Alex Jennings
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
The Phoenician Scheme2025 · Wes Anderson
Ballad of a Small Player2025 · Edward Berger
Blitz2024 · Steve McQueen
Operation Mincemeat2022 · John Madden
The Forgiven2022 · John Michael McDonagh
Your Christmas or Mine?2022 · Jim O'Hanlon
Munich - The Edge of War2021 · Christian Schwochow
Denial2016 · Mick Jackson
The Lady in the Van2015 · Nicholas Hytner
Belle2013 · Amma Asante
The Queen2006 · Stephen Frears- Five Children and It2004 · John Stephenson
The Four Feathers2002 · Shekhar Kapur



