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Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings

Actor · Born May 10, 1957 · Essex, England, UK

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Silk
79

Silk

2011 · 3 Seasons

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.

Acted in 77

2010s

  1. 2019

    Gold Digger

    Ted Day · 6 episodes

  2. National Theatre Live: Hansard

    Robin Hesketh

  3. 2018

    A Very English Scandal

    Peter Bessell · 3 episodes

    75
  4. 2016

    The Crown

    David, Duke of Windsor · 7 episodes

    85

  5. Denial

    Sir Charles Gray

    70

  6. Victoria

    King Leopold · 9 episodes

    80

  7. Churchill's Secret

    Anthony Eden

  8. 2015

    The Lady in the Van

    Alan Bennett

    72

  9. Unforgotten

    Dr Tim Finch · 1 episode

    81

  10. Wolf Hall

    Stephen Gardiner · 3 episodes

    80
  11. 2014

    Castles in the Sky

    Henry Tizard

  12. 2013

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    Henry Higgins

  13. Trap for Cinderella

    Chance

    45

  14. Belle

    Lord Ashford

    73

  15. The Lady Vanishes

    Professor Hastings

    62
  16. 2012

    Dickens in London

    Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)

  17. We'll Take Manhattan

    John Parsons

    63
  18. 2011

    National Theatre Live: Collaborators

    Mikhail Bulgakov

  19. Silk

    Alan Cowdrey QC · 13 episodes

    79
  20. 2010

    National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

    Henry / Benjamin Britten

  21. On Expenses

    Andrew Walker

2000s

  1. 2009

    The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

    Timothy Geithner

    59

  2. Whitechapel

    Anderson · 18 episodes

    77

  3. Being Human

    Griffin · 1 episode

    76
  4. 2008

    The 39 Steps

    Captain Kell

  5. The Disappeared

    Adrian Ballan

    59

  6. Hancock & Joan

    John Le Mesurier

  7. 10 Days to War

    Vincent · 1 episode

  8. Fairy Tales

    Roger Bateman · 1 episode

  9. 2007

    Cranford

    Reverend Hutton · 7 episodes

    83

  10. The Restaurant

    TV

  11. Lewis

    Rev. Conor Hawes · 1 episode

    80
  12. 2006

    The State Within

    James Sinclair · 6 episodes

  13. Babel

    Ken Clifford

    71

  14. The Queen

    Prince Charles

    80
  15. 2005

    Riot at the Rite

    Sergei Diaghilev

  16. A Very Social Secretary

    Alastair Campbell

  17. 2004

    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Horatio

    50

  18. Strings

    Utay

  19. Five Children and It

    Father

  20. New Tricks

    Professor Blake · 1 episode

    78
  21. 2002

    Foyle's War

    Clive Ord-Smith · 1 episode

    84

  22. The Four Feathers

    Colonel Hamilton

    57

  23. Spooks

    James Allan · 1 episode

    81
  24. 2001

    Waking the Dead

    James Andrews · 2 episodes

    77

1990s

  1. 1999

    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    The Butler

  2. The Hunley

    Lt. Alexander

  3. 1997

    Liberty!

    King George III · 6 episodes

  4. The Wings of the Dove

    Lord Mark

  5. 1996

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Theseus / Oberon

    62
  6. 1994

    Hard Times

    Bitzer · 4 episodes

  7. 1992

    Dread Poets' Society

    Byron

  8. 1990

    Alfonso Bonzo

    Alfonso Bonzo · 6 episodes

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