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Alex Jennings

Biography

Alex Jennings

Actor

Born
May 10, 1957
Age
69 years old
Place of birth
Essex, England, UK
Years active
1982 – present
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80

Credits

38

Movies

42

TV series

45

Years active

7.0

Avg. rating

0

Awards won

The life and career of Alex Jennings

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Career timeline

  1. 1957 · Born

    Born in Essex, England, UK

  2. 1982 · Screen debut

    Smiley's People (TV)

  3. 2006 · Breakthrough

    Babel (Movie)

  4. 2026 · Latest release

    Dirty Business (TV)

Career in numbers

Titles per decade
Most frequent genres
  • Drama64
  • Comedy15
  • Crime12
  • Mystery11
  • History9
  • Tv Movie8
Highest-rated title MobLand 2025 8.7 Most popular title MobLand 2025 8.7

Known for

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Alex Jennings in our catalogue.

Filmography

  1. — The Siege Upcoming TV
  2. 2026 Dirty Business as Sir James Bevsn TV
  3. 2025 Ballad of a Small Player as Adrian Lippett Movie
  4. 2025 The Phoenician Scheme as Broadcloth Movie
  5. 2025 Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes as Michael Mansfield QC TV
  6. 2025 MobLand as Archie Hammond TV
  7. 2024 The Agency as Frank TV
  8. 2024 Blitz as Victor Smythe Movie
  9. 2024 A Very Royal Scandal as Sir Edward Young TV
  10. 2024 The New Look as Raymond Dior TV
  11. 2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office as James Arbuthnot TV
  12. 2023 Your Christmas or Mine 2 as Humphrey Movie
  13. 2022 Your Christmas or Mine? as Humphrey Movie
  14. 2022 The Forgiven as Lord Swanthorne Movie
  15. 2022 The Undeclared War as David Neal TV
  16. 2022 Operation Mincemeat as John Masterman Movie
  17. 2022 This Is Going to Hurt as Lockhart TV
  18. 2021 Munich - The Edge of War as Sir Horace Wilson Movie
  19. 2020 Small Axe as Judge Clarke TV
  20. 2019 Gold Digger as Ted Day TV
  21. 2019 National Theatre Live: Hansard as Robin Hesketh Movie
  22. 2018 A Very English Scandal as Peter Bessell TV
  23. 2016 The Crown as David, Duke of Windsor TV
  24. 2016 Denial as Sir Charles Gray Movie
  25. 2016 Victoria as King Leopold TV
  26. 2016 Churchill's Secret as Anthony Eden Movie
  27. 2015 The Lady in the Van as Alan Bennett Movie
  28. 2015 Unforgotten as Dr Tim Finch TV
  29. 2015 Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner TV
  30. 2014 Castles in the Sky as Henry Tizard Movie
  31. 2013 National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Henry Higgins Movie
  32. 2013 Trap for Cinderella as Chance Movie
  33. 2013 Belle as Lord Ashford Movie
  34. 2013 The Lady Vanishes as Professor Hastings Movie
  35. 2012 We'll Take Manhattan as John Parsons Movie
  36. 2011 National Theatre Live: Collaborators as Mikhail Bulgakov Movie
  37. 2011 Silk as Alan Cowdrey QC TV
  38. 2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Henry / Benjamin Britten Movie
  39. 2010 On Expenses as Andrew Walker Movie
  40. 2009 Return to Cranford as Reverend Hutton TV
  41. 2009 The Last Days of Lehman Brothers as Timothy Geithner Movie
  42. 2009 Whitechapel as Anderson TV
  43. 2009 Being Human as Griffin TV
  44. 2008 The 39 Steps as Captain Kell Movie
  45. 2008 The Disappeared as Adrian Ballan Movie
  46. 2008 Hancock & Joan as John Le Mesurier Movie
  47. 2008 10 Days to War as Vincent TV
  48. 2008 Fairy Tales as Roger Bateman TV
  49. 2007 Cranford as Reverend Hutton TV
  50. 2007 The Restaurant TV
  51. 2007 Lewis as Rev. Conor Hawes TV
  52. 2006 The State Within as James Sinclair TV
  53. 2006 Babel as Ken Clifford Movie
  54. 2006 The Queen as Prince Charles Movie
  55. 2005 Riot at the Rite as Sergei Diaghilev Movie
  56. 2005 A Very Social Secretary as Alastair Campbell Movie
  57. 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as Horatio Movie
  58. 2004 Strings as Utay Movie
  59. 2004 Five Children and It as Father Movie
  60. 2004 London as Stephen Spender TV
  61. 2004 New Tricks as Professor Blake TV
  62. 2002 Foyle's War as Clive Ord-Smith TV
  63. 2002 The Four Feathers as Colonel Hamilton Movie
  64. 2002 Spooks as James Allan TV
  65. 2001 Waking the Dead as James Andrews TV
  66. 2000 Too Much Sun as Julian Edgbaston-Bowles TV
  67. 1999 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as The Butler Movie
  68. 1999 The Hunley as Lt. Alexander Movie
  69. 1997 Liberty! as King George III TV
  70. 1997 The Wings of the Dove as Lord Mark Movie
  71. 1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Theseus / Oberon Movie
  72. 1994 Hard Times as Bitzer TV
  73. 1991 Ashenden TV
  74. 1990 Alfonso Bonzo as Alfonso Bonzo TV
  75. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Dr. Roberts TV
  76. 1989 War Requiem as Blinded Soldier Movie
  77. 1988 The Franchise Affair as Nevil Bennet TV
  78. 1987 Inspector Morse as Victor Preece TV
  79. 1986 ScreenPlay as Lord Byron TV
  80. 1982 Smiley's People as PC Hall TV

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Quick facts

How old is Alex Jennings?

Alex Jennings is 69 years old, born on May 10, 1957.

Where was Alex Jennings born?

Alex Jennings was born in Essex, England, UK.

What was Alex Jennings’s first screen role?

The earliest title in our catalogue featuring Alex Jennings is Smiley's People (1982).

How many movies and series has Alex Jennings made?

Our catalogue lists 80 titles for Alex Jennings: 38 movies and 42 TV series.

What is Alex Jennings’s highest-rated title?

Among titles with enough votes, MobLand has the highest audience rating, with 8.7/10 on TMDB.

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