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Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

ActingBorn June 7, 1943Died May 10, 2026 (age 82)Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2022TV
2021Movie
2020
Raised by Wolves

as The Trust Voice (voice)

TV
2015
1945: The Savage Peace

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
RSC Live: Richard II

as John of Gaunt

Movie
2013TV
2013
Endeavour

as Professor Donald Bagley

TV
2013
Father Brown

as Bishop Reynard

TV
2011
The Iron Lady

as Michael Foot

Movie
2008
Airborne: The RAF at 90

as Narrator - (Voice)

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Lewis

as Dr. Melville

TV
2005
Fragile

as Marcus

Movie
2004
Empire Warriors

as Narrator

TV
2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

Movie
2003
State of Play

as Richard Siegler

TV
2002
The Dinosaur Hunters

as William Buckland

Movie
2002
Pyramid

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2001
Waking the Dead

as Prof Alan Macintosh

TV
1996
Cracker: White Ghost

as Commander Gordon Ellison

Movie
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe

as Hartley Culpepper

TV
1996
Silent Witness

as Dennis Morgan

TV
1994
The Last Bolshevik

as Self (voice: English version)

Movie
1991
Richard II

as Richard II

Movie
1991
Henry IV: Part 1

as Prince Henry of Wales

Movie
1991
Henry IV: Part 2

as Henry Prince of Wales

Movie
1991
Henry V

as King Henry V

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991
Richard III

as Duke of Buckingham

Movie
1989
Summer's Lease

as Hugh Pargeter

TV
1987Movie
1986Movie
1986
The Marlowe Inquest

as Thomas Kyd

Movie
1986
ScreenPlay

as Thomas Kyd

TV
1984Movie
1984
Italians

as Narrator

TV
1984
Freud

as Carl Jung

TV
1984Movie
1983
Cymbeline

as Posthumus

Movie
1983
Return of the Jedi

as Moff Jerjerrod

Movie
1982Movie
1981Movie
1978
Danton's Death

as Saint-Just

Movie
1978Movie
1977Movie
1976Movie
1974
Playhouse

as John Lilburne

TV
1972
No Exit

as Ian Strawson

TV
1970Movie
1970Movie
1969
Hamlet

as Laertes

Movie
1969TV
1968
The Tycoon

as Peter Bell

Movie
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Lancelot Wishart

TV
1967TV
1965TV
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Alexei Turbin

TV
1965
Public Eye

as John Sheldon

TV
1964
The Wednesday Play

as Geoffrey Cromlech

TV
1964
Theatre 625

as Wulfnoth

TV
1964
Theatre 625

as Alexander

TV
1961
Drama 61-67

as First youth

TV
1956TV
1956TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 7, 1943
Day of DeathMay 10, 2026
Place of BirthCambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Popularity0.4