Michael Pennington
Michael Pennington
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
Popularity 2.5
Birthday 1943-06-07
Place of Birth Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Fragile
2005

Fragile

The Marlowe Inquest
1986

The Marlowe Inquest

The Last Bolshevik
1993

The Last Bolshevik

Return of the Jedi
1983

Return of the Jedi

Hamlet
1969

Hamlet

Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008

Airborne: The RAF at 90

The Dinosaur Hunters
2002

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Tycoon
1968

The Tycoon

Mad Jack
1970

Mad Jack

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

Danton's Death
1978

Danton's Death

Richard II
1991

Richard II

Henry IV: Part 1
1991

Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 2
1991

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry V
1991

Henry V

Henry VI: House of York
1991

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Richard III
1991

Richard III

The Dolly Scene
1970

The Dolly Scene

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Iron Lady
2011

The Iron Lady

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

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Florence Nightingale
2008

Florence Nightingale

Outside Edge
1982

Outside Edge

The Witches of Pendle
1976

The Witches of Pendle

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Cymbeline
1982

Cymbeline

1945: The Savage Peace
2015

1945: The Savage Peace

The Mayor of Montemilone
1984

The Mayor of Montemilone

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
2013

Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II

Pyramid
2002

Pyramid

Cracker: White Ghost
1996

Cracker: White Ghost

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Lewis
2007

Lewis

Silent Witness
1996

Silent Witness

Dalziel & Pascoe
1996

Dalziel & Pascoe

Between the Lines
1992

Between the Lines

State of Play
2003

State of Play

Callan
1967

Callan

Waking the Dead
2001

Waking the Dead

Trial & Retribution
1997

Trial & Retribution

No Hiding Place
1959

No Hiding Place

BBC Television Shakespeare
1978

BBC Television Shakespeare

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month

Summer's Lease
1989

Summer's Lease

Father Brown
2013

Father Brown

Empire Warriors
2004

Empire Warriors

Raised by Wolves
2020

Raised by Wolves

The Lost World of Communism
2009

The Lost World of Communism

Endeavour
2013

Endeavour

Freud
1984

Freud

Cracker
1993

Cracker

Public Eye
1965

Public Eye

Playing Shakespeare
1984

Playing Shakespeare

The Escape Artist
2013

The Escape Artist