Michael Pennington
Acting Born Jun 7, 1943 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
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.
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- Silent Witness (1996) as Dennis Morgan
- Father Brown (2013) as Bishop Reynard
- Endeavour (2013) as Professor Donald Bagley
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Prof Alan Macintosh
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as St Just
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Alexei Turbin
- Lewis (2007) as Dr. Melville
- Playhouse (1974) as John Lilburne
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) as Hartley Culpepper
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Lancelot Wishart
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Wulfnoth
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Alexander
- Raised by Wolves (2020) as The Trust Voice (voice)
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Geoffrey Cromlech
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as Martin
- Between the Lines (1992)
- Return of the Jedi (1983) as Moff Jerjerrod
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as E1A
- Public Eye (1965) as John Sheldon
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Thomas Kyd
- Callan (1967)
- State of Play (2003) as Richard Siegler
- Drama 61-67 (1961) as First youth