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Alex Jennings
Essex, England, UK
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 wi…
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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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2026
Dirty Business
TV show Sir James Bevsn
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2025
Ballad of a Small Player
Movie Adrian Lippett
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2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie Broadcloth
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2025
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
TV show Michael Mansfield QC
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2025
MobLand
TV show Archie Hammond
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2024
The Agency
TV show Frank
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2024
Blitz
Movie Victor Smythe
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2024
A Very Royal Scandal
TV show Sir Edward Young
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2024
The New Look
TV show Raymond Dior
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2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
TV show James Arbuthnot
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2023
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Movie Humphrey
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2022
Your Christmas or Mine?
Movie Humphrey
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2022
The Forgiven
Movie Lord Swanthorne
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2022
The Undeclared War
TV show David Neal
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2022
Operation Mincemeat
Movie John Masterman
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2022
This Is Going to Hurt
TV show Lockhart
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2021
Munich - The Edge of War
Movie Sir Horace Wilson
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2020
Small Axe
TV show Judge Clarke
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2019
Gold Digger
TV show Ted Day
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2019
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Movie Robin Hesketh
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2018
A Very English Scandal
TV show Peter Bessell
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2017
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Movie Self
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2016
The Crown
TV show David, Duke of Windsor
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2016
Denial
Movie Sir Charles Gray
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2016
Victoria
TV show King Leopold
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2016
Churchill's Secret
Movie Anthony Eden
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2015
The Lady in the Van
Movie Alan Bennett
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2015
Unforgotten
TV show Dr Tim Finch
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2015
Wolf Hall
TV show Stephen Gardiner
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2014
Castles in the Sky
Movie Henry Tizard
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2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Movie Henry Higgins
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2013
Trap for Cinderella
Movie Chance
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2013
Belle
Movie Lord Ashford
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2013
The Lady Vanishes
Movie Professor Hastings
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2012
Dickens in London
Movie Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
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2012
We'll Take Manhattan
Movie John Parsons
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2011
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Movie Mikhail Bulgakov
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2011
Silk
TV show Alan Cowdrey QC
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2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie Henry / Benjamin Britten
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2010
On Expenses
Movie Andrew Walker
