Michael Pennington
Acting
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 72
Movies (39)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali2021Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace2015Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words2014Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II2013John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady2011Michael Foot- Airborne: The RAF at 902008Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale2008Wen
Fragile2005Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death2003Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters2002William Buckland
Pyramid2002Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost1996Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik1994Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out1994Degas
Richard III1991Duke of Buckingham
Henry V1991King Henry V
Henry VI: House of Lancaster1991Earl of Suffolk
Henry VI: House of York1991Jack Cade
Richard II1991Richard II
Henry IV: Part 11991Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 21991Henry Prince of Wales
The Return of Sherlock Holmes1987Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King1986Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest1986Thomas Kyd
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie1985
The Mayor of Montemilone1984Narrator- Waving to a Train1984Richard
Cymbeline1983Posthumus
Return of the Jedi1983Moff Jerjerrod
Outside Edge1982Bob
Shows (33)
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars2022Narrator ( Voice)
Raised by Wolves2020The Trust Voice (voice)
The Escape Artist2013Judge
Endeavour2013Professor Donald Bagley
Father Brown2013Bishop Reynard
The Lost World of Communism2009
Lewis2007Dr. Melville
Empire Warriors2004Narrator
State of Play2003Richard Siegler
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible2001Priest
Waking the Dead2001Prof Alan Macintosh
Dalziel and Pascoe1996Hartley Culpepper
Silent Witness1996Dennis Morgan
Between the Lines1992
Summer's Lease1989Hugh Pargeter
ScreenPlay1986Thomas Kyd
Italians1984Narrator
Freud1984Carl Jung
Playing Shakespeare1984
BBC2 Play of the Week1977E1A
Playhouse1974John Lilburne- No Exit1972Ian Strawson
- W. Somerset Maugham1969Hans
ITV Playhouse1967Lancelot Wishart
Callan1967
BBC Play of the Month1965St Just
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965Martin
Public Eye1965John Sheldon
The Wednesday Play1964Geoffrey Cromlech
Theatre 6251964Wulfnoth