Michael Pennington
ActingBorn
June 7, 1943
Died
May 10, 2026
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
The Iron Lady
2011
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
Florence Nightingale
2008
Fragile
2005
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
Pyramid
2002
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
The Last Bolshevik
1994
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
Richard II
1991
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
Henry V
1991
Henry VI: House of York
1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
Richard III
1991
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
The Marlowe Inquest
1986
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984
Cymbeline
1983
Return of the Jedi
1983
Outside Edge
1982
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Danton's Death
1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
The Witches of Pendle
1976
The Dolly Scene
1970
Mad Jack
1970
Hamlet
1969
The Tycoon
1968
Dans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
Raised by Wolves
2020
The Escape Artist
2013
Endeavour
2013
Father Brown
2013
The Lost World of Communism
2009
Lewis
2007
Empire Warriors
2004
State of Play
2003
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Between the Lines
1992
Summer's Lease
1989
ScreenPlay
1986
Freud
1984
Playing Shakespeare
1984
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Playhouse
1974
ITV Playhouse
1967
Callan
1967
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Public Eye
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Theatre 625
1964
Drama 61-67
1961
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956