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Alex Jennings

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Queen

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Lady in the Van

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Liberty!

As King George III

The State Within

As James Sinclair

Operation Mincemeat

As John Masterman

Alfonso Bonzo

As Alfonso Bonzo

The Forgiven

As Lord Swanthorne

The Last Days of Lehman Brothers

As Timothy Geithner

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Classroom Without Walls

From a London schoolroom to a Parisian banlieue, a journey through films where teaching becomes an act of defiance and connection.

8 films

The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority

From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.

8 films

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