Alex Jennings

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-05-10 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Essex, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Alexander Jennings
  • الکس جنینگز

Alex Jennings

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Babel
7.2%

Babel

Oct 26, 2006

The Crown
8.2%

The Crown

Nov 4, 2016

The Queen
6.9%

The Queen

Sep 15, 2006

The Lady in the Van
6.4%

The Lady in the Van

Oct 30, 2015

Operation Mincemeat
6.5%

Operation Mincemeat

Apr 1, 2022

Belle
7.1%

Belle

May 1, 2013

Denial
6.9%

Denial

Sep 30, 2016

The Four Feathers
6.6%

The Four Feathers

Sep 8, 2002

Victoria
7.3%

Victoria

Aug 28, 2016

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Acting

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Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes as Michael Mansfield KC
2025
MobLand as Archie Hammond
2024
The Agency: Central Intelligence as Frank
2024
Blitz as Victor Smythe
2024
A Very Royal Scandal as Sir Edward Young
2024
The New Look as Raymond Dior
2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office as James Arbuthnot
2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Humphrey
2022
Your Christmas or Mine? as Humphrey
2022
The Forgiven as Lord Swanthorne
2022
The Undeclared War as David Neal
2022
Operation Mincemeat as John Masterman
2022
This Is Going to Hurt as Lockhart
2021
Munich – The Edge of War as Sir Horace Wilson
2020
Small Axe as Judge Clarke
2019
Gold Digger as Ted Day
2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard as Robin Hesketh
2018
A Very English Scandal as Peter Bessell
2017
Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
2016
The Crown as David, Duke of Windsor
2016
Denial as Sir Charles Gray
2016
Victoria as King Leopold
2016
Churchill's Secret as Anthony Eden
2015
The Lady in the Van as Alan Bennett
2015
Unforgotten as Dr Tim Finch
2015
Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner
2014
Castles in the Sky as Henry Tizard
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Henry Higgins
2013
Trap for Cinderella as Chance
2013
Belle as Lord Ashford
2013
The Lady Vanishes as The Professor
2012
Dickens in London as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012
We'll Take Manhattan as John Parsons
2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators as Mikhail Bulgakov
2011
Silk as Alan Cowdrey
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
On Expenses
2009
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Timothy Geithner
2009
Whitechapel as Anderson
2009
Being Human as Griffin
2008
The 39 Steps as Captain Kell
2008
The Disappeared as Adrian Ballan
2008
Hancock & Joan as John Le Mesurier
2008
10 Days to War as Vincent
2008
Fairy Tales
2007
Cranford as Reverend Hutton
2007
The Restaurant
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
Lewis as Rev. Conor Hawes
2006
The State Within
2006
Babel as Ken Clifford
2006
The Queen as Charles III of the United Kingdom
2005
Riot at the Rite as Sergei Diaghilev
2005
A Very Social Secretary as Alastair Campbell
2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Horatio
2004
Five Children and It as Father
2004
London as Stephen Spender
2004
New Tricks as Professor Blake
2002
The Four Feathers as Colonel Hamilton
2002
Spooks as James Allan
2001
Waking the Dead as James Andrews
2000
Too Much Sun as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
1999
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Butler
1999
The Hunley as Lt. Alexander
1997
Liberty! as King George III
1997
The Wings of the Dove as Lord Mark
1996
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus / Oberon
1994
Hard Times as Bitzer
1994
Hard Times as Bitzer
1992
Dread Poets' Society as Byron
1991
Ashenden
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Roberts
1989
War Requiem as Blinded Soldier
1988
The Franchise Affair as Nevil Bennet
1987
Inspector Morse as Victor Preece
1982
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