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The Making of 'The Queen' | Self | 2007-01-14 |
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Babel | Ken Clifford | 2006-10-26 |
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The Queen | Prince Charles | 2006-09-15 |
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A Very Social Secretary | Alastair Campbell | 2005-10-10 |
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Riot at the Rite | Sergei Diaghilev | 2005-10-18 |
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Five Children and It | Father | 2004-10-15 |
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Horatio | 2004-11-10 |
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The Four Feathers | Colonel Hamilton | 2002-09-08 |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Butler | 1999-11-26 |
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The Hunley | Lt. Alexander | 1999-07-11 |
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The Wings of the Dove | Lord Mark | 1997-09-04 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus / Oberon | 1996-11-29 |
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Hard Times | Bitzer | 1994-04-29 |
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Dread Poets' Society | Byron | 1992-09-23 |
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War Requiem | Blinded Soldier | 1989-01-06 |