Cast
Michael Pennington
Acting
Cast
Michael Pennington
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-06-07
From
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died
2026-05-10
Also known as Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
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.
★7.9
MOVIE1983
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
★6.4
MOVIE2011
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
MOVIE1968
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell
MOVIE1991
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
★6.5
MOVIE2005
Fragile
as Marcus
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
★8.0
MOVIE1991
Henry V
as King Henry V
MOVIE1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
★7.6
MOVIE1994
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
★7.4
MOVIE2013
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
★7.6
MOVIE2015
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1991
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
★6.3
MOVIE1983
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
MOVIE1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as E1A
★6.5
MOVIE2002
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
★5.8
MOVIE1969
Hamlet
as Laertes
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
★1.0
MOVIE1986
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
★6.0
MOVIE1987
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
MOVIE1984
Waving to a Train
as Richard
★4.5
MOVIE1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
★9.0
MOVIE1978
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
★9.0
MOVIE1970
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Outside Edge
as Bob
★7.2
MOVIE2003
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE1976
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
MOVIE2008
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)
MOVIE1985
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
★5.0
MOVIE1984
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
MOVIE1991
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
★7.0
MOVIE2014
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
MOVIE1991
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1991
Richard II
as Richard II
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Mad Jack
MOVIE1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne