Michael Pennington
Biography
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
62
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-06-07 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Acting
2021
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali as Narrator (voice)2020
Raised by Wolves as The Trust Voice (voice)2015
1945: The Savage Peace as Narrator (voice)2014
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words as Narrator (Voice)2013
Father Brown as Bishop Reynard2013
Endeavour as Professor Donald Bagley2013
The Escape Artist as Judge2013
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II as John of Gaunt2011
The Iron Lady as Michael Foot2009
The Lost World of Communism as Not available2008
Florence Nightingale as Wen2008
Airborne: The RAF at 90 as Narrator - (Voice)2007
Lewis as Dr. Melville2005
Fragile as Marcus2004
Empire Warriors as Narrator2003
State of Play as Not available2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death as Narrator (UK version) (voice)2002
The Dinosaur Hunters as William Buckland2002
Pyramid as Narrator (voice)2001
Waking the Dead as Prof Alan Macintosh1997
Trial & Retribution as Not available1996
Silent Witness as Dennis Morgan1996
Dalziel & Pascoe as Not available1996
Cracker: White Ghost as Commander Gordon Ellison1994
Degas and Pissario Fall Out as Degas1993
The Last Bolshevik as Voice1992
Between the Lines as Not available1991
Henry V as King Henry V1991
Henry VI: House of York as Jack Cade1991
Richard III as Duke of Buckingham1991
Henry IV: Part 1 as Prince Henry of Wales1991
Richard II as Richard II1991
Henry IV: Part 2 as Henry Prince of Wales1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster as Earl of Suffolk1989
Summer's Lease as Hugh Pargeter1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King as Oedipus Rex1986
The Marlowe Inquest as Thomas Kyd1985
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie as Not available1984
Playing Shakespeare as Not available1984
Freud as Carl Jung1984
The Mayor of Montemilone as Narrator1983
Return of the Jedi as Moff Jerjerrod1982
Outside Edge as Bob1982
Cymbeline as Posthumus1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter as John Lilburne1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare as Posthumus1978
Danton's Death as Saint-Just1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat as E1A1977
BBC2 Play of the Week as E1A1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Don Harris1976
The Witches of Pendle as Minister1974
Playhouse as John Lilburne1970
Mad Jack as Not available1970
The Dolly Scene as Tom1969
Hamlet as Laertes1968
The Tycoon as Peter Bell1967
Callan as Not available1965
BBC Play of the Month as St Just1965
BBC Play of the Month as Alexei Turbin1965
Public Eye as John Sheldon1959
No Hiding Place as Not available