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Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

Birthday: 1957-05-10 | Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes

as    Michael Mansfield KC

2024
A Very Royal Scandal

as    Sir Edward Young

2024
Blitz

as    Victor Smythe

2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2

as    Humphrey

2022
The Undeclared War

as    David Neal

2022
Your Christmas or Mine?

as    Humphrey

2022
This Is Going to Hurt

as    Lockhart

2022
The Forgiven

as    Lord Swanthorne

2021
Munich – The Edge of War

as    Sir Horace Wilson

2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard

as    Robin Hesketh

2019
Gold Digger

as    Ted Day

2018
A Very English Scandal

as    Peter Bessell

2016
The Lady in the Van

as    Alan Bennett

2016
Churchill's Secret

as    Anthony Eden

2016
Denial

as    Sir Charles Gray

2014
Castles in the Sky

as    Henry Tizard

2013
Trap for Cinderella

as    Chance

2013
The Lady Vanishes

as    The Professor

2012
We'll Take Manhattan

as    John Parsons

2011
Silk

as    Alan Cowdrey

2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators

as    Mikhail Bulgakov