Alex Jennings
Acting

Alex Jennings

Born 10 May 1957 · Essex, England, UK
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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.

Known for

Babel
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
The Crown
The Queen
MobLand
The Phoenician Scheme
Operation Mincemeat
The Lady in the Van
Belle
Denial
Munich - The Edge of War
The Four Feathers
The Phoenician Scheme
Ballad of a Small Player
Blitz
Your Christmas or Mine 2
The Forgiven
Operation Mincemeat
Your Christmas or Mine?
Munich - The Edge of War
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Churchill's Secret
Denial
The Lady in the Van
Castles in the Sky
The Lady Vanishes
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Belle
Trap for Cinderella
Dickens in London
We'll Take Manhattan
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
On Expenses
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
The Disappeared
The 39 Steps
Hancock & Joan
The Queen
Babel
Riot at the Rite
A Very Social Secretary
Five Children and It
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Strings
The Four Feathers
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Hunley
The Wings of the Dove
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dread Poets' Society
War Requiem
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