Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1943-06-07
Day of Death
2026-05-10
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Michael 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.
Filmography (38)
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Narrator (voice)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Narrator (voice)
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Narrator (Voice)
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
⭐ 7.4
Role:
John of Gaunt
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Michael Foot
The Iron Lady
2011No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Narrator - (Voice)
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Wen
Florence Nightingale
2008
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Marcus
Fragile
2005
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
⭐ 6.5
Role:
William Buckland
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Narrator (voice)
Pyramid
2002
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Commander Gordon Ellison
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
⭐ 7.6
Role:
Self (voice: English version)
The Last Bolshevik
1994
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Degas
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
⭐ 0
Role:
Richard II
