Alex Jennings
Acting
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.
TV Shows(42)
The Siege
2026
Legends
2026
Dirty Business
Sir James Bevsn
2026
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Michael Mansfield KC
2025
MobLand
Archie Hammond
2025
The Agency: Central Intelligence
Frank
2024
A Very Royal Scandal
Sir Edward Young
2024
The New Look
Raymond Dior
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
James Arbuthnot
2024
The Undeclared War
David Neal
2022
This Is Going to Hurt
Lockhart
2022
Small Axe
Judge Clarke
2020
Gold Digger
Ted Day
2019
A Very English Scandal
Peter Bessell
2018
The Crown
David, Duke of Windsor
2016
Victoria
King Leopold
2016
Unforgotten
Dr Tim Finch
2015
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
2015
Silk
Alan Cowdrey QC
2011
Whitechapel
Anderson
2009
Being Human
Griffin
2009
10 Days to War
Vincent
2008
Fairy Tales
Roger Bateman
2008
Cranford
Reverend Hutton
2007
The Restaurant
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Lewis
Rev. Conor Hawes
2007
The State Within
James Sinclair
2006
London
Stephen Spender
2004
New Tricks
Professor Blake
2004
Foyle's War
Clive Ord-Smith
2002
Spooks
James Allan
2002
Waking the Dead
James Andrews
2001
Too Much Sun
Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
2000
Liberty!
King George III
1997
Hard Times
Bitzer
1994
Ashenden
1991
Alfonso Bonzo
Alfonso Bonzo
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Roberts
1989
The Franchise Affair
Nevil Bennet
1988
Inspector Morse
Victor Preece
1987
Smiley's People
PC Hall
1982
Movies(42)
Ballad of a Small Player
Adrian Lippett
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
2025
Blitz
Victor Smythe
2024
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
2022
The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
2022
Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
2022
Munich – The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
2021
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
2019
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017
Denial
Sir Charles Gray
2016
Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
2016
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
2015
Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
2013
Trap for Cinderella
Chance
2013
Belle
Lord Ashford
2013
The Lady Vanishes
Professor Hastings
2013
Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
2012
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
On Expenses
2010
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
2009
The 39 Steps
Captain Kell
2008
The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan
2008
Hancock & Joan
John Le Mesurier
2008
The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
2007
Babel
Ken Clifford
2006
The Queen
Prince Charles
2006
Riot at the Rite
Sergei Diaghilev
2005
A Very Social Secretary
Alastair Campbell
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Horatio
2004
Five Children and It
Father
2004
The Four Feathers
Colonel Hamilton
2002
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Butler
1999
The Hunley
Lt. Alexander
1999
The Wings of the Dove
Lord Mark
1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus / Oberon
1996
Hard Times
Bitzer
1994
Dread Poets' Society
Byron
1992
War Requiem
Blinded Soldier
1989