Alex Jennings
Known for ActingBorn 1957-05-10Essex, 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.
Known for
Babel
2006 · as Ken Clifford
The Four Feathers
2002 · as Colonel Hamilton
The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · as Broadcloth
Ballad of a Small Player
2025 · as Adrian Lippett
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · as Horatio
Belle
2013 · as Lord Ashford
The Queen
2006 · as Prince Charles
Operation Mincemeat
2022 · as John Masterman
The Forgiven
2022 · as Lord Swanthorne
Blitz
2024 · as Victor Smythe
Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · as Sir Horace Wilson
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022 · as Humphrey
Denial
2016 · as Sir Charles Gray
The Lady in the Van
2015 · as Alan Bennett
Strings
2004 · as Utay
Five Children and It
2004 · as Father
The Wings of the Dove
1997 · as Lord Mark
Riot at the Rite
2005 · as Sergei Diaghilev