Alex Jennings

Biography

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

The Crown

The Agency

The Graham Norton Show

Agatha Christie's Poirot

MobLand

New Tricks

Spooks

Waking the Dead

All Movies (43)

• Ballad of a Small Player2025 · as Adrian Lippett
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as Broadcloth
• Blitz2024 · as Victor Smythe
• Your Christmas or Mine 22023 · as Humphrey
• Your Christmas or Mine?2022 · as Humphrey
• The Forgiven2022 · as Lord Swanthorne
• Operation Mincemeat2022 · as John Masterman
• Munich - The Edge of War2021 · as Sir Horace Wilson
• National Theatre Live: Hansard2019 · as Robin Hesketh
• Il était une fois... « The Queen »2017 · as Self
• Denial2016 · as Sir Charles Gray
• Churchill's Secret2016 · as Anthony Eden
• The Lady in the Van2015 · as Alan Bennett
• Castles in the Sky2014 · as Henry Tizard
• National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage2013 · as Henry Higgins
• Trap for Cinderella2013 · as Chance
• Belle2013 · as Lord Ashford
• The Lady Vanishes2013 · as Professor Hastings
• Dickens in London2012 · as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
• We'll Take Manhattan2012 · as John Parsons
• National Theatre Live: Collaborators2011 · as Mikhail Bulgakov
• National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art2010 · as Henry / Benjamin Britten
• On Expenses2010 · as Andrew Walker
• The Last Days of Lehman Brothers2009 · as Timothy Geithner
• The 39 Steps2008 · as Captain Kell
• The Disappeared2008 · as Adrian Ballan
• Hancock & Joan2008 · as John Le Mesurier
• The Making of 'The Queen'2007 · as Self
• Babel2006 · as Ken Clifford
• The Queen2006 · as Prince Charles
• Riot at the Rite2005 · as Sergei Diaghilev
• A Very Social Secretary2005 · as Alastair Campbell
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason2004 · as Horatio
• Strings2004 · as Utay
• Five Children and It2004 · as Father
• The Four Feathers2002 · as Colonel Hamilton
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat1999 · as The Butler
• The Hunley1999 · as Lt. Alexander
• The Wings of the Dove1997 · as Lord Mark
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1996 · as Theseus / Oberon
• Hard Times1994 · as Bitzer
• Dread Poets' Society1992 · as Byron
• War Requiem1989 · as Blinded Soldier

All TV Shows (42)

• The Siege2026
• Dirty Business2026 · as Sir James Bevsn
• Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes2025 · as Michael Mansfield KC
• MobLand2025 · as Archie Hammond
• The Agency2024 · as Frank
• A Very Royal Scandal2024 · as Sir Edward Young
• The New Look2024 · as Raymond Dior
• Mr Bates vs The Post Office2024 · as James Arbuthnot
• The Undeclared War2022 · as David Neal
• This Is Going to Hurt2022 · as Lockhart
• Small Axe2020 · as Judge Clarke
• Gold Digger2019 · as Ted Day
• A Very English Scandal2018 · as Peter Bessell
• The Crown2016 · as David, Duke of Windsor
• Victoria2016 · as King Leopold
• Unforgotten2015 · as Dr Tim Finch
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Stephen Gardiner
• Silk2011 · as Alan Cowdrey QC
• Whitechapel2009 · as Anderson
• Being Human2009 · as Griffin
• 10 Days to War2008 · as Vincent
• Fairy Tales2008 · as Roger Bateman
• Cranford2007 · as Reverend Hutton
• The Restaurant2007
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Lewis2007 · as Rev. Conor Hawes
• The State Within2006 · as James Sinclair
• London2004 · as Stephen Spender
• New Tricks2004 · as Professor Blake
• Foyle's War2002 · as Clive Ord-Smith
• Spooks2002 · as James Allan
• Waking the Dead2001 · as James Andrews
• Too Much Sun2000 · as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
• Liberty!1997 · as King George III
• Hard Times1994 · as Bitzer
• Ashenden1991
• Alfonso Bonzo1990 · as Alfonso Bonzo
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Dr. Roberts
• The Franchise Affair1988 · as Nevil Bennet
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Victor Preece
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Lord Byron
• Smiley's People1982 · as PC Hall