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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 10, 1957
Place of Birth
Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Alexander Jennings
- الکس جنینگز
Alex Jennings
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.9
Broadcloth
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
7.4
Michael Mansfield KC
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
2025
8.5
Archie Hammond
MobLand
2025
7.2
Frank
The Agency: Central Intelligence
2024
5.9
Victor Smythe
Blitz
2024
6.4
Sir Edward Young
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
7.5
Raymond Dior
The New Look
2024
8.0
James Arbuthnot
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
6.2
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
6.4
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
Credits
The Phoenician Scheme
as Broadcloth
2025
6.9
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
as Michael Mansfield KC
2025
7.4
MobLand
as Archie Hammond
2025
8.5
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Frank
2024
7.2
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
2024
5.9
A Very Royal Scandal
as Sir Edward Young
2024
6.4
The New Look
as Raymond Dior
2024
7.5
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as James Arbuthnot
2024
8.0
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
2023
6.2
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
2022
6.4
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
2022
5.8
The Undeclared War
as David Neal
2022
6.5
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
2022
6.5
This Is Going to Hurt
as Lockhart
2022
7.7
Munich – The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
2021
6.9
Small Axe
as Judge Clarke
2020
7.0
Gold Digger
as Ted Day
2019
5.1
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Robin Hesketh
2019
8.7
A Very English Scandal
as Peter Bessell
2018
7.1
🎬
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
2017
0.0
The Crown
as David, Duke of Windsor
2016
8.2
Denial
as Sir Charles Gray
2016
6.9
Victoria
as King Leopold
2016
7.3
Churchill's Secret
as Anthony Eden
2016
6.3
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett
2015
6.4
Unforgotten
as Dr Tim Finch
2015
7.6
Wolf Hall
as Stephen Gardiner
2015
7.5
Castles in the Sky
as Henry Tizard
2014
6.1
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Henry Higgins
2013
6.3
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
2013
5.3
Belle
as Lord Ashford
2013
7.1
The Lady Vanishes
as The Professor
2013
6.3
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012
8.0
We'll Take Manhattan
as John Parsons
2012
5.5
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Mikhail Bulgakov
2011
0.0
Silk
as Alan Cowdrey
2011
7.6
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
8.0
On Expenses
2010
0.0
🎬
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Timothy Geithner
2009
5.6
Whitechapel
as Anderson
2009
7.2
Being Human
as Griffin
2009
7.0
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
2008
6.3
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
2008
5.8
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
2008
4.9
10 Days to War
as Vincent
2008
6.4
Fairy Tales
2008
0.0
Cranford
as Reverend Hutton
2007
8.1
The Restaurant
2007
7.8
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Lewis
as Rev. Conor Hawes
2007
7.6
The State Within
2006
7.5
Babel
as Ken Clifford
2006
7.2
The Queen
as Charles III of the United Kingdom
2006
6.9
Riot at the Rite
as Sergei Diaghilev
2005
9.0
A Very Social Secretary
as Alastair Campbell
2005
6.1
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Horatio
2004
6.2
Five Children and It
as Father
2004
5.5
🎬
London
as Stephen Spender
2004
0.0
New Tricks
as Professor Blake
2004
7.4
Foyle's War
as Clive Ord-Smith
2002
7.9
The Four Feathers
as Colonel Hamilton
2002
6.6
Spooks
as James Allan
2002
7.6
Waking the Dead
as James Andrews
2001
7.2
🎬
Too Much Sun
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
2000
0.0
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Butler
1999
6.2
The Hunley
as Lt. Alexander
1999
6.1
Liberty!
as King George III
1997
7.8
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
1997
6.7
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus / Oberon
1996
5.6
Hard Times
as Bitzer
1994
0.0
Hard Times
as Bitzer
1994
7.0
Dread Poets' Society
as Byron
1992
0.0
🎬
Ashenden
1991
6.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Roberts
1989
8.2
War Requiem
as Blinded Soldier
1989
6.4
The Franchise Affair
as Nevil Bennet
1988
4.5
Inspector Morse
as Victor Preece
1987
7.8
Smiley's People
1982
7.7