
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.

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