
1957Born, Essex
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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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BabelKen Clifford
Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonHoratio
The CrownDavid, Duke of Windsor
The QueenPrince Charles
MobLandArchie Hammond2025Ballad of a Small PlayerAdrian LippettMovie
2025The Phoenician SchemeBroadclothMovie
2024BlitzVictor SmytheMovie
2023Your Christmas or Mine 2HumphreyMovie
2022Your Christmas or Mine?HumphreyMovie
2022The ForgivenLord SwanthorneMovie
2022Operation MincemeatJohn MastermanMovie
2021Munich - The Edge of WarSir Horace WilsonMovie
2019National Theatre Live: HansardRobin HeskethMovie
2016DenialSir Charles GrayMovie
2016Churchill's SecretAnthony EdenMovie
2015The Lady in the VanAlan BennettMovie
2014Castles in the SkyHenry TizardMovie
2013National Theatre Live: 50 Years on StageHenry HigginsMovie
2013Trap for CinderellaChanceMovie
2013BelleLord AshfordMovie
2013The Lady VanishesProfessor HastingsMovie
2012Dickens in LondonMiddle-aged Dickens(Voice)Movie
2012We'll Take ManhattanJohn ParsonsMovie
2011National Theatre Live: CollaboratorsMikhail BulgakovMovie
2010National Theatre Live: The Habit of ArtHenry / Benjamin BrittenMovie
2010On ExpensesAndrew WalkerMovie
2009The Last Days of Lehman BrothersTimothy GeithnerMovie
2008The 39 StepsCaptain KellMovie
2008The DisappearedAdrian BallanMovie
2008Hancock & JoanJohn Le MesurierMovie
2006The QueenPrince CharlesMovie
2005Riot at the RiteSergei DiaghilevMovie
2005A Very Social SecretaryAlastair CampbellMovie
2004Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonHoratioMovie
2004StringsUtayMovie
2004Five Children and ItFatherMovie
2002The Four FeathersColonel HamiltonMovie
1999Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatThe ButlerMovie
1999The HunleyLt. AlexanderMovie
1997The Wings of the DoveLord MarkMovie
1996A Midsummer Night's DreamTheseus / OberonMovie
1992Dread Poets' SocietyByronMovie
1989War RequiemBlinded SoldierMovie
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