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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.
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Filmography
all 73
Movies 39
TV Shows 34
self 3
Narrator 1
Voice 1
James Arbuthnot
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)
TV
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine 2 (2023)
Movie
Humphrey
Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
Movie
Lord Swanthorne
The Forgiven (2022)
Movie
David Neal
The Undeclared War (2022)
TV
John Masterman
Operation Mincemeat (2022)
Movie
8.5
Mr. Lockhart
This Is Going to Hurt (2022)
TV
Sir Horace Wilson
Munich: The Edge of War (2022)
Movie
7
Judge Clarke
Small Axe (2020)
TV
Ted Day
Gold Digger (2019)
TV
6
Robin
National Theatre Live: Hansard (2019)
Movie
Peter Bessell
A Very English Scandal (2018)
TV
6
David, Duke of Windsor
The Crown (2016)
TV
8.25
Sir Charles Gray
Denial (2016)
Movie
1
King Leopold
Victoria (2016)
TV
7.57
Anthony Eden
Churchill's Secret (2016)
Movie
Alan Bennett
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Movie
6.27
Dr Tim Finch
Unforgotten (2015)
TV
4.33
Henry Tizard
Castles in the Sky (2014)
Movie
Henry Higgins
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Movie
Chance
Trap for Cinderella (2013)
Movie
6.3
Narrator
The Iraq War (2013)
TV
Lord Ashford
Belle (2013)
Movie
5
The Professor
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
Movie
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
Dickens in London (2012)
Movie
John Parsons
We'll Take Manhattan (2012)
Movie
Mikhail Bulgakov
National Theatre Live: Collaborators (2011)
Movie
Alan Cowdrey QC / Alan Cowdrey, QC
Silk (2011)
TV
6.55
Self
Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art (2010)
Movie
Henry / Benjamin Britten
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)
Movie
Andrew Walker
On Expenses (2010)
Movie
Timothy Geithner
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers (2009)
Movie
Anderson
Whitechapel (2009)
TV
6
Captain Kell
The 39 Steps (2008)
Movie
Adrian Ballan
The Disappeared (2008)
Movie
John Le Mesurier
Hancock & Joan (2008)
Movie
Vincent
10 Days to War (2008)
TV
Fairy Tales (2008)
TV
Reverend Hutton / The Rev Hutton
Cranford (2007)
TV
6.25
Self - Narrator
The Restaurant (2007)
TV
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Rev. Conor Hawes
Lewis (2007)
TV
6
The State Within (2006)
TV
6
Ken Clifford
Babel (2006)
Movie
3.67
Prince Charles
The Queen (2006)
Movie
7.75
Sergei Diaghilev
Riot at the Rite (2005)
Movie
Alastair Campbell
A Very Social Secretary (2005)
Movie
Horatio
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Movie
5.62
Father
Five Children and It (2004)
Movie
Stephen Spender
London (2004)
TV
Professor Blake
New Tricks (2004)
TV
Colonel Hamilton
The Four Feathers (2002)
Movie
James Allan
Spooks (2002)
TV
6
James Andrews
Waking the Dead (2001)
TV
4.67
Too Much Sun (2000)
TV
The Butler
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2000)
Movie
Lt. Alexander
The Hunley (1999)
Movie
King George III
Liberty! (1997)
TV
6
Lord Mark
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
Movie
Theseus / Oberon
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1996)
Movie
Bitzer
Hard Times (1994)
TV
Bitzer
Hard Times (1994)
Movie
Lord Byron
Dread Poets' Society (1992)
Movie
Nicky / Roland
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward (1992)
Movie
Ashenden (1991)
TV
Dr. Roberts
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV
6.24
Blinded Soldier
War Requiem (1989)
Movie
Nevil Bennet
The Franchise Affair (1988)
TV
Victor Preece
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Smiley's People (1982)
TV
6
Stephen Gardiner
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
TV
Alfonso Bonzo
Alfonso Bonzo
TV
Sir Edward Young
A Very Royal Scandal
TV
Ratings
Average 6.42
Based on 1.37 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1957-05-10 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceEssex, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsAlexander Jennings
AwardsLaurence Olivier Award
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