Alex Jennings
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.
Filmography
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Adrian Lippett
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Broadcloth
Blitz
2024
as Victor Smythe
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Humphrey
The Forgiven
2022
as Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as John Masterman
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Horace Wilson
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Robin Hesketh
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Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
Denial
2016
as Sir Charles Gray
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Anthony Eden
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett
Castles in the Sky
2014
as Henry Tizard
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Henry Higgins
Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Chance
Belle
2013
as Lord Ashford
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Professor Hastings
Dickens in London
2012
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses
2010
as Andrew Walker
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Timothy Geithner