Actor
Michael Pennington
Born 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Acting
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod · 1983
Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice) · 2020
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot · 2011
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley · 2013
Fragile
Marcus · 2005
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard · 2013
Lewis
Dr. Melville · 2007
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan · 1996
State of Play
Richard Siegler · 2003
The Escape Artist
Judge · 2013
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh · 2001
The Last Bolshevik
Self (voice: English version) · 1994
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice) · 2015
Dalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper · 1996
Public Eye
John Sheldon · 1965
The Dolly Scene
Tom · 1970
Danton's Death
Saint-Just · 1978
RSC Live: Richard II
John of Gaunt · 2013
Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter · 1989
Outside Edge
Bob · 1982
Theatre 625
Wulfnoth · 1964
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Priest · 2001
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas · 1994
Henry V
King Henry V · 1991