Michael Pennington
Acting
Born: June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Died: May 10, 2026 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
Biography
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (June 7, 1943 - May 10, 2026) was a British actor and director 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 Tiaan 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.
Photos (2)
Movies (33)
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
RSC Live: Richard II
John of Gaunt
Fragile
Marcus
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Cracker: White Ghost
Commander Gordon Ellison
Danton's Death
Saint-Just
Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Oedipus Rex
Henry V
King Henry V
Cymbeline
Posthumus
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
E1A
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Earl of Suffolk
Pyramid
Narrator (voice)
Henry VI: House of York
Jack Cade
The Mayor of Montemilone
Narrator
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
William Buckland
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
The Witches of Pendle
Minister
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
John Lilburne
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas
Hamlet
Laertes
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry Prince of Wales
Henry IV: Part 1
Prince Henry of Wales
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice)
The Marlowe Inquest
Thomas Kyd
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice)
Outside Edge
Bob
Mad Jack
1970
Florence Nightingale
Wen
Richard II
Richard II
TV Shows (32)
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan · 2 eps
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
St Just · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Alexei Turbin · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Geoffrey Cromlech · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
Lancelot Wishart · 1 eps
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Martin · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Wulfnoth · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Alexander · 1 eps
Playhouse
John Lilburne · 1 eps
No Hiding Place
1 eps
Lewis
Dr. Melville · 1 eps
Raised by Wolves
The Trust (voice) · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper · 1 eps
Public Eye
John Sheldon · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
E1A · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Thomas Kyd · 1 eps
Between the Lines
2 eps
Callan
1 eps
State of Play
Richard Siegler · 1 eps
The Escape Artist
Judge · 1 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Priest · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Adrian · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Tom · 1 eps
Freud
Carl Jung · 2 eps
Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter · 4 eps
The Lost World of Communism
3 eps
Empire Warriors
Narrator · 4 eps
Italians
Narrator · 1 eps
