Michael Pennington
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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.
Known for
Credits
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady (2011)
as Michael Foot
Fragile (2005)
as Marcus
RSC Live: Richard II (2013)
as John of Gaunt
Pyramid (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Henry V (1991)
as King Henry V
Richard III (1991)
as Duke of Buckingham
The Tycoon (1968)
as Peter Bell
Cracker: White Ghost (1996)
as Commander Gordon Ellison
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
as Sherlock Holmes
1945: The Savage Peace (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
as Oedipus Rex
Henry VI: House of York (1991)
as Jack Cade
Cymbeline (1983)
as Posthumus
Henry VI: House of Lancaster (1991)
as Earl of Suffolk
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
Actor
The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)
as William Buckland
Hamlet (1969)
as Laertes
Florence Nightingale (2008)
as Wen
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
as Don Harris
Danton's Death (1978)
as Saint-Just
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003)
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Marlowe Inquest (1986)
as Thomas Kyd
The Last Bolshevik (1994)
as Self (voice: English version)
Waving to a Train (1984)
as Richard
The Witches of Pendle (1976)
as Minister
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (1978)
as E1A
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)
as John Lilburne
Outside Edge (1982)
as Bob
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words (2014)
as Narrator (Voice)
Henry IV: Part 1 (1991)
as Prince Henry of Wales
The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)
as Narrator
Mad Jack (1970)
Actor
Henry IV: Part 2 (1991)
as Henry Prince of Wales
Degas and Pissario Fall Out (1994)
as Degas
The Dolly Scene (1970)
as Tom
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Richard II (1991)
as Richard II
Airborne: The RAF at 90 (2008)
as Narrator - (Voice)