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.
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
Fragile
as Marcus
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
RSC Live: Richard II
as John of Gaunt
The Last Bolshevik
as Self (voice: English version)
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
Cracker: White Ghost
as Commander Gordon Ellison
Outside Edge
as Bob
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
Hamlet
as Laertes
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as E1A
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
Henry V
as King Henry V
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
Richard II
as Richard II
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell
Mad Jack
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)