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Alex Jennings

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1957-05-10 (68 years old)

Biography

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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.

Filmography

all 82

Movies 43

TV Shows 39

self 3

Narrator 1

Voice 1

Michael Mansfield KC

Alex Jennings

Biography

Filmography

all 82

Movies 43

TV Shows 39

self 3

Narrator 1

Voice 1

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (2025)

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes (2025)

MobLand (2025)

The Agency: Central Intelligence (2024)

Blitz (2024)

A Very Royal Scandal (2024)

The New Look (2024)

Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)

Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)

Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)

The Forgiven (2022)

The Undeclared War (2022)

Operation Mincemeat (2022)

This Is Going to Hurt (2022)

Munich – The Edge of War (2021)

Small Axe (2020)

Gold Digger (2019)

National Theatre Live: Hansard (2019)

A Very English Scandal (2018)

Il était une fois... « The Queen » (2017)

Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)

The Crown (2016)

Denial (2016)

Victoria (2016)

Churchill's Secret (2016)

The Lady in the Van (2015)

Unforgotten (2015)

Wolf Hall (2015)

Castles in the Sky (2014)

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)

Trap for Cinderella (2013)

The Iraq War (2013)

Belle (2013)

The Lady Vanishes (2013)

Dickens in London (2012)

We'll Take Manhattan (2012)

National Theatre Live: Collaborators (2011)

Silk (2011)

Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (2010)

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)

On Expenses (2010)

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)

Whitechapel (2009)

Being Human (2009)

The 39 Steps (2008)

The Disappeared (2008)

Hancock & Joan (2008)

10 Days to War (2008)

Fairy Tales (2008)

Cranford (2007)

The Restaurant (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

Lewis (2007)

The State Within (2006)

Babel (2006)

The Queen (2006)

Riot at the Rite (2005)

A Very Social Secretary (2005)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Five Children and It (2004)

London (2004)

New Tricks (2004)

The Four Feathers (2002)

Spooks (2002)

Waking the Dead (2001)

Too Much Sun (2000)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)

The Hunley (1999)

Liberty! (1997)

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-05-10 (68 years old)

Birth Place

Essex, United Kingdom

Citizenships

United Kingdom

Also Known As

Alexander Jennings, الکس جنینگز

Awards

Laurence Olivier Awards