Michael Pennington
Born
June 7, 1943 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Manik da: The Mystique of Pather Panchali
Narrator (voice)
2021
Raised by Wolves
The Trust Voice (voice) · (1 episode)
2020
1945: The Savage Peace
Narrator (voice)
2015
Secrets of the Universe: Great Scientists in Their Own Words
Narrator (Voice)
2014
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
John of Gaunt
2013
The Escape Artist
Judge · (1 episode)
2013
Endeavour
Professor Donald Bagley · (1 episode)
2013
Father Brown
Bishop Reynard · (1 episode)
2013
The Iron Lady
Michael Foot
2011
The Lost World of Communism
(3 episodes)
2009
Airborne: The RAF at 90
Narrator - (Voice)
2008
Florence Nightingale
Wen
2008
Lewis
Dr. Melville · (1 episode)
2007
Fragile
Marcus
2005
Empire Warriors
Narrator · (4 episodes)
2004
Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death
Narrator (UK version) (voice)
2003
State of Play
(1 episode)
2003
The Dinosaur Hunters
William Buckland
2002
Pyramid
Narrator (voice)
2002
Waking the Dead
Prof Alan Macintosh · (2 episodes)
2001
Trial & Retribution
(2 episodes)
1997
Cracker: White Ghost
Commander Gordon Ellison
1996
Dalziel & Pascoe
(1 episode)
1996
Silent Witness
Dennis Morgan · (2 episodes)
1996
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
Degas
1994
The Last Bolshevik
Voice
1993
Between the Lines
(2 episodes)
1992
Richard II
Richard II
1991
Henry IV: Part 1
Prince Henry of Wales
1991
Henry IV: Part 2
Henry Prince of Wales
1991
Henry V
King Henry V
1991
Henry VI: House of Lancaster
Earl of Suffolk
1991
Henry VI: House of York
Jack Cade
1991
Richard III
Duke of Buckingham
1991
Summer's Lease
Hugh Pargeter · (4 episodes)
1989
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1987
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Oedipus Rex
1986
The Marlowe Inquest
Thomas Kyd
1986
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
1985
The Mayor of Montemilone
Narrator
1984
Freud
Carl Jung · (6 episodes)
1984
Playing Shakespeare
(9 episodes)
1984
Return of the Jedi
Moff Jerjerrod
1983
Cymbeline
Posthumus
1982
Outside Edge
Bob
1982
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
John Lilburne
1981
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Posthumus · (1 episode)
1978
Danton's Death
Saint-Just
1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
E1A
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
E1A · (1 episode)
1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Don Harris
1977
The Witches of Pendle
Minister
1976
Playhouse
John Lilburne · (1 episode)
1974
The Dolly Scene
Tom
1970
Mad Jack
1970
Hamlet
Laertes
1969
The Tycoon
Peter Bell
1968
Callan
(1 episode)
1967
BBC Play of the Month
St Just · (1 episode)
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Alexei Turbin · (1 episode)
1965
Public Eye
John Sheldon · (1 episode)
1965
No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
1959