Michael Pennington
Acting
Born 1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Died 2026-05-10
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.
Acting
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
Narrator ( Voice)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice)
Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
John of Gaunt
The Escape Artist
Judge
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
The Lost World of Communism
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Narrator - (Voice)
Florence Nightingale
Wen
Lewis
Dr. Melville
Fragile
Marcus
Empire Warriors
Narrator
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
State of Play
Richard Siegler
The Dinosaur Hunters
William Buckland
Pyramid
Narrator (voice)
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Priest
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh
Cracker: White Ghost
Commander Gordon Ellison
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan
The Last Bolshevik
Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas
Between the Lines
Richard II
Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
Prince Henry of Wales