Alex Jennings
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Dirty Business
2026
as Sir James Bevsn
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as Broadcloth
Ballad of a Small Player
2025
as Adrian Lippett
MobLand
2025
as Archie Hammond
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025
as Michael Mansfield QC
Blitz
2024
as Victor Smythe
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as James Arbuthnot
A Very Royal Scandal
2024
as Sir Edward Young
The New Look
2024
as Raymond Dior
The Agency
2024
as Frank
Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023
as Humphrey
The Forgiven
2022
as Lord Swanthorne
Operation Mincemeat
2022
as John Masterman
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022
as Humphrey
The Undeclared War
2022
as David Neal
This Is Going to Hurt
2022
as Lockhart
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Horace Wilson
Small Axe
2020
as Judge Clarke
National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019
as Robin Hesketh
Gold Digger
2019
as Ted Day
A Very English Scandal
2018
as Peter Bessell
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Anthony Eden
Denial
2016
as Sir Charles Gray
Victoria
2016
as King Leopold
The Crown
2016
as David, Duke of Windsor
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Alan Bennett
Unforgotten
2015
as Dr Tim Finch
Wolf Hall
2015
as Stephen Gardiner
Castles in the Sky
2014
as Henry Tizard
The Lady Vanishes
2013
as Professor Hastings
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Henry Higgins
Belle
2013
as Lord Ashford
Trap for Cinderella
2013
as Chance
Dickens in London
2012
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
We'll Take Manhattan
2012
as John Parsons
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011
as Mikhail Bulgakov
Silk
2011
as Alan Cowdrey QC
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
On Expenses
2010
as Andrew Walker
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009
as Timothy Geithner
Whitechapel
2009
as Anderson
Being Human
2009
as Griffin
The Disappeared
2008
as Adrian Ballan
The 39 Steps
2008
as Captain Kell
Hancock & Joan
2008
as John Le Mesurier
10 Days to War
2008
as Vincent
Fairy Tales
2008
as Roger Bateman
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
Cranford
2007
as Reverend Hutton
The Restaurant
2007
Lewis
2007
as Rev. Conor Hawes
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Queen
2006
as Prince Charles
Babel
2006
as Ken Clifford
The State Within
2006
as James Sinclair
Riot at the Rite
2005
as Sergei Diaghilev
A Very Social Secretary
2005
as Alastair Campbell
Five Children and It
2004
as Father
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004
as Horatio
Strings
2004
as Utay
London
2004
as Stephen Spender
New Tricks
2004
as Professor Blake
The Four Feathers
2002
as Colonel Hamilton
Spooks
2002
as James Allan
Foyle's War
2002
as Clive Ord-Smith
Waking the Dead
2001
as James Andrews
Too Much Sun
2000
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999
as The Butler
The Hunley
1999
as Lt. Alexander
The Wings of the Dove
1997
as Lord Mark
Liberty!
1997
as King George III
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Theseus / Oberon
Hard Times
1994
as Bitzer
Dread Poets' Society
1992
as Byron
Ashenden
1991
Alfonso Bonzo
1990
as Alfonso Bonzo
War Requiem
1989
as Blinded Soldier
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Dr. Roberts
The Franchise Affair
1988
as Nevil Bennet
Inspector Morse
1987
as Victor Preece
ScreenPlay
1986
as Lord Byron
Smiley's People
1982
as PC Hall