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.
Awards & recognition
- Laurence Olivier Awards
Filmography50+ titles
The Crown
Cranford
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
Inspector Morse
Foyle's War
Spooks
This Is Going to Hurt
Inspector Lewis
The New Look
Unforgotten
Wolf Hall
Silk
Victoria
The State Within
Whitechapel
New Tricks
The Agency
The Graham Norton Show
Babel
Waking the Dead
A Very English Scandal
Belle
Being Human
The Queen
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Munich: The Edge of War
Small Axe
Denial
A Very Royal Scandal
The 39 Steps
The Four Feathers
The Wings of the Dove
The Phoenician Scheme
The Undeclared War
Operation Mincemeat
Your Christmas or Mine?
The Lady in the Van
The Lady Vanishes
Churchill's Secret
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Blitz
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ballad of a Small Player
Castles in the Sky
The Forgiven
We'll Take Manhattan
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers