Alex Jennings
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1957-05-10
Place of birth: Essex, England, UK
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 Queen
2006Prince Charles
Riot at the Rite
2005Sergei Diaghilev
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999The Butler
The Disappeared
2008Adrian Ballan
The Wings of the Dove
1997Lord Mark
Five Children and It
2004Father
The 39 Steps
2008Captain Kell
The Forgiven
2022Lord Swanthorne
Munich – The Edge of War
2021Sir Horace Wilson
Dickens in London
2012Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996Theseus / Oberon
Operation Mincemeat
2022John Masterman
Hancock & Joan
2008John Le Mesurier
The Lady Vanishes
2013Professor Hastings
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023Humphrey
Dread Poets' Society
1992Byron
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010Henry / Benjamin Britten
A Very Social Secretary
2005Alastair Campbell
War Requiem
1989Blinded Soldier