Who is Alex Jennings? Unforgotten actor playing Dr Tim Finch and The Crown and A Very English Scandal star

ALEX Jennings is a well-known face on historical TV shows and films.

But when is he next on the telly? And what has he appearedin? Here is what we know about the star...

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Who is Alex Jennings?

Alex was born on May 10, 1957, in Essex and went to school in Hornchurch.

He is an English actor who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre.

A three-time Olivier Award winner, he won for Too Clever by Half, Peer Gynt and My Fair Lady.

He married landscape gardener Lesley Moors in 2012 but they first met in 1975 and have been together ever since.

They have two grown-up children, Ralph and Georgia.

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Which TV shows and films has Alex been in?

Alex is well known for starring in period dramas, these include:

• Cranford
• Whitechapel
• Foyle's War
• Victoria
• The Crown

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He's also been on our screens in A Very English Scandal, Stan Lee's Lucky Man and Silk.

As well as TV he is also known for starring in films like The Lady in the Van and The Queen, in which he played Prince Charles.

He played John Le Mesurier in Hancock & Joan, plus starred in Babel, Wings of a Dove and Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason.

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Who does Alex play in Unforgotten?

Alex plays Dr Tim Finch in the third series of the crime drama.

He is one of four men who form a “close-knit group of old school friends that have stood by one another through thick and thin”.

He and his three old schoolfriends, played by Neil Morrissey, James Fleet and Kevin McNally, are placed under the spotlight when the body of a girl is found by the M1.