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Michael Pennington
Born 1943-06-07Cambridge, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather PanchaliNarrator (voice)1945: The Savage PeaceNarrator (voice)Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own WordsNarrator (Voice)RSC Live: Richard IIJohn of GauntThe Iron LadyMichael FootAirborne: The RAF at 90Narrator - (Voice)Florence NightingaleWenFragileMarcusColosseum - Rome's Arena of DeathNarrator (UK version) (voice)The Dinosaur HuntersWilliam BucklandPyramidNarrator (voice)Cracker: White GhostCommander Gordon EllisonThe Last BolshevikSelf (voice: English version)Degas and Pissario Fall OutDegasRichard IIRichard IIHenry IV: Part 1Prince Henry of WalesHenry IV: Part 2Henry Prince of WalesHenry VKing Henry VHenry VI: House of YorkJack CadeHenry VI: House of LancasterEarl of SuffolkRichard IIIDuke of BuckinghamThe Return of Sherlock HolmesSherlock HolmesTheban Plays: Oedipus the KingOedipus RexThe Marlowe InquestThomas Kyd