
Michael Pennington
Acting
Born 1943-06-07 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Mar 9, 2021

1945: The Savage Peace
May 24, 2015

Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Nov 4, 2014

RSC Live: Richard II
Nov 13, 2013

The Iron Lady
Dec 26, 2011

Florence Nightingale
Jun 1, 2008

Fragile
Oct 14, 2005

Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Oct 12, 2003

The Dinosaur Hunters
Dec 30, 2002

Pyramid
Oct 28, 2002

Cracker: White Ghost
Oct 28, 1996

The Last Bolshevik
Oct 21, 1994

Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Mar 1, 1994

Richard II
Mar 29, 1991

Henry IV: Part 1
Mar 29, 1991

Henry IV: Part 2
Mar 29, 1991

Henry V
Mar 29, 1991

Henry VI: House of York
Mar 29, 1991

Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Mar 29, 1991

Richard III
Mar 29, 1991

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Jan 10, 1987

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Sep 16, 1986

The Marlowe Inquest
Sep 3, 1986

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Mar 26, 1985

The Mayor of Montemilone
Oct 26, 1984

Cymbeline
Jul 10, 1983

Return of the Jedi
May 25, 1983

Outside Edge
Dec 19, 1982

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Jan 30, 1981

Danton's Death
Apr 23, 1978