Acting · Essex, England, UK · Born May 10, 1957
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.
TVDirty Business
2026
as Sir James Bevsn
MovieBallad of a Small Player
2025
as Adrian Lippett
MovieThe Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Broadcloth
TVSuspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
as Michael Mansfield KC
TVMobLand
2025
as Archie Hammond
TVThe Agency
2024
as Frank
MovieBlitz
2024
as Victor Smythe
TVA Very Royal Scandal
2024
as Sir Edward Young
TVThe New Look
2024
as Raymond Dior
TVMr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as James Arbuthnot
MovieYour Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Humphrey
MovieYour Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Humphrey
MovieThe Forgiven
2022
as Lord Swanthorne
TVThe Undeclared War
2022
as David Neal
MovieOperation Mincemeat
2022
as John Masterman
TVThis Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Lockhart
MovieMunich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Horace Wilson
TVSmall Axe
2020
as Judge Clarke
TVGold Digger
2019
as Ted Day
MovieNational Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Robin Hesketh
TVA Very English Scandal
2018
as Peter Bessell
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
TVThe Crown
2016
as David, Duke of Windsor
MovieDenial
2016
as Sir Charles Gray
TVVictoria
2016
as King Leopold
MovieChurchill's Secret
2016
as Anthony Eden
MovieThe Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett
TVUnforgotten
2015
as Dr Tim Finch
TVWolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
MovieCastles in the Sky
2014
as Henry Tizard
MovieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Henry Higgins
MovieTrap for Cinderella
2013
as Chance
MovieBelle
2013
as Lord Ashford
MovieThe Lady Vanishes
2013
as Professor Hastings
MovieDickens in London
2012
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
MovieWe'll Take Manhattan
2012
as John Parsons
MovieNational Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Mikhail Bulgakov
TVSilk
2011
as Alan Cowdrey QC
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
MovieOn Expenses
2010
as Andrew Walker
MovieThe Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Timothy Geithner
TVWhitechapel
2009
as Anderson
TVBeing Human
2009
as Griffin
MovieThe 39 Steps
2008
as Captain Kell
MovieThe Disappeared
2008
as Adrian Ballan
MovieHancock & Joan
2008
as John Le Mesurier
TV10 Days to War
2008
as Vincent
TVFairy Tales
2008
as Roger Bateman
TVCranford
2007
as Reverend Hutton
TVThe Restaurant
2007
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVLewis
2007
as Rev. Conor Hawes
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
TVThe State Within
2006
as James Sinclair
MovieBabel
2006
as Ken Clifford
MovieThe Queen
2006
as Prince Charles
MovieRiot at the Rite
2005
as Sergei Diaghilev
MovieA Very Social Secretary
2005
as Alastair Campbell
MovieBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Horatio
MovieStrings
2004
as Utay
MovieFive Children and It
2004
as Father
London
2004
as Stephen Spender
TVNew Tricks
2004
as Professor Blake
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Clive Ord-Smith
MovieThe Four Feathers
2002
as Colonel Hamilton
TVSpooks
2002
as James Allan
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as James Andrews
Too Much Sun
2000
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
MovieJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
as The Butler
MovieThe Hunley
1999
as Lt. Alexander
TVLiberty!
1997
as King George III
MovieThe Wings of the Dove
1997
as Lord Mark
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Theseus / Oberon
MovieHard Times
1994
as Bitzer
TVHard Times
1994
as Bitzer
MovieDread Poets' Society
1992
as Byron
Ashenden
1991
TVAlfonso Bonzo
1990
as Alfonso Bonzo
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Roberts
MovieWar Requiem
1989
as Blinded Soldier
TVThe Franchise Affair
1988
as Nevil Bennet
TVInspector Morse
1987
as Victor Preece
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Lord Byron
TVSmiley's People
1982
as PC Hall
The Siege
