
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.
Born: May 10, 1957 · Essex, England, UK
Filmography (60)

Ballad of a Small Player
2025

The Phoenician Scheme
2025

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025

MobLand
2025

The Agency: Central Intelligence
2024

Blitz
2024

A Very Royal Scandal
2024

The New Look
2024

Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024

Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023

Your Christmas or Mine?
2022

The Forgiven
2022

The Undeclared War
2022

Operation Mincemeat
2022

This Is Going to Hurt
2022

Munich – The Edge of War
2021

Small Axe
2020

Gold Digger
2019

A Very English Scandal
2018

The Crown
2016

Denial
2016

Victoria
2016

Churchill's Secret
2016

The Lady in the Van
2015

Unforgotten
2015

Wolf Hall
2015

Castles in the Sky
2014

Trap for Cinderella
2013

Belle
2013

The Lady Vanishes
2013

We'll Take Manhattan
2012

Silk
2011

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009

Whitechapel
2009

Being Human
2009

The 39 Steps
2008

The Disappeared
2008

Cranford
2007

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Lewis
2007

The State Within
2006

Babel
2006

The Queen
2006

A Very Social Secretary
2005

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004

Five Children and It
2004

New Tricks
2004

Foyle's War
2002

The Four Feathers
2002

Spooks
2002

Waking the Dead
2001

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999

The Hunley
1999

Liberty!
1997

The Wings of the Dove
1997

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

War Requiem
1989

Inspector Morse
1987

Smiley's People
1982
