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Michael Pennington
Acting
Biography
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.
BODY OF WORK
Michael Pennington's Filmography
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Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
No Poster
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
Fragile
as Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
Henry V
as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
Richard II
as Richard II
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
No Poster
Waving to a Train
as Richard
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
Outside Edge
as Bob
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as E1A
No Poster
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
No Poster
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
Mad Jack
Hamlet
as Laertes
No Poster
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell