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Michael Pennington

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is 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.

Born

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK on 7th June 1943

All Credits

The BBC Television Shakespeare Image
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Posthumus
No Hiding Place Image
No Hiding Place
Playhouse Image
Playhouse
John Lilburne
BBC Play of the Month Image
BBC Play of the Month
Alexei Turbin
BBC Play of the Month Image
BBC Play of the Month
St Just
Father Brown Image
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
Silent Witness Image
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
Callan Image
Callan
Waking the Dead Image
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
Endeavour Image
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
Raised by Wolves Image
Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice)
Lewis Image
Lewis
Dr. Melville
Public Eye Image
Public Eye
John Sheldon
BBC2 Play of the Week Image
BBC2 Play of the Week
E1A
Between the Lines Image
Between the Lines
The Escape Artist Image
The Escape Artist
Judge
Trial & Retribution Image
Trial & Retribution
State of Play Image
State of Play
Richard Siegler
Dalziel & Pascoe Image
Dalziel & Pascoe
Return of the Jedi Image
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady Image
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
The Lost World of Communism Image
The Lost World of Communism
Summer's Lease Image
Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter
Empire Warriors Image
Empire Warriors
Narrator
Fragile Image
Fragile
Marcus
Playing Shakespeare Image
Playing Shakespeare
Freud Image
Freud
Carl Jung
1945: The Savage Peace Image
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)
Cymbeline Image
Cymbeline
Posthumus
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Image
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Danton's Death Image
Danton's Death
Saint-Just
Hamlet Image
Hamlet
Laertes
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II Image
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
John of Gaunt
Florence Nightingale Image
Florence Nightingale
Wen
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death Image
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters Image
The Dinosaur Hunters
William Buckland
Henry V Image
Henry V
King Henry V
No Image
Outside Edge
Bob
No Image
The Mayor of Montemilone
Narrator
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King Image
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Oedipus Rex
Henry IV: Part 2 Image
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry Prince of Wales
The Marlowe Inquest Image
The Marlowe Inquest
Thomas Kyd
Richard II Image
Richard II
Richard II
No Image
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Don Harris
The Last Bolshevik Image
The Last Bolshevik
Voice
Degas and Pissario Fall Out Image
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas
Pyramid Image
Pyramid
Narrator (voice)
No Image
The Dolly Scene
Tom
Mad Jack Image
Mad Jack
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali Image
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice)
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie Image
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter Image
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
John Lilburne
Henry VI: House of York Image
Henry VI: House of York
Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster Image
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Earl of Suffolk
Henry IV: Part 1 Image
Henry IV: Part 1
Prince Henry of Wales
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words Image
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice)
Cracker: White Ghost Image
Cracker: White Ghost
Commander Gordon Ellison
Richard III Image
Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat Image
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
E1A
The Witches of Pendle Image
The Witches of Pendle
Minister
No Image
The Tycoon
Peter Bell
No Image
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Narrator - (Voice)