Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Acting
🎂 1943-06-07 (82 years)
📍 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
👤 Male
🎬 34 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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.

Filmography (34 movies)

Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
as Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
RSC Live: Richard II
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
as John of Gaunt
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
2011
as Michael Foot
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
2008
as Wen
Fragile
Fragile
2005
as Marcus
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
The Dinosaur Hunters
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as William Buckland
Pyramid
Pyramid
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Cracker: White Ghost
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
as Commander Gordon Ellison
The Last Bolshevik
The Last Bolshevik
1994
as Self (voice: English version)
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
as Degas
Richard II
Richard II
1991
as Richard II
Henry IV: Part 1
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
as Prince Henry of Wales
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
as Henry Prince of Wales
Henry V
Henry V
1991
as King Henry V
Henry VI: House of York
Henry VI: House of York
1991
as Jack Cade
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
as Earl of Suffolk
Richard III
Richard III
1991
as Duke of Buckingham
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Sherlock Holmes
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Oedipus Rex
The Marlowe Inquest
The Marlowe Inquest
1986
as Thomas Kyd
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
 The Mayor of Montemilone
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984
as Narrator
Cymbeline
Cymbeline
1983
as Posthumus
Return of the Jedi
Return of the Jedi
1983
as Moff Jerjerrod
Outside Edge
Outside Edge
1982
as Bob
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
as John Lilburne
Danton's Death
Danton's Death
1978
as Saint-Just
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as E1A
The Witches of Pendle
The Witches of Pendle
1976
as Minister
Mad Jack
Mad Jack
1970
 Hamlet
Hamlet
1969
as Laertes