Alex Jennings
Acting
Born May 10, 1957 · 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.
Films (42)
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Blitz
2024
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
The Forgiven
2022
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Munich – The Edge of War
2021
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
Denial
2016
Churchill's Secret
2016
The Lady in the Van
2015
Castles in the Sky
2014
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Trap for Cinderella
2013
Belle
2013
The Lady Vanishes
2013
Dickens in London
2012
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
On Expenses
2010
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
The 39 Steps
2008
The Disappeared
2008
Hancock & Joan
2008
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
Babel
2006
The Queen
2006
Riot at the Rite
2005
A Very Social Secretary
2005
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
Five Children and It
2004
The Four Feathers
2002
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
The Hunley
1999
The Wings of the Dove
1997
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
Hard Times
1994
Dread Poets' Society
1992
War Requiem
1989