Acting · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK · Born June 7, 1943
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.
TVDans les secrets des films Star Wars
2022
as Narrator ( Voice)
MovieManik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
as Narrator (voice)
TVRaised by Wolves
2020
as The Trust Voice (voice)
Movie1945: The Savage Peace
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieSecrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
as Narrator (Voice)
MovieRSC Live: Richard II
2013
as John of Gaunt
TVThe Escape Artist
2013
as Judge
TVEndeavour
2013
as Professor Donald Bagley
TVFather Brown
2013
as Bishop Reynard
MovieThe Iron Lady
2011
as Michael Foot
TVThe Lost World of Communism
2009
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
as Narrator - (Voice)
MovieFlorence Nightingale
2008
as Wen
TVLewis
2007
as Dr. Melville
MovieFragile
2005
as Marcus
TVEmpire Warriors
2004
as Narrator
MovieColosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
as Narrator (UK version) (voice)
TVState of Play
2003
as Richard Siegler
MovieThe Dinosaur Hunters
2002
as William Buckland
MoviePyramid
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TVDr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001
as Priest
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Prof Alan Macintosh
MovieCracker: White Ghost
1996
as Commander Gordon Ellison
TVDalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Hartley Culpepper
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Dennis Morgan
MovieThe Last Bolshevik
1994
as Self (voice: English version)
MovieDegas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
as Degas
TVBetween the Lines
1992
MovieRichard II
1991
as Richard II
MovieHenry IV: Part 1
1991
as Prince Henry of Wales
MovieHenry IV: Part 2
1991
as Henry Prince of Wales
MovieHenry V
1991
as King Henry V
MovieHenry VI: House of York
1991
as Jack Cade
MovieHenry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
as Earl of Suffolk
MovieRichard III
1991
as Duke of Buckingham
TVSummer's Lease
1989
as Hugh Pargeter
MovieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Sherlock Holmes
MovieTheban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
as Oedipus Rex
MovieThe Marlowe Inquest
1986
as Thomas Kyd
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Thomas Kyd
MovieForbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
MovieThe Mayor of Montemilone
1984
as Narrator
TVItalians
1984
as Narrator
TVFreud
1984
as Carl Jung
TVPlaying Shakespeare
1984
Waving to a Train
1984
as Richard
MovieCymbeline
1983
as Posthumus
MovieReturn of the Jedi
1983
as Moff Jerjerrod
MovieOutside Edge
1982
as Bob
MovieA Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
as John Lilburne
MovieDanton's Death
1978
as Saint-Just
MovieMr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as E1A
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as E1A
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
as Don Harris
MovieThe Witches of Pendle
1976
as Minister
TVPlayhouse
1974
as John Lilburne
No Exit
1972
as Ian Strawson
The Dolly Scene
1970
as Tom
MovieMad Jack
1970
MovieHamlet
1969
as Laertes
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Hans
The Tycoon
1968
as Peter Bell
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Clive Pinner
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Lancelot Wishart
TVCallan
1967
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as St Just
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Martin
TVPublic Eye
1965
as John Sheldon
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Geoffrey Cromlech
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Wulfnoth
Drama 61-67
1961
as First youth
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Adrian
