🎭 Actor
Michael Pennington
🎂 Born 7 June 1943 (age 82)✝ 10 May 2026📍 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Popularity Score
34
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Full Filmography(34 films)
YearTitleRating
1983Return of the Jedi★ 7.92011The Iron Lady★ 6.42005Fragile★ 6.520151945: The Savage Peace★ 7.61970Mad Jack★ 9.02013RSC Live: Richard II★ 7.42008Florence Nightingale★ 6.01978Danton's Death★ 9.01987The Return of Sherlock Holmes★ 6.01983Cymbeline★ 6.31976The Witches of Pendle★ 5.51991Richard III—1969Hamlet★ 5.81996Cracker: White Ghost★ 7.01991Henry V★ 8.02002The Dinosaur Hunters★ 6.51986Theban Plays: Oedipus the King★ 4.52002Pyramid★ 7.31991Henry VI: House of York—1991Henry IV: Part 1—1978Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat—1982Outside Edge★ 8.01991Henry IV: Part 2—1994Degas and Pissario Fall Out★ 8.01986The Marlowe Inquest★ 1.01994The Last Bolshevik★ 7.61981A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter—1985Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie—1991Henry VI: House of Lancaster—1991Richard II—2003Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death★ 7.21984The Mayor of Montemilone★ 5.02014Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words★ 7.02021Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali★ 6.0