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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

ActingBorn: June 7, 1943in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UKDied: May 10, 2026

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.

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars

Dans les secrets des films Star Wars

2022Documentary

as Narrator ( Voice)

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

2021Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

as The Trust Voice (voice)

1945: The Savage Peace

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1945: The Savage Peace

2015Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

2014Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

RSC Live: Richard II

RSC Live: Richard II

as John of Gaunt

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

as Judge

Endeavour

Endeavour

as Professor Donald Bagley

Father Brown

Father Brown

as Bishop Reynard

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

as Michael Foot

The Lost World of Communism

The Lost World of Communism

2009Documentary

as Unknown

Airborne: The RAF at 90

2008Documentary

as Narrator - (Voice)

Florence Nightingale

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Florence Nightingale

as Wen

Lewis

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Lewis

as Dr. Melville

Fragile

Fragile

as Marcus

Empire Warriors

Empire Warriors

as Narrator

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Fandango At Home

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

2003Documentary

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

State of Play

State of Play

as Richard Siegler

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters

as William Buckland

Pyramid

Pyramid

2002Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

Dr Terrible's House of Horrible

as Priest

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

as Prof Alan Macintosh

Cracker: White Ghost

Cracker: White Ghost

as Commander Gordon Ellison

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

as Hartley Culpepper

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as Dennis Morgan

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik

1994Documentary

as Self (voice: English version)

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

as Degas

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

as Unknown

Richard II

Richard II

as Richard II

Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 1

as Prince Henry of Wales

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry IV: Part 2

as Henry Prince of Wales

Henry V

Henry V

as King Henry V

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

as Earl of Suffolk

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York

as Jack Cade

Richard III

Richard III

as Duke of Buckingham

Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease

as Hugh Pargeter

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

as Oedipus Rex

The Marlowe Inquest

The Marlowe Inquest

as Thomas Kyd

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

as Thomas Kyd

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

as Unknown

The Mayor of Montemilone

The Mayor of Montemilone

1984Documentary

as Narrator

Italians

Italians

1984Documentary

as Narrator

Freud

Freud

as Carl Jung

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

1984Documentary

as Unknown

Waving to a Train

as Richard

Cymbeline

Cymbeline

as Posthumus

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi

as Moff Jerjerrod

Outside Edge

Outside Edge

as Bob

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

as John Lilburne

Danton's Death

Danton's Death

as Saint-Just

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

as E1A

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

as E1A

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

as Don Harris

The Witches of Pendle

The Witches of Pendle

as Minister

Playhouse

Playhouse

as John Lilburne

No Exit

as Ian Strawson

The Dolly Scene

as Tom

Mad Jack

Mad Jack

as Unknown

Hamlet

Hamlet

as Laertes

W. Somerset Maugham

as Hans

The Tycoon

as Peter Bell

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

as Lancelot Wishart

Callan

Britbox Apple TV Channel

Callan

as Unknown

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as St Just

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as Alexei Turbin

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

as Martin

Public Eye

Public Eye

as John Sheldon

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

as Geoffrey Cromlech

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Wulfnoth

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Alexander

Drama 61-67

as First youth

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

as Unknown

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as Adrian

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

as Tom