Michael Pennington
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-06-07 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Michael Pennington
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.
Known For
Acting
(2021)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
(2013)
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
as John of Gaunt
(2011)
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
(2008)
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
(2008)
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)
(2005)
Fragile
as Marcus
(2003)
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
(2002)
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
(2002)
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
(1994)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
(1993)
The Last Bolshevik
as Voice
(1991)
Richard II
as Richard II
(1991)
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
(1991)
Henry V
as King Henry V
(1991)
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
(1991)
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
(1991)
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
(1991)
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
(1987)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(1986)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
(1986)
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
(1985)
(1984)
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
(1983)
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
(1982)
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
(1982)
Outside Edge
as Bob
(1981)
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
(1978)
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
(1978)
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as E1A
(1977)
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
(1976)
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
(1970)
(1970)
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
(1969)
Hamlet
as Laertes
(1968)
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell