Alex Jennings
Biography
Alex Jennings is an English actor whose career spans stage, film, and television. Born in Romford, Essex, in 1957, he trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before starting out in regional repertory theater in the early 1980s. He has appeared often for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, winning Olivier Awards for Too Clever by Half, Peer Gynt, and My Fair Lady. He is the only performer to win Olivier Awards across drama, musical, and comedy. Jennings made his film breakthrough as Prince Charles in The Queen (2006), opposite Helen Mirren. His other films include The Wings of the Dove (1997), Belle (2013), and The Lady in the Van (2015). On television, he played Edward VIII in The Crown, Leopold I in Victoria from 2016 to 2019, and appeared in A Very English Scandal (2018) and Small Axe: Mangrove (2020). He was appointed CBE in 2024.
69years old
Turns 70 on May 10in 180 days
- Born Essex
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Alex Michael Jennings
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 36 years1989 to 2025
Genres
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Early training
For two years, Alex Jennings studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he trained as an actor.
A first
Jennings played both Voltaire and Doctor Pangloss in Robert Carsen's staging of Bernstein's Candide, which marked his operetta debut at the ENO in June 2008.
Big break
Jennings played Prince Charles in The Queen, the role that became his breakthrough film part, opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II.
Alex Jennings movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Jim O'Hanlon directed two of these films, Iain Softley two. Seventeen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jim O'HanlonDirector, 2 films, 2022 to 2023
All films by Jim O'Hanlon
Iain SoftleyDirector, 2 films, 1997 to 2013
All films by Iain Softley
Also two films together11 more actors
- Mark GatissOperation Mincemeat (2021) and Denial (2016)
- Penelope WiltonOperation Mincemeat (2021) and Belle (2013)
- David BradleyYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Asa ButterfieldYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Roger AllamThe Lady in the Van (2015) and The Queen (2006)
- Frances de la TourThe Lady in the Van (2015) and Trap for Cinderella (2013)
- Ram John HolderYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Angela GriffinYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Cora KirkYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Natalie GumedeYour Christmas or Mine 2 (2023) and Your Christmas or Mine? (2022)
- Georgio SerafiniFive Children and It (2004) and The Wings of the Dove (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Alex Jennings's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$254 million
8 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$123M48.6% of the total
- 2$41M16.3% of the total
- 3$30M11.8% of the total
- 4$17M6.5% of the total
- 5$16M6.2% of the total
- 6$14M5.4% of the total
- 7$8.0M3.2% of the total
- 8$5.1M2.0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.