Alex Jennings
Acting
Born May 10, 1957 · Essex, England, UK
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
2025 · Broadcloth
Ballad of a Small Player
2025 · Adrian Lippett
Blitz
2024 · Victor Smythe
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023 · Humphrey
The Forgiven
2022 · Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · John Masterman
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022 · Humphrey
Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · Sir Horace Wilson
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Anthony Eden
Denial
2016 · Sir Charles Gray
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Alan Bennett
Castles in the Sky
2014 · Henry Tizard
The Lady Vanishes
2013 · Professor Hastings
Belle
2013 · Lord Ashford
Trap for Cinderella
2013 · Chance
We'll Take Manhattan
2012 · John Parsons
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · Timothy Geithner
The Disappeared
2008 · Adrian Ballan
The 39 Steps
2008 · Captain Kell
The Queen
2006 · Prince Charles
Babel
2006 · Ken Clifford
Five Children and It
2004 · Father
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · Horatio
Strings
2004 · Utay
The Four Feathers
2002 · Colonel Hamilton
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999 · The Butler
The Hunley
1999 · Lt. Alexander
The Wings of the Dove
1997 · Lord Mark
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · Theseus / Oberon
War Requiem
1989 · Blinded Soldier