Alex Jennings
Acting
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
2025The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
2025Ballad of a Small Player
Adrian Lippett
2024Blitz
Victor Smythe
2023Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
2022The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
2022Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
2022Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
2021Munich – The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
2019National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
2016Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
2016Denial
Sir Charles Gray
2015The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
2014Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
2013The Lady Vanishes
Professor Hastings
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
2013Belle
Lord Ashford
2013Trap for Cinderella
Chance
2012Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
2011National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010On Expenses
2009The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
2008The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan