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.
Known For
| Homepage | http://www.michaelpennington.me.uk/ |
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| Birth Location | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
| Born | 1943-06-07 |
Movies
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
as Narrator (voice)
2021
1945: The Savage Peace
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
as Narrator (Voice)
2014
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
as John of Gaunt
2013
The Iron Lady
as Michael Foot
2011
Airborne: The RAF at 90
as Narrator - (Voice)
2008
Florence Nightingale
as Wen
2008
Fragile
as Marcus
2005
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
2003
The Dinosaur Hunters
as William Buckland
2002
Pyramid
as Narrator (voice)
2002
The Last Bolshevik
as Voice
1993
Richard III
as Duke of Buckingham
1991
Henry VI: House of York
as Jack Cade
1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
as Earl of Suffolk
1991
Henry V
as King Henry V
1991
Henry IV: Part 2
as Henry Prince of Wales
1991
Henry IV: Part 1
as Prince Henry of Wales
1991
Richard II
as Richard II
1991
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
as Oedipus Rex
1986
The Marlowe Inquest
as Thomas Kyd
1986
The Mayor of Montemilone
as Narrator
1984
Return of the Jedi
as Moff Jerjerrod
1983
Cymbeline
as Posthumus
1982
Outside Edge
as Bob
1982
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as John Lilburne
1981
Danton's Death
as Saint-Just
1978
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Don Harris
1977
The Witches of Pendle
as Minister
1976
The Dolly Scene
as Tom
1970
1970
Hamlet
as Laertes
1969
The Tycoon
as Peter Bell
1968
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Degas
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Michael Pennington hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows