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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
Babel
2006
Belle
2013
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
The Queen
2006
Munich – The Edge of War
2021
The Forgiven
2022
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
The Lady in the Van
2015
Blitz
2024
Denial
2016
The Four Feathers
2002
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Operation Mincemeat
2022
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
Five Children and It
2004
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
The Lady Vanishes
2013
The Disappeared
2008
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
Castles in the Sky
2014
The Hunley
1999
A Very Social Secretary
2005
On Expenses
2010
Trap for Cinderella
2013
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Churchill's Secret
2016
War Requiem
1989
Hancock & Joan
2008
The 39 Steps
2008
Dread Poets' Society
1992
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
Hard Times
1994
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
Riot at the Rite
2005