Alex 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Queen
as Prince Charles
2006
Riot at the Rite
as Sergei Diaghilev
2005
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Butler
1999
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
2008
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
1997
Five Children and It
as Father
2004
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
2008
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
2022
Munich - The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
2021
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus / Oberon
1996
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
2022
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
2008
The Lady Vanishes
as Professor Hastings
2013
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
2023
Dread Poets' Society
as Byron
1992
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
A Very Social Secretary
as Alastair Campbell
2005
War Requiem
as Blinded Soldier
1989
Castles in the Sky
as Henry Tizard
2014
TV Appearances
Inspector Morse
as Victor Preece
1987
Spooks
as James Allan
2002
Cranford
as Reverend Hutton
2007
The Restaurant
2007
Victoria
as King Leopold
2016
Whitechapel
as Anderson
2009
Too Much Sun
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
2000
Ashenden
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Roberts
1989
London
as Stephen Spender
2004
New Tricks
as Professor Blake
2004
Waking the Dead
as James Andrews
2001