- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1943
- Place of Birth
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Died
- May 10, 2026
Michael Pennington
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.
Filmography
tvDans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022 · Narrator ( Voice)
movieManik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · Narrator (voice)
tvRaised by Wolves
2020 · The Trust Voice (voice)
movie1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · Narrator (voice)
movieSecrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · Narrator (Voice)
movieRSC Live: Richard II
2013 · John of Gaunt
tvThe Escape Artist
2013 · Judge
tvEndeavour
2013 · Professor Donald Bagley
tvFather Brown
2013 · Bishop Reynard
movieThe Iron Lady
2011 · Michael Foot
tvThe Lost World of Communism
2009
Airborne: The RAF at 90
movieAirborne: The RAF at 90
2008 · Narrator - (Voice)
movieFlorence Nightingale
2008 · Wen
tvLewis
2007 · Dr. Melville
movieFragile
2005 · Marcus
tvEmpire Warriors
2004 · Narrator
movieColosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · Narrator (UK version) (voice)
tvState of Play
2003 · Richard Siegler
movieThe Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · William Buckland
moviePyramid
2002 · Narrator (voice)
tvDr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · Priest
tvWaking the Dead
2001 · Prof Alan Macintosh
movieCracker: White Ghost
1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison
tvDalziel and Pascoe
1996 · Hartley Culpepper
tvSilent Witness
1996 · Dennis Morgan
movieThe Last Bolshevik
1994 · Self (voice: English version)
movieDegas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · Degas
tvBetween the Lines
1992
movieRichard II
1991 · Richard II
movieHenry IV: Part 1
1991 · Prince Henry of Wales
movieHenry IV: Part 2
1991 · Henry Prince of Wales
movieHenry V
1991 · King Henry V
movieHenry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · Earl of Suffolk
movieHenry VI: House of York
1991 · Jack Cade
movieRichard III
1991 · Duke of Buckingham
tvSummer's Lease
1989 · Hugh Pargeter
movieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Sherlock Holmes
movieTheban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Oedipus Rex
movieThe Marlowe Inquest
1986 · Thomas Kyd
tvScreenPlay
1986 · Thomas Kyd
movieForbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
movieThe Mayor of Montemilone
1984 · Narrator
tvItalians
1984 · Narrator
tvFreud
1984 · Carl Jung
tvPlaying Shakespeare
1984
Waving to a Train
movieWaving to a Train
1984 · Richard
movieCymbeline
1983 · Posthumus
movieReturn of the Jedi
1983 · Moff Jerjerrod
movieOutside Edge
1982 · Bob
movieA Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981 · John Lilburne
movieDanton's Death
1978 · Saint-Just
movieMr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978 · E1A
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · E1A
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
movieIt's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977 · Don Harris
movieThe Witches of Pendle
1976 · Minister
tvPlayhouse
1974 · John Lilburne
No Exit
tvNo Exit
1972 · Ian Strawson
The Dolly Scene
movieThe Dolly Scene
1970 · Tom
movieMad Jack
1970
movieHamlet
1969 · Laertes
W. Somerset Maugham
tvW. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Hans
The Tycoon
movieThe Tycoon
1968 · Peter Bell
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Lancelot Wishart
tvCallan
1967
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · St Just, Alexei Turbin
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Martin
tvPublic Eye
1965 · John Sheldon
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Geoffrey Cromlech
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Wulfnoth, Alexander
Drama 61-67
tvDrama 61-67
1961 · First youth
tvNo Hiding Place
1959
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Adrian, Tom