Michael Pennington
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1943
- Died
- May 10, 2026 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Biography
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Raised by Wolves
TV · as The Trust (voice) · 1 ep
1945: The Savage Peace
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
Movie · as John of Gaunt
Father Brown
TV · as Bishop Reynard · 1 ep
Endeavour
TV · as Professor Donald Bagley · 1 ep
The Escape Artist
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
The Iron Lady
Movie · as Michael Foot
The Lost World of Communism
TV · 3 eps
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Movie · as Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
Movie · as Wen
Lewis
TV · as Dr. Melville · 1 ep
Fragile
Movie · as Marcus
Empire Warriors
TV · as Narrator · 4 eps
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
State of Play
TV · as Richard Siegler · 1 ep
The Dinosaur Hunters
Movie · as William Buckland
Pyramid
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Waking the Dead
TV · as Prof Alan Macintosh · 2 eps
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
TV · as Priest · 1 ep
Cracker: White Ghost
Movie · as Commander Gordon Ellison
Silent Witness
TV · as Dennis Morgan · 2 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Hartley Culpepper · 1 ep
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Movie · as Degas
The Last Bolshevik
Movie · as Self (voice: English version)
Between the Lines
TV · 2 eps
Richard II
Movie · as Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
Movie · as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
Movie · as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
Movie · as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
Movie · as Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Movie · as Earl of Suffolk
Richard III
Movie · as Duke of Buckingham
In My Defence
TV · as Franz Jagerstatter · 1 ep
Summer's Lease
TV · as Hugh Pargeter · 4 eps
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
The Marlowe Inquest
Movie · as Thomas Kyd
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Movie · as Oedipus Rex
ScreenPlay
TV · as Thomas Kyd · 1 ep
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Movie
The Mayor of Montemilone
Movie · as Narrator
Waving to a Train
Movie · as Richard
Playing Shakespeare
TV · 9 eps
Freud
TV · as Carl Jung · 2 eps
Italians
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Return of the Jedi
Movie · as Moff Jerjerrod
Cymbeline
Movie · as Posthumus
Outside Edge
Movie · as Bob
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Movie · as John Lilburne
Danton's Death
Movie · as Saint-Just
Mr. and Ms. Bureaucrat
Movie · as E1A
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Don Harris
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as E1A · 1 ep
The Witches of Pendle
Movie · as Minister
Playhouse
TV · as John Lilburne · 1 ep
No Exit
TV · as Ian Strawson · 1 ep
Mad Jack
Movie
The Dolly Scene
Movie · as Tom
Hamlet
Movie · as Laertes
W. Somerset Maugham
TV · as Hans · 1 ep
The Tycoon
Movie · as Peter Bell
The Root of All Evil?
TV · as Clive Pinner · 1 ep
Callan
TV · 1 ep
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Lancelot Wishart · 1 ep
Public Eye
TV · as John Sheldon · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as St Just, Alexei Turbin · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Martin · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Wulfnoth, Alexander · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Geoffrey Cromlech · 1 ep
Drama 61-67
TV · as First youth · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Adrian, Tom · 1 ep