Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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2025

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
as Michael Mansfield KC
TV - Released: 4/30/2025
MobLand
MobLand
as Archie Hammond
TV - Released: 3/30/2025

2024

Blitz
Blitz
as Victor Smythe
Movie - Released: 11/1/2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as James Arbuthnot
TV - Released: 1/1/2024
A Very Royal Scandal
A Very Royal Scandal
as Sir Edward Young
TV - Released: 9/19/2024
The New Look
The New Look
as Raymond Dior
TV - Released: 2/13/2024
The Agency: Central Intelligence
The Agency: Central Intelligence
as Frank
TV - Released: 12/1/2024

2023

Your Christmas or Mine 2
Your Christmas or Mine 2
as Humphrey
Movie - Released: 12/7/2023

2022

The Forgiven
The Forgiven
as Lord Swanthorne
Movie - Released: 7/1/2022
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat
as John Masterman
Movie - Released: 4/1/2022
Your Christmas or Mine?
Your Christmas or Mine?
as Humphrey
Movie - Released: 12/2/2022
The Undeclared War
The Undeclared War
as David Neal
TV - Released: 6/30/2022
This Is Going to Hurt
This Is Going to Hurt
as Lockhart
TV - Released: 2/8/2022

2021

Munich – The Edge of War
Munich – The Edge of War
as Sir Horace Wilson
Movie - Released: 12/31/2021

2020

Small Axe
Small Axe
as Judge Clarke
TV - Released: 11/15/2020

2019

National Theatre Live: Hansard
National Theatre Live: Hansard
as Robin Hesketh
Movie - Released: 11/7/2019
Gold Digger
Gold Digger
as Ted Day
TV - Released: 11/12/2019

2018

A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal
as Peter Bessell
TV - Released: 5/20/2018

2017

Movie
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/23/2017

2016

Churchill's Secret
Churchill's Secret
as Anthony Eden
Movie - Released: 2/29/2016
Denial
Denial
as Sir Charles Gray
Movie - Released: 9/30/2016
Victoria
Victoria
as King Leopold
TV - Released: 8/28/2016
The Crown
The Crown
as David, Duke of Windsor
TV - Released: 11/4/2016

2015

The Lady in the Van
The Lady in the Van
as Alan Bennett
Movie - Released: 10/30/2015
Unforgotten
Unforgotten
as Dr Tim Finch
TV - Released: 10/8/2015
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
as Stephen Gardiner
TV - Released: 1/21/2015

2014

Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky
as Henry Tizard
Movie - Released: 10/7/2014

2013

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes
as The Professor
Movie - Released: 3/17/2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Henry Higgins
Movie - Released: 11/2/2013
Belle
Belle
as Lord Ashford
Movie - Released: 5/1/2013
Trap for Cinderella
Trap for Cinderella
as Chance
Movie - Released: 7/12/2013

2012

Dickens in London
Dickens in London
as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
Movie - Released: 2/7/2012
We'll Take Manhattan
We'll Take Manhattan
as John Parsons
Movie - Released: 1/26/2012

2011

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
as Mikhail Bulgakov
Movie - Released: 12/1/2011
Silk
Silk
as Alan Cowdrey
TV - Released: 2/22/2011

2010

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Henry / Benjamin Britten
Movie - Released: 4/22/2010
On Expenses
On Expenses
Movie - Released: 2/23/2010

2009

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Timothy Geithner
Movie - Released: 9/9/2009
Whitechapel
Whitechapel
as Anderson
TV - Released: 2/2/2009
Being Human
Being Human
as Griffin
TV - Released: 1/25/2009

2008

The Disappeared
The Disappeared
as Adrian Ballan
Movie - Released: 8/25/2008
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
as Captain Kell
Movie - Released: 12/28/2008
Hancock & Joan
Hancock & Joan
as John Le Mesurier
Movie - Released: 3/26/2008
Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales
TV - Released: 1/10/2008
10 Days to War
10 Days to War
as Vincent
TV - Released: 3/10/2008

2007

Cranford
Cranford
as Reverend Hutton
TV - Released: 11/18/2007
The Restaurant
The Restaurant
TV - Released: 8/29/2007
Lewis
Lewis
as Rev. Conor Hawes
TV - Released: 2/18/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

The Queen
The Queen
as Charles III of the United Kingdom
Movie - Released: 9/15/2006
Babel
Babel
as Ken Clifford
Movie - Released: 10/26/2006
The State Within
The State Within
TV - Released: 11/2/2006

2005

Riot at the Rite
Riot at the Rite
as Sergei Diaghilev
Movie - Released: 10/18/2005
Movie
A Very Social Secretary
as Alastair Campbell
Movie - Released: 10/10/2005

2004

Five Children and It
Five Children and It
as Father
Movie - Released: 10/15/2004
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
as Horatio
Movie - Released: 11/10/2004
TV
London
as Stephen Spender
TV - Released: 5/7/2004
New Tricks
New Tricks
as Professor Blake
TV - Released: 1/1/2004

2002

The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers
as Colonel Hamilton
Movie - Released: 9/8/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as James Allan
TV - Released: 5/13/2002

2001

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as James Andrews
TV - Released: 6/18/2001

2000

TV
Too Much Sun
as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
TV - Released: 10/20/2000

1999

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
as The Butler
Movie - Released: 11/26/1999
The Hunley
The Hunley
as Lt. Alexander
Movie - Released: 7/11/1999

1997

The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove
as Lord Mark
Movie - Released: 9/4/1997
Liberty!
Liberty!
as King George III
TV - Released: 11/23/1997

1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Theseus / Oberon
Movie - Released: 11/29/1996

1994

Hard Times
Hard Times
as Bitzer
Movie - Released: 4/29/1994
Hard Times
Hard Times
as Bitzer
TV - Released: 4/29/1994

1992

Dread Poets' Society
Dread Poets' Society
as Byron
Movie - Released: 9/23/1992

1991

Ashenden
Ashenden
TV - Released: 11/17/1991

1989

War Requiem
War Requiem
as Blinded Soldier
Movie - Released: 1/6/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Dr. Roberts
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

The Franchise Affair
The Franchise Affair
as Nevil Bennet
TV - Released: 9/25/1988

1987

Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
as Victor Preece
TV - Released: 1/6/1987

1982

Smiley's People
Smiley's People
TV - Released: 9/20/1982