Actor
Michael Pennington
83 years · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · 34 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 34
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021 · Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014 · Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
2013 · John of Gaunt
On Hoopla
The Iron Lady
2011 · Michael Foot
On Kanopy
Florence Nightingale
2008 · Wen
On fuboTV
Fragile
2005 · Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003 · Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 · William Buckland
Pyramid
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
1996 · Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
1994 · Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994 · Degas
Richard II
1991 · Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
1991 · Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
1991 · Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
1991 · King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
1991 · Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991 · Earl of Suffolk
Richard III
1991 · Duke of Buckingham
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986 · Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
1986 · Thomas Kyd
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985 · Actor