Michael Pennington

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Michael Pennington

Acting June 7, 1943

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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…

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Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

7.9 1983 Movie
Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

7.5 2020 TV Show
The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

6.3 2011 Movie
Fragile

Fragile

6.5 2005 Movie
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.6 2013 TV Show
Endeavour

Endeavour

8.1 2013 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Lewis

Lewis

7.6 2007 TV Show
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

7.2 2001 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  2. 2020
    Raised by Wolves

    TV show The Trust (voice)

  3. 2015
    1945: The Savage Peace

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  4. 2014
    Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

    Movie Narrator (Voice)

  5. 2013
    RSC Live: Richard II

    Movie John of Gaunt

  6. 2013
    The Escape Artist

    TV show Judge

  7. 2013
    Endeavour

    TV show Professor Donald Bagley

  8. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Bishop Reynard

  9. 2011
    The Iron Lady

    Movie Michael Foot

  10. 2009
    The Lost World of Communism

    TV show

  11. 2008
    Airborne: The RAF at 90

    Movie Narrator - (Voice)

  12. 2008
    Florence Nightingale

    Movie Wen

  13. 2007
    Lewis

    TV show Dr. Melville

  14. 2005
    Fragile

    Movie Marcus

  15. 2004
    Empire Warriors

    TV show Narrator

  16. 2003
    Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

    Movie Narrator (UK version) (voice)

More credits
  1. 2003
    State of Play

    TV show Richard Siegler

  2. 2002
    The Dinosaur Hunters

    Movie William Buckland

  3. 2002
    Pyramid

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  4. 2001
    Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

    TV show Priest

  5. 2001
    Waking the Dead

    TV show Prof Alan Macintosh

  6. 1996
    Cracker: White Ghost

    Movie Commander Gordon Ellison

  7. 1996
    Dalziel and Pascoe

    TV show Hartley Culpepper

  8. 1996
    Silent Witness

    TV show Dennis Morgan

  9. 1994
    The Last Bolshevik

    Movie Self (voice: English version)

  10. 1994
    Degas and Pissario Fall Out

    Movie Degas

  11. 1992
    Between the Lines

    TV show

  12. 1991
    In My Defence

    TV show Franz Jagerstatter

  13. 1991
    Richard III

    Movie Duke of Buckingham

  14. 1991
    Henry V

    Movie King Henry V

  15. 1991
    Henry IV: Part 2

    Movie Henry Prince of Wales

  16. 1991
    Henry VI: House of York

    Movie Jack Cade

  17. 1991
    Henry VI: House of Lancaster

    Movie Earl of Suffolk

  18. 1991
    Henry IV: Part 1

    Movie Prince Henry of Wales

  19. 1991
    Richard II

    Movie Richard II

  20. 1989
    Summer's Lease

    TV show Hugh Pargeter

  21. 1987
    The Return of Sherlock Holmes

    Movie Sherlock Holmes

  22. 1986
    Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

    Movie Oedipus Rex

  23. 1986
    The Marlowe Inquest

    Movie Thomas Kyd

  24. 1986
    ScreenPlay

    TV show Thomas Kyd