Alex Jennings
ActingAlso Known As
Alexander 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.
Movies
(42 total)
Babel
as Ken Clifford
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Horatio
The Queen
as Prince Charles
The Phoenician Scheme
as Broadcloth
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
Belle
as Lord Ashford
Denial
as Sir Charles Gray
Munich – The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
The Four Feathers
as Colonel Hamilton
Ballad of a Small Player
as Adrian Lippett
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
Five Children and It
as Father
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Butler
The Lady Vanishes
as Professor Hastings
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
TV Shows
(40 total)
The Crown
as David, Duke of Windsor
MobLand
as Archie Hammond
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Roberts
Victoria
as King Leopold
Being Human
as Griffin
Unforgotten
as Dr Tim Finch
A Very English Scandal
as Peter Bessell
This Is Going to Hurt
as Lockhart
Wolf Hall
as Stephen Gardiner
Inspector Morse
as Victor Preece
Spooks
as James Allan
Whitechapel
as Anderson
Lewis
as Rev. Conor Hawes
Foyle's War
as Clive Ord-Smith
Small Axe
as Judge Clarke
The New Look
as Raymond Dior
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as James Arbuthnot
The Undeclared War
as David Neal