Acting
Alex Jennings
EN, FR cinema · 42 credits
Born
10 May 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Essex, England, UK
Also known as Alexander Jennings
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Phoenician Scheme
as Broadcloth
Ballad of a Small Player
as Adrian Lippett
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
Munich - The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Robin Hesketh
Churchill's Secret
as Anthony Eden
Denial
as Sir Charles Gray
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett
Castles in the Sky
as Henry Tizard
The Lady Vanishes
as Professor Hastings
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Henry Higgins
Belle
as Lord Ashford
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
We'll Take Manhattan
as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses
as Andrew Walker
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Timothy Geithner
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
The Queen
as Prince Charles
Babel
as Ken Clifford
Riot at the Rite
as Sergei Diaghilev
A Very Social Secretary
as Alastair Campbell
Five Children and It
as Father
Strings
as Utay
The Four Feathers
as Colonel Hamilton
The Hunley
as Lt. Alexander
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus / Oberon
War Requiem
as Blinded Soldier