Michael Pennington
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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.
Known for
Credits
Return of the Jedi (1983)
as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady (2011)
as Michael Foot
The Tycoon (1968)
as Peter Bell
Richard III (1991)
as Duke of Buckingham
Fragile (2005)
as Marcus
Cracker: White Ghost (1996)
as Commander Gordon Ellison
Henry V (1991)
as King Henry V
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
as Don Harris
The Last Bolshevik (1994)
as Self (voice: English version)
RSC Live: Richard II (2013)
as John of Gaunt
1945: The Savage Peace (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Henry VI: House of Lancaster (1991)
as Earl of Suffolk
Pyramid (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Henry VI: House of York (1991)
as Jack Cade
Cymbeline (1983)
as Posthumus
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (1978)
as E1A
The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)
as William Buckland
Hamlet (1969)
as Laertes
Florence Nightingale (2008)
as Wen
The Marlowe Inquest (1986)
as Thomas Kyd
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
as Sherlock Holmes
Waving to a Train (1984)
as Richard
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
as Oedipus Rex
Danton's Death (1978)
as Saint-Just
The Dolly Scene (1970)
as Tom
Degas and Pissario Fall Out (1994)
as Degas
Outside Edge (1982)
as Bob
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003)
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Witches of Pendle (1976)
as Minister
Airborne: The RAF at 90 (2008)
as Narrator - (Voice)
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
Actor
The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)
as Narrator
Henry IV: Part 2 (1991)
as Henry Prince of Wales
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words (2014)
as Narrator (Voice)
Henry IV: Part 1 (1991)
as Prince Henry of Wales
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021)
as Narrator (voice)
Richard II (1991)
as Richard II
Mad Jack (1970)
Actor
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)
as John Lilburne