Alex Jennings

Alexander Michael Jennings (born 10 May 1957) is an English actor. He won the Olivier Award three times 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 movie The Queen. He also played Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, in the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Crown.

He also starred as Leopold I of Belgium in the ITV series Victoria (2016–2019) and as Stephen Frears' A Very English Scandal (2018).

Jennings was born in Romford, Essex. He studied English and Theatre studies at the University of Warwick, graduating in 1978. He said he saw his first theatre while in high school and went to the Old Vic Theatre, which inspired him to be an actor.

He trained as an actor for two years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

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