
Alex Jennings
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.
Filmography
London
2004 · 10.0

National Theatre Live: Hansard
2019 · 8.7

MobLand
2025 · 8.6

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

Dirty Business
2026 · 8.2

The Crown
2016 · 8.2

Cranford
2007 · 8.1

Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024 · 8.0

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 · 8.0

Riot at the Rite
2005 · 8.0

Dickens in London
2012 · 8.0

Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9

Inspector Morse
1987 · 7.9

Liberty!
1997 · 7.8

The Restaurant
2007 · 7.8

Spooks
2002 · 7.7

Smiley's People
1982 · 7.7

Unforgotten
2015 · 7.6

This Is Going to Hurt
2022 · 7.6

Lewis
2007 · 7.6

Wolf Hall
2015 · 7.5

Silk
2011 · 7.5

The New Look
2024 · 7.5

Victoria
2016 · 7.4

The State Within
2006 · 7.4

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Whitechapel
2009 · 7.3

The Agency
2024 · 7.3

Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2

Babel
2006 · 7.2

Being Human
2009 · 7.1

A Very English Scandal
2018 · 7.1

Belle
2013 · 7.1

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
2025 · 7.1

Alfonso Bonzo
1990 · 7.0

Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · 6.9

Small Axe
2020 · 6.9

The Queen
2006 · 6.9

Denial
2016 · 6.8

A Very Royal Scandal
2024 · 6.6

The Four Feathers
2002 · 6.6

Strings
2004 · 6.6

The Phoenician Scheme
2025 · 6.5

Operation Mincemeat
2022 · 6.5

The Wings of the Dove
1997 · 6.5

The 39 Steps
2008 · 6.5

10 Days to War
2008 · 6.4

The Lady in the Van
2015 · 6.4

Your Christmas or Mine?
2022 · 6.4

The Undeclared War
2022 · 6.3

The Franchise Affair
1988 · 6.3

The Lady Vanishes
2013 · 6.3

Churchill's Secret
2016 · 6.3

War Requiem
1989 · 6.3

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2004 · 6.2

Your Christmas or Mine 2
2023 · 6.2

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · 6.2

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
1999 · 6.2

The Hunley
1999 · 6.2

A Very Social Secretary
2005 · 6.2

ScreenPlay
1986 · 6.0

Blitz
2024 · 6.0
Ashenden
1991 · 6.0

Castles in the Sky
2014 · 6.0

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996 · 5.9

Ballad of a Small Player
2025 · 5.8

The Forgiven
2022 · 5.8

We'll Take Manhattan
2012 · 5.7

The Disappeared
2008 · 5.7

Five Children and It
2004 · 5.6

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
2009 · 5.5

Gold Digger
2019 · 5.4

Trap for Cinderella
2013 · 5.2

Hancock & Joan
2008 · 4.1

Fairy Tales
2008 · 0.0

Hard Times
1994 · 0.0
Too Much Sun
2000 · 0.0
The Siege
— · 0.0

National Theatre Live: Collaborators
2011 · 0.0