Michael Pennington
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.
Filmography (72 titles)
ShowDans les secrets des films Star Wars
Narrator ( Voice) · 2022
6.0MovieManik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice) · 2021
7.5ShowRaised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice) · 2020
7.6Movie1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice) · 2015
7.0MovieSecrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice) · 2014
7.4MovieRSC Live: Richard II
John of Gaunt · 2013
7.1ShowThe Escape Artist
Judge · 2013
8.1ShowEndeavour
Professor Donald Bagley · 2013
7.6ShowFather Brown
Bishop Reynard · 2013
6.4MovieThe Iron Lady
Michael Foot · 2011
6.0ShowThe Lost World of Communism
2009
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Narrator - (Voice) · 2008
6.0MovieFlorence Nightingale
Wen · 2008
7.6ShowLewis
Dr. Melville · 2007
6.5MovieFragile
Marcus · 2005
7.0ShowEmpire Warriors
Narrator · 2004
7.2MovieColosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (UK version) (voice) · 2003
7.4ShowState of Play
Richard Siegler · 2003
6.5MovieThe Dinosaur Hunters
William Buckland · 2002
7.3MoviePyramid
Narrator (voice) · 2002
7.0ShowDr Terrible's House of Horrible
Priest · 2001
7.2ShowWaking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh · 2001
7.0MovieCracker: White Ghost
Commander Gordon Ellison · 1996
6.4ShowDalziel and Pascoe
Hartley Culpepper · 1996
7.6ShowSilent Witness
Dennis Morgan · 1996
7.6MovieThe Last Bolshevik
Self (voice: English version) · 1994
8.0MovieDegas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas · 1994
5.5ShowBetween the Lines
1992
MovieRichard II
Richard II · 1991
MovieHenry IV: Part 1
Prince Henry of Wales · 1991