Michael Pennington
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
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
as Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
as John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady
2011
as Michael Foot
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Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
as Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
2008
as Wen
Fragile
2005
as Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as William Buckland
Pyramid
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
as Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
1994
as Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
as Degas
Richard II
1991
as Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
1991
as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
1991
as Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
as Earl of Suffolk
Richard III
1991
as Duke of Buckingham
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
1986
as Thomas Kyd