Acting
Michael Pennington — Movies and TV Shows
Born 1943-06-07Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known as: Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
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.
Popular movie credits
Return of the Jedi
19837.9
The Iron Lady
20116.4
Fragile
20056.5
1945: The Savage Peace
20157.6
RSC Live: Richard II
20137.4
Richard III
1991
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The Tycoon
1968
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
19876.0
Henry V
19918.0
Hamlet
19695.8
Cymbeline
19836.3
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
19864.5
The Last Bolshevik
19947.6
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
20037.2
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
Popular TV credits
Silent Witness
19967.6
Father Brown
20137.6
The Wednesday Play
19645.2
Endeavour
20138.1
Lewis
20077.6
BBC Play of the Month
19655.3
ITV Playhouse
19677.0
Waking the Dead
20017.2
Theatre 625
19647.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
19654.3
Dalziel and Pascoe
19966.4
Playhouse
19747.0
Raised by Wolves
20207.5
No Hiding Place
19594.8
Between the Lines
19925.5
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