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
Prince Charles
The Queen
Sergei Diaghilev
Riot at the Rite
The Butler
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Adrian Ballan
The Disappeared
Lord Mark
The Wings of the Dove
Father
Five Children and It
Captain Kell
The 39 Steps
Lord Swanthorne
The Forgiven
Sir Horace Wilson
Munich – The Edge of War
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
Dickens in London
Theseus / Oberon
A Midsummer Night's Dream
John Masterman
Operation Mincemeat
John Le Mesurier
Hancock & Joan
Professor Hastings
The Lady Vanishes
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Byron
Dread Poets' Society
Henry / Benjamin Britten
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Alastair Campbell
A Very Social Secretary
Blinded Soldier
War Requiem
Henry Tizard
Castles in the Sky
Colonel Hamilton
The Four Feathers
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine?
Alan Bennett
The Lady in the Van
Anthony Eden
Churchill's Secret
On Expenses
Sir Charles Gray
Denial
Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Victor Smythe
Blitz
Ken Clifford
Babel
Timothy Geithner
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
John Parsons
We'll Take Manhattan
Henry Higgins
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Horatio
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Lord Ashford
Belle
Robin Hesketh
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Chance
Trap for Cinderella
Lt. Alexander
The Hunley
Bitzer
Hard Times
Broadcloth
The Phoenician Scheme
Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
Adrian Lippett
Ballad of a Small Player
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
42
Gender
Male
Birthday
1957-05-10
Place of Birth
Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
Alexander Jennings