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Alex Jennings 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.
Born
Friday, 10 May 1957
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The New Look | Raymond Dior | 2024 |
| Mr Bates vs. The Post Office | James Arbuthnot | 2024 |
| Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Humphrey | 2023 |
| Your Christmas or Mine? | Humphrey | 2022 |
| The Undeclared War | David Neal | 2022 |
| This Is Going to Hurt | Mr. Lockhart | 2022 |
| Munich: The Edge of War | Sir Horace Wilson | 2021 |
| Operation Mincemeat | John Masterman | 2021 |
| The Forgiven | Lord Swanthorne | 2021 |
| Small Axe | Judge Edward Clarke | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The New Look | Raymond Dior | 2024 |
| Mr Bates vs. The Post Office | James Arbuthnot | 2024 |
| Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Humphrey | 2023 |
| Your Christmas or Mine? | Humphrey | 2022 |
| The Undeclared War | David Neal | 2022 |
| This Is Going to Hurt | Mr. Lockhart | 2022 |
| Munich: The Edge of War | Sir Horace Wilson | 2021 |
| Operation Mincemeat | John Masterman | 2021 |
| The Forgiven | Lord Swanthorne | 2021 |
| Small Axe | Judge Edward Clarke | 2020 |
| Gold Digger | Ted | 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: Hansard | Robin | 2019 |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Andrew Aldridge | 2019 |
| A Very English Scandal | Peter Bessell | 2018 |
| The Halcyon | Lord Lawrence Hamilton | 2017 |
| The Crown | David, Duke of Windsor / Duke of Windsor | 2016 |
| Denial | Sir Charles Gray | 2016 |
| Victoria | King Leopold | 2016 |
| Churchill's Secret | Anthony Eden / Eden | 2016 |
| Lucky Man | Karl Frierson | 2016 |
| The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett | 2015 |
| Unforgotten | Dr. Tim Finch | 2015 |
| Belle: The History Behind the Painting | Lord Ashford | 2014 |
| Castles in the Sky | Henry Tizard | 2014 |
| Fifty Years on Stage | Henry Higgins / Henry Higgins (segment "My Fair Lady") / George Bush (segment "Stuff Happens") | 2013 |
| Trap for Cinderella | Chance | 2013 |
| The Iraq War | Narrator | 2013 |
| Belle | Lord Ashford | 2013 |
| The Lady Vanishes | The Professor | 2013 |
| Sunday Brunch | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| We'll Take Manhattan | John Parsons | 2012 |
| Silk | Alan Cowdrey QC / Alan Cowdrey / Alan Cowdrey, QC | 2011 |
| Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art | Self | 2010 |
| Words of the Blitz | George Orwell | 2010 |
| National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Henry / Benjamin Britten | 2010 |
| On Expenses | Andrew Walker | 2010 |
| The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Timothy 'Tim' Geithner / Timothy Geithner | 2009 |
| Grandpa in My Pocket | Captain Shipshape | 2009 |
| Whitechapel | Anderson / Commander Anderson | 2009 |
| The 39 Steps | Captain Kell | 2008 |
| The Disappeared | Adrian Ballan | 2008 |
| Hancock & Joan | John Le Mesurier | 2008 |
| Being Human | Griffin | 2008 |
| Fairy Tales | Roger Bateman | 2008 |
| Cranford | Reverend Hutton / The Rev Hutton | 2007 |
| The Restaurant | Self - Narrator | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| The State Within | James Sinclair | 2006 |
| Babel | Ken Clifford | 2006 |
| The Queen | Prince Charles / Charles III of the United Kingdom | 2006 |
| Inspector Lewis | Rev Conor Hawes | 2006 |
| Riot at the Rite | Sergei Diaghilev | 2005 |
| A Very Social Secretary | Alastair Campbell | 2005 |
| Marple | Inspector Curry | 2004 |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Horatio | 2004 |
| Five Children and It | Father | 2004 |
| Peter Ackroyd's London | Stephen Spender / Stephen Spender - Poet | 2004 |
| Ampleforth: My teacher's a monk | Self - narrator | 2003 |
| New Tricks | Professor Blake | 2003 |
| Foyle's War | Clive Ord-Smith | 2002 |
| The Four Feathers | Colonel Hamilton | 2002 |
| MI-5 | James Allan | 2002 |
| Bad Blood | Joe Harker | 2001 |
| Too Much Sun | Julian Edgbaston-Bowles | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | James Andrews | 2000 |
| Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Butler / Butler | 1999 |
| The Hunley | Lt. Alexander | 1999 |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | King George III | 1997 |
| The Wings of the Dove | Lord Mark | 1997 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus / Oberon | 1996 |
| Hard Times | Bitzer | 1994 |
| Alleyn Mysteries | Sebastian Parish | 1990 |
| Poirot | Dr. Roberts | 1989 |
| War Requiem | Blinded Soldier | 1989 |
| The Franchise Affair | Nevil Bennet | 1988 |
| Inspector Morse | Victor Preece | 1987 |
| Smiley's People | P.C. Hall | 1982 |
| The South Bank Show | Nicky / Roland | 1978 |
| Film '72 | Self - Interviewee | 1971 |
