Alex Jennings
Born: 1957-05-10
• Essex, England, UK
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
Ballad of a Small Player
The Phoenician Scheme
Blitz
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Your Christmas or Mine?
The Forgiven
Operation Mincemeat
Munich – The Edge of War
National Theatre Live: Hansard
No Image
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Denial
Churchill's Secret
The Lady in the Van
Castles in the Sky
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Trap for Cinderella
Belle
The Lady Vanishes
Dickens in London
We'll Take Manhattan
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
On Expenses
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The 39 Steps
The Disappeared
Hancock & Joan
No Image
The Making of 'The Queen'
Babel
The Queen
Riot at the Rite
A Very Social Secretary
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Five Children and It
The Four Feathers
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Hunley
The Wings of the Dove
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hard Times
Dread Poets' Society
War Requiem