Alex Jennings: movies and TV shows
Alex Jennings has 85 credits in the archive: 43 films and 42 TV series, from 1982 to 2026. Highest rated: MobLand (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1982 – 2026 · busiest year: 2004 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Dirty Business | Sir James Bevsn | TV | 9.2 | 69 |
| 2025 | MobLand | Archie Hammond | TV | 8.4 | 68 |
| 2025 | Ballad of a Small Player | Adrian Lippett | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2025 | The Phoenician Scheme | Broadcloth | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 2025 | Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes | Michael Mansfield KC | TV | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2024 | The Agency | Frank | TV | 7.1 | 67 |
| 2024 | The New Look | Raymond Dior | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2024 | A Very Royal Scandal | Sir Edward Young | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2024 | Blitz | Victor Smythe | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2024 | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | James Arbuthnot | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2023 | Your Christmas or Mine 2 | Humphrey | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2022 | The Undeclared War | David Neal | TV | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2022 | Operation Mincemeat | John Masterman | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2022 | This Is Going to Hurt | Lockhart | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 2022 | The Forgiven | Lord Swanthorne | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2022 | Your Christmas or Mine? | Humphrey | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2021 | Munich - The Edge of War | Sir Horace Wilson | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2020 | Small Axe | Judge Clarke | TV | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2019 | Gold Digger | Ted Day | TV | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2019 | National Theatre Live: Hansard | Robin Hesketh | Film | 8.7 | 62 |
| 2018 | A Very English Scandal | Peter Bessell | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2017 | Il était une fois... « The Queen » | Self | Film | — | 60 |
| 2016 | The Crown | David, Duke of Windsor | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2016 | Victoria | King Leopold | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2016 | Denial | Sir Charles Gray | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2016 | Churchill's Secret | Anthony Eden | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Dr Tim Finch | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Stephen Gardiner | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Alan Bennett | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2014 | Castles in the Sky | Henry Tizard | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2013 | Belle | Lord Ashford | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2013 | The Lady Vanishes | Professor Hastings | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2013 | Trap for Cinderella | Chance | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Henry Higgins | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2012 | We'll Take Manhattan | John Parsons | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2012 | Dickens in London | Middle-aged Dickens(Voice) | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2011 | Silk | Alan Cowdrey QC | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: Collaborators | Mikhail Bulgakov | Film | — | 54 |
| 2010 | On Expenses | Andrew Walker | Film | — | 53 |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Henry / Benjamin Britten | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2009 | Being Human | Griffin | TV | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2009 | Whitechapel | Anderson | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2009 | The Last Days of Lehman Brothers | Timothy Geithner | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Vincent | TV | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales | Roger Bateman | TV | — | 51 |
| 2008 | The Disappeared | Adrian Ballan | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 2008 | Hancock & Joan | John Le Mesurier | Film | 4.1 | 51 |
| 2008 | The 39 Steps | Captain Kell | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Rev. Conor Hawes | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2007 | Cranford | Reverend Hutton | TV | 8.1 | 50 |
| 2007 | The Restaurant | TV | 7.8 | 50 | |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Queen' | Self | Film | 4.0 | 50 |
| 2006 | Babel | Ken Clifford | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2006 | The Queen | Prince Charles | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2006 | The State Within | James Sinclair | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Alastair Campbell | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2005 | Riot at the Rite | Sergei Diaghilev | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Professor Blake | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2004 | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Horatio | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 2004 | Five Children and It | Father | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 2004 | Strings | Utay | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 2004 | London | Stephen Spender | TV | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2002 | Spooks | James Allan | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Clive Ord-Smith | TV | 7.9 | 45 |
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Colonel Hamilton | Film | 6.6 | 45 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | James Andrews | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2000 | Too Much Sun | Julian Edgbaston-Bowles | TV | — | 43 |
| 1999 | The Hunley | Lt. Alexander | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1999 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | The Butler | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1997 | Liberty! | King George III | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Lord Mark | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1996 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Theseus / Oberon | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1994 | Hard Times | Bitzer | TV | — | 37 |
| 1994 | Hard Times | Bitzer | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1992 | Dread Poets' Society | Byron | Film | — | 35 |
| 1991 | Ashenden | TV | 6.0 | 34 | |
| 1990 | Alfonso Bonzo | Alfonso Bonzo | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Dr. Roberts | TV | 8.2 | 32 |
| 1989 | War Requiem | Blinded Soldier | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1988 | The Franchise Affair | Nevil Bennet | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Victor Preece | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Lord Byron | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | PC Hall | TV | 7.7 | 25 |
| The Siege | TV | — | — |