Michael Pennington
Acting1943Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
Acting History
2022
Raised by Wolves
TVas The Trust Voice (voice)• 1 eps
2021
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Endeavour
TVas Professor Donald Bagley• 1 eps
2016
Father Brown
TVas Bishop Reynard• 1 eps
2015
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
2013
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
The Escape Artist
TVas Judge
2011
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
2008
2005
Fragile
as Marcus
2004
Empire Warriors
TVas Narrator
2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Waking the Dead
TVas Prof Alan Macintosh• 2 eps
State of Play
TVas Richard Siegler• 1 eps
2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
Silent Witness
TVas Dennis Morgan• 2 eps
2001
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
TVas Priest
1997
1996
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
1994
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
1991
Richard II
as Richard II
Henry V
as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
1989
Summer's Lease
TVas Hugh Pargeter
1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
1984
1983
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
1982
Outside Edge
as Bob
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Alexei Turbin• 1 eps
1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
Playhouse
TVas John Lilburne• 1 eps
1978
1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
1976
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
1972
1971
Public Eye
TVas John Sheldon• 1 eps
1970
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
1969
Hamlet
as Laertes
1968
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell
1967
Theatre 625
TVas Alexander / Wulfnoth• 1 eps
1961
Drama 61-67
TVas First youth