Michael Pennington
Acting
Born: 1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died: 2026-05-10
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady
2011
Michael Foot
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
2008
Wen
Fragile
2005
Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
William Buckland
Pyramid
2002
Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
1994
Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
Degas
Richard II
1991
Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
1991
King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
1991
Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
Earl of Suffolk
📺 TV Shows (20)
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
Narrator ( Voice)
Raised by Wolves
2020
The Trust Voice (voice)
The Escape Artist
2013
Judge
Endeavour
2013
Professor Donald Bagley
Father Brown
2013
Bishop Reynard
The Lost World of Communism
2009
Lewis
2007
Dr. Melville
Empire Warriors
2004
Narrator
State of Play
2003
Richard Siegler
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
Priest
Waking the Dead
2001
Prof Alan Macintosh
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Hartley Culpepper
Silent Witness
1996
Dennis Morgan
Between the Lines
1992
Summer's Lease
1989
Hugh Pargeter
ScreenPlay
1986
Thomas Kyd
Italians
1984
Narrator
Freud
1984
Carl Jung
Playing Shakespeare
1984
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
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