Alex Jennings
Acting
- Born:
- 1957-05-10
- Place of birth:
- Essex, England, UK
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
Filmography
Dirty Business
Ballad of a Small Player
The Phoenician Scheme
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
MobLand
The Agency
Blitz
A Very Royal Scandal
The New Look
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Your Christmas or Mine?
The Forgiven
The Undeclared War
Operation Mincemeat
This Is Going to Hurt
Munich - The Edge of War
Small Axe
Gold Digger
National Theatre Live: Hansard
A Very English Scandal
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
The Crown
Denial
Victoria
Churchill's Secret
The Lady in the Van
Unforgotten
Wolf Hall
Castles in the Sky
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Trap for Cinderella
Belle
The Lady Vanishes
Dickens in London
We'll Take Manhattan
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Silk
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
On Expenses
Return to Cranford
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Whitechapel
Being Human
The 39 Steps
The Disappeared
Hancock & Joan
10 Days to War
Fairy Tales
Cranford
The Restaurant
The Graham Norton Show
Lewis
The Making of 'The Queen'
The State Within
Babel
The Queen
Riot at the Rite
A Very Social Secretary
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Strings
Five Children and It
London
New Tricks
Foyle's War
The Four Feathers
Spooks
Waking the Dead
Too Much Sun
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Hunley
Liberty!
The Wings of the Dove
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hard Times
Dread Poets' Society
Ashenden
Alfonso Bonzo
Agatha Christie's Poirot
War Requiem
The Franchise Affair
Inspector Morse
ScreenPlay
Smiley's People
The Siege