Cast & creator
Alex Jennings
Best known for MobLand, The Graham Norton Show, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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.
Also known as: Alexander Jennings
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film credits
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television credits
84
1982–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (84)
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MobLand
Archie Hammond
2025
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Dr. Roberts
1989
The Crown
David, Duke of Windsor
2016
Lewis
Rev. Conor Hawes
2007
Spooks
James Allan
2002
Waking the Dead
James Andrews
2001
New Tricks
Professor Blake
2004
The Agency
Frank
2024
Foyle's War
Clive Ord-Smith
2002
Inspector Morse
Victor Preece
1987
ScreenPlay
Lord Byron
1986
Unforgotten
Dr Tim Finch
2015
Victoria
King Leopold
2016
Silk
Alan Cowdrey QC
2011
Wolf Hall
Stephen Gardiner
2015
Being Human
Griffin
2009
The New Look
Raymond Dior
2024
Whitechapel
Anderson
2009
The Phoenician Scheme
Broadcloth
2025
The Undeclared War
David Neal
2022
Cranford
Reverend Hutton
2007
This Is Going to Hurt
Lockhart
2022
Small Axe
Judge Clarke
2020The Siege
Fairy Tales
Roger Bateman
2008
Babel
Ken Clifford
2006
Operation Mincemeat
John Masterman
2022
A Very English Scandal
Peter Bessell
2018
Smiley's People
PC Hall
1982
Ballad of a Small Player
Adrian Lippett
2025
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Horatio
2004
Liberty!
King George III
1997
The Queen
Prince Charles
2006
A Very Royal Scandal
Sir Edward Young
2024
The State Within
James Sinclair
2006
The Forgiven
Lord Swanthorne
2022
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Michael Mansfield QC
2025
Gold Digger
Ted Day
2019
The Four Feathers
Colonel Hamilton
2002
The Lady in the Van
Alan Bennett
2015
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
James Arbuthnot
2024
10 Days to War
Vincent
2008
Dirty Business
Sir James Bevsn
2026
Five Children and It
Father
2004
Munich - The Edge of War
Sir Horace Wilson
2021
Alfonso Bonzo
Alfonso Bonzo
1990
Blitz
Victor Smythe
2024
Your Christmas or Mine?
Humphrey
2022
The Wings of the Dove
Lord Mark
1997
Denial
Sir Charles Gray
2016
Your Christmas or Mine 2
Humphrey
2023
Belle
Lord Ashford
2013
Hard Times
Bitzer
1994London
Stephen Spender
2004Too Much Sun
Julian Edgbaston-Bowles
2000
The Franchise Affair
Nevil Bennet
1988Ashenden
1991
We'll Take Manhattan
John Parsons
2012
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
Timothy Geithner
2009
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Butler
1999
Castles in the Sky
Henry Tizard
2014
The Restaurant
2007
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Henry Higgins
2013
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus / Oberon
1996
The 39 Steps
Captain Kell
2008
A Very Social Secretary
Alastair Campbell
2005
Trap for Cinderella
Chance
2013
Strings
Utay
2004
Churchill's Secret
Anthony Eden
2016
The Lady Vanishes
Professor Hastings
2013
The Disappeared
Adrian Ballan
2008
War Requiem
Blinded Soldier
1989
Riot at the Rite
Sergei Diaghilev
2005
National Theatre Live: Hansard
Robin Hesketh
2019
National Theatre Live: Collaborators
Mikhail Bulgakov
2011
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Henry / Benjamin Britten
2010
The Hunley
Lt. Alexander
1999Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
2007
Dread Poets' Society
Byron
1992
On Expenses
Andrew Walker
2010
Hancock & Joan
John Le Mesurier
2008
Dickens in London
Middle-aged Dickens(Voice)
2012