Michael Pennington: movies and TV shows
Michael Pennington has 76 credits in the archive: 39 films and 37 TV series, from 1956 to 2022. Highest rated: Playing Shakespeare (9.7/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2022 · busiest year: 1991 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dans les secrets des films Star Wars | Narrator ( Voice) | TV | — | 79 |
| 2021 | Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2020 | Raised by Wolves | The Trust (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 77 |
| 2015 | 1945: The Savage Peace | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 72 |
| 2014 | Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words | Narrator (Voice) | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Bishop Reynard | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Professor Donald Bagley | TV | 8.1 | 70 |
| 2013 | The Escape Artist | Judge | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2013 | RSC Live: Richard II | John of Gaunt | Film | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Michael Foot | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2009 | The Lost World of Communism | TV | 6.0 | 66 | |
| 2008 | Florence Nightingale | Wen | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2008 | Airborne: The RAF at 90 | Narrator - (Voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Dr. Melville | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 2005 | Fragile | Marcus | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2004 | Empire Warriors | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 2003 | State of Play | Richard Siegler | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2003 | Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death | Narrator (UK version) (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 2002 | Pyramid | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 2002 | The Dinosaur Hunters | William Buckland | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Prof Alan Macintosh | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 2001 | Dr Terrible's House of Horrible | Priest | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Dennis Morgan | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Hartley Culpepper | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1996 | Cracker: White Ghost | Commander Gordon Ellison | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1994 | The Last Bolshevik | Self (voice: English version) | Film | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1994 | Degas and Pissario Fall Out | Degas | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 49 | |
| 1991 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Film | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Henry V | King Henry V | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1991 | Henry VI: House of Lancaster | Earl of Suffolk | Film | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Henry VI: House of York | Jack Cade | Film | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Henry IV: Part 1 | Prince Henry of Wales | Film | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Henry IV: Part 2 | Henry Prince of Wales | Film | — | 48 |
| 1991 | Richard II | Richard II | Film | — | 48 |
| 1989 | Summer's Lease | Hugh Pargeter | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1987 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Thomas Kyd | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1986 | Theban Plays: Oedipus the King | Oedipus Rex | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1986 | The Marlowe Inquest | Thomas Kyd | Film | 1.0 | 43 |
| 1985 | Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | TV | 9.7 | 41 | |
| 1984 | Freud | Carl Jung | TV | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1984 | Waving to a Train | Richard | Film | — | 41 |
| 1984 | The Mayor of Montemilone | Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1984 | Italians | Narrator | TV | — | 41 |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi | Moff Jerjerrod | Film | 7.9 | 40 |
| 1983 | Cymbeline | Posthumus | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1982 | Outside Edge | Bob | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter | John Lilburne | Film | — | 38 |
| 1978 | Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat | E1A | Film | — | 35 |
| 1978 | Danton's Death | Saint-Just | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | E1A | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1977 | It's Only Rock 'n' Roll | Don Harris | Film | — | 34 |
| 1976 | The Witches of Pendle | Minister | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | John Lilburne | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1972 | No Exit | Ian Strawson | TV | — | 29 |
| 1970 | Mad Jack | Film | 9.0 | 27 | |
| 1970 | The Dolly Scene | Tom | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Hans | TV | — | 26 |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Laertes | Film | 5.8 | 26 |
| 1968 | The Root of All Evil? | Clive Pinner | TV | — | 25 |
| 1968 | The Tycoon | Peter Bell | Film | — | 25 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Lancelot Wishart | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1967 | Callan | TV | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | St Just | TV | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Alexei Turbin | TV | 5.3 | 22 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Martin | TV | 4.2 | 22 |
| 1965 | Public Eye | John Sheldon | TV | 8.2 | 22 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Wulfnoth | TV | 7.2 | 21 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Alexander | TV | 7.2 | 21 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Geoffrey Cromlech | TV | 5.2 | 21 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | First youth | TV | — | 18 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 16 | |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Adrian | TV | 6.0 | 13 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Tom | TV | 6.0 | 13 |