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Michael Pennington

Acting · Born June 7, 1943 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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.

Movies with Michael Pennington

• Return of the Jedi (1983) — Moff Jerjerrod
• The Iron Lady (2011) — Michael Foot
• RSC Live: Richard II (2013) — John of Gaunt
• Fragile (2005) — Marcus
• The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) — Sherlock Holmes
• Colosseum - Rome's Arena of Death (2003) — Narrator (UK version) (voice)
• Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) — Oedipus Rex
• Pyramid (2002) — Narrator (voice)
• Danton's Death (1978) — Saint-Just
• 1945: The Savage Peace (2015) — Narrator (voice)
• Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
• Henry VI: House of York (1991) — Jack Cade

TV shows with Michael Pennington

• Playing Shakespeare (1984)