Michael Pennington
Born
7 June 1943 (82)
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Also known as
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington
Biography
Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington is 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)
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
2021
1945: The Savage Peace
2015
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
2014
RSC Live: Richard II
2013
The Iron Lady
2011
Airborne: The RAF at 90
2008
Florence Nightingale
2008
Fragile
2005
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
2003
The Dinosaur Hunters
2002
Pyramid
2002
Cracker: White Ghost
1996
The Last Bolshevik
1994
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994
Richard II
1991
Henry IV: Part 1
1991
Henry IV: Part 2
1991
Henry V
1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
1991
Henry VI: House of York
1991
Richard III
1991
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986
The Marlowe Inquest
1986
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
The Mayor of Montemilone
1984
Cymbeline
1983
Return of the Jedi
1983
Outside Edge
1982
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Danton's Death
1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
The Witches of Pendle
1976
The Dolly Scene
1970
Mad Jack
1970
Hamlet
1969
The Tycoon
1968