Alex Jennings
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Alex Jennings (born 10 May 1957 in Essex) is an English actor.
Alex Jennings went to Abbs Cross Technical High School, Abbs Cross Lane, HORNCHURCH, Essex. After graduating from The University of Warwick in 1978 he trained for two years at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and went to a range of roles in regional repertory theatre including Robespierre in "The Scarlet Pimpernel", and Gloumov in "Too Clever by Half" at the Old Vic, for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1988. He was nominated in the same category the following year for portraying Dorante in "The Liar". He has also performed for the Royal National Theatre as Kittel in "Ghetto" and Captain Plume in "The Recruiting Officer".
His Royal Shakespeare Company roles include the title role in "Peer Gynt", (for which he won an Olivier Award 1995/6 for Best Actor), Theseus/Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (UK, American tour and Broadway), Angelo in "Measure for Measure", Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing", and the title role in "Hamlet". His film appearances include War Requiem, the RSC's film version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Lord Mark in the Oscar-nominated movie "The Wings of the Dove", "Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "The Four Feathers". His television appearances include "Smiley's People", "The Franchise Affair", "Inspector Morse", "Alfonso Bonzo", the title role in "Ashenden", "Dead Poets Society", "Inspector Alleyn", "Hard Times." "Bad Blood", and Peter Ackroyd's "London". His many radio credits include "Casino Royale", "The Way of the World" and "The Old Curiosity Shop". He has also narrated the book The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis. He recently appeared in The Queen.
He was awarded an honorary degree (an Honorary Doctor of Letters - Hon DLitt) by the University of Warwick. That was his second degree from the University as he was actually once a student of English and Theatre studies at Warwick (1975-8).
