Alex Jennings

Acting

Born May 10, 1957

From 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.

Alex Jennings

Known For

The Phoenician Scheme

Babel

The Queen

Ballad of a Small Player

Belle

Blitz

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

The Lady Vanishes

Munich – The Edge of War

Denial

Filmography — Acting

The Phoenician Scheme

Babel

The Queen

Ballad of a Small Player

Belle

Blitz

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

The Lady Vanishes

Munich – The Edge of War

Denial

Operation Mincemeat

The Four Feathers

The Lady in the Van

The Forgiven

The Wings of the Dove

Five Children and It

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine?

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The 39 Steps

War Requiem

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

The Hunley

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

We'll Take Manhattan

Churchill's Secret

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

Hard Times

Riot at the Rite

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Trap for Cinderella

Castles in the Sky

Dread Poets' Society

Hancock & Joan

A Very Social Secretary

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

The Disappeared

Dickens in London

The Making of 'The Queen'

On Expenses

National Theatre Live: Collaborators

National Theatre Live: Hansard