Alex Jennings

Actor May 10 (age 68) Essex, England, UK 1982–2026 (44 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Babel

Ken Clifford

Film

The Queen

Prince Charles

Film

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Horatio

Film

Belle

Lord Ashford

Film

Denial

Sir Charles Gray

Film

Munich – The Edge of War

Sir Horace Wilson

Film

The Phoenician Scheme

Broadcloth

Film

Operation Mincemeat

John Masterman

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (42)

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as Broadcloth

6.5

Ballad of a Small Player

as Adrian Lippett

Blitz

as Victor Smythe

Your Christmas or Mine 2

as Humphrey

Operation Mincemeat

as John Masterman

The Forgiven

as Lord Swanthorne

Your Christmas or Mine?

2022

as Humphrey

6.4

Munich – The Edge of War

2021

as Sir Horace Wilson

6.9

National Theatre Live: Hansard

2019

as Robin Hesketh

8.7

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

2017

as Self

Churchill's Secret

as Anthony Eden

Denial

as Sir Charles Gray

The Lady in the Van

as Alan Bennett

Castles in the Sky

as Henry Tizard

Belle

as Lord Ashford

Trap for Cinderella

as Chance

The Lady Vanishes

as Professor Hastings

6.4

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

as Henry Higgins

We'll Take Manhattan

as John Parsons

Dickens in London

as Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)

8.0

National Theatre Live: Collaborators

2011

as Mikhail Bulgakov

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

2010

as Henry / Benjamin Britten

8.0

On Expenses

2010

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

as Timothy Geithner

Hancock & Joan

as John Le Mesurier

The Disappeared

as Adrian Ballan

The 39 Steps

as Captain Kell

The Making of 'The Queen'

as Self

Babel

as Ken Clifford

The Queen

as Prince Charles

A Very Social Secretary

as Alastair Campbell

Riot at the Rite

as Sergei Diaghilev

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

as Horatio

Five Children and It

as Father

The Four Feathers

as Colonel Hamilton

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

as The Butler

The Hunley

as Lt. Alexander

The Wings of the Dove

1997

as Lord Mark

6.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Theseus / Oberon

Hard Times

as Bitzer

Dread Poets' Society

as Byron

War Requiem

1989

as Blinded Soldier

6.2

Television (42)

Dirty Business

2026

as Sir James Bevsn

9.7

The Siege

2026 Upcoming

Dec 31

MobLand

2025

as Archie Hammond

8.3

Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes

2025

as Michael Mansfield KC

6.9

The Agency: Central Intelligence

as Frank

The New Look

as Raymond Dior

A Very Royal Scandal

as Sir Edward Young

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

as James Arbuthnot

The Undeclared War

as David Neal

This Is Going to Hurt

as Lockhart

Small Axe

as Judge Clarke

Gold Digger

as Ted Day

A Very English Scandal

2018

as Peter Bessell

7.1

The Crown

2016

as David, Duke of Windsor

Victoria

as King Leopold

Unforgotten

as Dr Tim Finch

Wolf Hall

as Stephen Gardiner

Silk

as Alan Cowdrey QC

Silk

as Alan Cowdrey QC

Being Human

as Griffin

Whitechapel

as Anderson

10 Days to War

as Vincent

Fairy Tales

as Roger Bateman

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Lewis

as Rev. Conor Hawes

Cranford

as Reverend Hutton

The Restaurant

The State Within

as James Sinclair

New Tricks

as Professor Blake

London

as Stephen Spender

Foyle's War

as Clive Ord-Smith

Spooks

as James Allan

Waking the Dead

as James Andrews

Too Much Sun

as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles

Liberty!

1997

as King George III

7.8

Hard Times

1994

as Bitzer

Ashenden

Alfonso Bonzo

as Alfonso Bonzo

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Dr. Roberts

The Franchise Affair

as Nevil Bennet

Inspector Morse

as Victor Preece

Smiley's People

as PC Hall