Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

🎂 7th June 1943 (82 yrs) 📍 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Known For

Biography

Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is 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.

Michael Pennington

Movies Featuring Michael Pennington

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali (2021)

as Narrator (voice)

1945: The Savage Peace

1945: The Savage Peace (2015)

as Narrator (voice)

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words (2014)

as Narrator (Voice)

RSC Live: Richard II

RSC Live: Richard II (2013)

as John of Gaunt

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady (2011)

as Michael Foot

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Airborne: The RAF at 90 (2008)

as Narrator - (Voice)

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale (2008)

as Wen

Fragile

Fragile (2005)

as Marcus

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003)

as Narrator (UK version) (voice)

The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)

as William Buckland

Pyramid

Pyramid (2002)

as Narrator (voice)

Cracker: White Ghost

Cracker: White Ghost (1996)

as Commander Gordon Ellison

The Last Bolshevik

The Last Bolshevik (1994)

as Self (voice: English version)

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

Degas and Pissario Fall Out (1994)

as Degas

Richard II

Richard II (1991)

as Richard II

Henry IV: Part 1

Henry IV: Part 1 (1991)

as Prince Henry of Wales

Henry IV: Part 2

Henry IV: Part 2 (1991)

as Henry Prince of Wales

Henry V

Henry V (1991)

as King Henry V

Henry VI: House of Lancaster

Henry VI: House of Lancaster (1991)

as Earl of Suffolk

Henry VI: House of York

Henry VI: House of York (1991)

as Jack Cade

Richard III

Richard III (1991)

as Duke of Buckingham

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

as Sherlock Holmes

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

as Oedipus Rex

The Marlowe Inquest

The Marlowe Inquest (1986)

as Thomas Kyd

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)

The Mayor of Montemilone

The Mayor of Montemilone (1984)

as Narrator

Cymbeline

Cymbeline (1983)

as Posthumus

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi (1983)

as Moff Jerjerrod

Outside Edge

Outside Edge (1982)

as Bob

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981)

as John Lilburne

Danton's Death

Danton's Death (1978)

as Saint-Just

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat (1978)

as E1A

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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)

as Don Harris

The Witches of Pendle

The Witches of Pendle (1976)

as Minister

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The Dolly Scene (1970)

as Tom

Mad Jack

Mad Jack (1970)

Hamlet

Hamlet (1969)

as Laertes

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The Tycoon (1968)

as Peter Bell