Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday7 June 1943
Died10 May 2026 (age 82)
Place of birthCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known credits73

Biography

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British director and actor who, together with director Michael Bogdanov, founded the English Shakespeare Company. Although primarily a stage actor, he is best known to wider audiences for his role as Moff Jerjerrod, commanding officer of the Death Star in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and as Michael Foot in The Iron Lady, opposite Meryl Streep.

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · Narrator (voice)
Raised by Wolves
Raised by Wolves
2020 · The Trust (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · John of Gaunt
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
2013 · Judge
Endeavour
Endeavour
2013 · Professor Donald Bagley
Father Brown
Father Brown
2013 · Bishop Reynard
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
2011 · Michael Foot
The Lost World of Communism
The Lost World of Communism
2009
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008 · Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
2008 · Wen
Lewis
Lewis
2007 · Dr. Melville
Fragile
Fragile
2005 · Marcus
Empire Warriors
Empire Warriors
2004 · Narrator
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · Narrator (UK version) (voice)
State of Play
State of Play
2003 · Richard Siegler
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · William Buckland
Pyramid
Pyramid
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · Priest
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
2001 · Prof Alan Macintosh
Cracker: White Ghost
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Hartley Culpepper
Silent Witness
Silent Witness
1996 · Dennis Morgan
The Last Bolshevik
The Last Bolshevik
1994 · Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · Degas
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
1992
In My Defence
1991 · Franz Jagerstatter
Richard II
Richard II
1991 · Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry IV: Part 1
1991 · Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry IV: Part 2
1991 · Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
Henry V
1991 · King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
Henry VI: House of York
1991 · Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · Earl of Suffolk
Richard III
Richard III
1991 · Duke of Buckingham
Summer's Lease
Summer's Lease
1989 · Hugh Pargeter
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
The Marlowe Inquest
1986 · Thomas Kyd
ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay
1986 · Thomas Kyd
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
The Mayor of Montemilone
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984 · Narrator
Italians
Italians
1984 · Narrator
Freud
Freud
1984 · Carl Jung
Playing Shakespeare
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Waving to a Train
1984 · Richard
Cymbeline
Cymbeline
1983 · Posthumus
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
1983 · Moff Jerjerrod
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