Alex Jennings
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.
85 acting credits
Acting · 85
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Crown
2016
Spooks
2002
MobLand
2025
Waking the Dead
2001
Inspector Morse
1987
Foyle's War
2002
New Tricks
2004
Lewis
2007
The Agency
2024
Victoria
2016
Unforgotten
2015
Silk
2011
Wolf Hall
2015
Being Human
2009
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
The New Look
2024
Cranford
2007
Small Axe
2020
ScreenPlay
1986
The Undeclared War
2022
This Is Going to Hurt
2022
A Very English Scandal
2018
Babel
2006
Smiley's People
1982
Whitechapel
2009
Liberty!
1997
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
Gold Digger
2019
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
Denial
2016
The State Within
2006
The Four Feathers
2002
Fairy Tales
2008
Blitz
2024
The Queen
2006
Operation Mincemeat
2022
10 Days to War
2008
Belle
2013
The Forgiven
2022
The Lady in the Van
2015
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
London
2004
Ashenden
1991
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
Too Much Sun
2000
Dirty Business
2026
Hard Times
1994
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
The Franchise Affair
1988
Five Children and It
2004
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
The Siege
2026
The Wings of the Dove
1997
Churchill's Secret
2016
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
Strings
2004
Hard Times
1994
The Lady Vanishes
2013
War Requiem
1989
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
The 39 Steps
2008
Trap for Cinderella
2013
Riot at the Rite
2005
The Disappeared
2008
The Hunley
1999
The Restaurant
2007
On Expenses
2010
Alfonso Bonzo
1990
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
Castles in the Sky
2014
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
A Very Social Secretary
2005
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
Hancock & Joan
2008
Dread Poets' Society
1992
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Dickens in London
2012